Even when the area had that Yorkshire identity, it was 'long talked of as the part of Yorkshire where Lancastrians lived'. It was the West Riding of Yorkshire and it was taken out. "I have lived here for 57 years and when we were in the West Riding, then everything got done. "It was brilliant but as soon as we went over to Greater Manchester, poor relations we are here." While it has died down, the fire at Dovestone Reservoir is continuing to burn after covering large areas of Greater Manchester in smoke for days.