"Being a true Yorkshireman, I do not recognise 'South Yorkshire', and therefore any correspondence emanating from my home address to that glorious County will have the appropriate Riding attached as part of the address!!!"

Well, it took us a long time to get the East Riding back and the dreaded North Humberside abolished. Interestingly (or not), whereas the North and West Ridings are usually abbreviated to North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, the East Riding is usually speleed out as The East Riding of Yorkshire.