The Friends of Real Lancashire (FORL) are an outsider pressure group affiliated to the Association of British Counties calling for the wider recognition of the historic boundaries of Lancashire. Its chairman is Chris Dawson. The Friends of Real Lancashire are concerned to promote, what they view as, the true boundaries of the county, which were altered following the 1974 enactment of the Local Government Act 1972. Lancashire saw more upheaval than most counties, having most of its population transferred to the new counties: Manchester and south east Lancashire became part of Greater Manchester; Liverpool and south west Lancashire became part of Merseyside; Furness became part of Cumbria; and Warrington and Widnes became part of Cheshire.