Rabbitt, it's a joke love. The banter between Lancastrians and Yorkshire folk sometimes is designed expressly to exclude those poor unfortunate souls who, by accident of birth, don't hail from the two major counties of England.
As you rightly say, Ali, Geoff, Hilary, Jo, Peter, and all the other people involved in the organisation of the festival do a wonderful job, one for which I am very very grateful, but that doesn't stop me taking the shine out of the poor deluded chair, who in her misguided dotage cannot recognise the truth of history !!
Look forward to seeeing you at the do at the Wheel Golcar on the 15th March, the first beer is on me.
Best Wishes

Raggy