Talk:Central Belt

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Midlands

I have amended the article as the Midlands and Central Belt are different things. The Midlands of Scotland, and yes the term has pretty much fallen out of use, comprised an area generally a bit further north than the Central Belt. For example, Edinburgh and Glasgow are Central Belt, but were certainly not part of the Midlands.

Broadly, the Midlands (like England, we even had a West and East Midlands!) consisted of the following counties:

West Midlands

Argyll Bute Dunbartonshire Stirlingshire

East Midlands

Clackmannanshire Fife Kinross-shire Perthshire Angus

To back this up, see the Scotland article in the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica (1911encyclopedia.org).

This meant that anything south of the above counties, including the Smaller Central Belt including Edinburgh and Glasgow, was considered to be 'southern'.

P.S. I live in the Central Belt but am originally from the Midlands. ;)

Keeno 14:24, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Aberdeen in the Highlands? I can't remember seeing any mountains last time I was there.