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For almost 30 years on and off, S66 postcode area was "My Place". It was where I was born, just outside the town of ROTHERHAM , and spent my childhood, attended primary and secondary school, and then returned to on and off during holidays as a student, and then at weekends when I started teaching, until my parents moved away from the area. I still visit occasionally, in fact I passed through S66 last week on the way to a meeting in Sheffield at the headquarters of the Geographical Assocation (of which more later this year) The area is now the subject of a book which I'm currently reading. The book is called WELCOME TO EVERYTOWN. The author chose S66 to represent the UK and spent 6 months there. " Philosopher Julian Baggini pinpointed postcode S66 on the outskirts of Rotherham, as England in microcosm – an area which reflected most accurately the full range of the nation's inhabitants, its most typical mix of urban and rural, old and young, married and single....