My memories of use of 'local' goes way back to the days long before postcodes, though big cities did have district numbers at that time.
My aunt and uncle had a long address that went: 999 Main Street, 'Village', Small Town, Larger District, County. The 'Village' name was, of course, well known to the local sorting offices.
There are several places in the UK with the same name as the 'village' we lived in and at least one other place (in London) of the same name as the nearest town.
ISTR the first time I saw my address without a county was on my first computerised 'green' driving licence which was about 1975. Our address had gained a post code by that point.
I have friends in the Croydon area who always use the 'village' name, Surrey and post code.
(Of course, ultimately, a number and post code is all that is required to find you.)
My aunt and uncle had a long address that went: 999 Main Street, 'Village', Small Town, Larger District, County. The 'Village' name was, of course, well known to the local sorting offices.
There are several places in the UK with the same name as the 'village' we lived in and at least one other place (in London) of the same name as the nearest town.
ISTR the first time I saw my address without a county was on my first computerised 'green' driving licence which was about 1975. Our address had gained a post code by that point.
I have friends in the Croydon area who always use the 'village' name, Surrey and post code.
(Of course, ultimately, a number and post code is all that is required to find you.)
Nick
