Ar ata Ray? I thowt that I'd teld thee o' tale o' 4d a day abaht 3 year sin. Int "Shuttle & Cage" published bi WMA, McColl sez he gettn' it from t' sin'in' of John Gowland a "retired lead miner fra Middleton in Teesdale". Shuttle & Cage nah long aht o' print were published int mid 50s and at that time half o' Middleton were in God's Own County and tother bit were in sum forin place full of offcumdens. Then Ted Heath and his 1970s Local Governent Act piched that bit of Teedsale as were in Yorkshire (along wi Middlesbro') to form the much despised Cleveland. (More bits were also nicked to form Lanceshire after Manchester and Liverpool went their own way.) Tha must ave 'eard me sin'in it Hilary used to do a nice bit of whistle playin to go wi it. Sithee Ced