I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
I've never fully understood how city status is applied, at one time I thought it was if you had a cathedral, but clearly not.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-59758549
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-59758549
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Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
They can be granted on special occasions. Some were added at the Millennium. Preston got City status as part of the Queen's golden jubilee in 2002.KateR wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 2:04 pmI've never fully understood how city status is applied, at one time I thought it was if you had a cathedral, but clearly not.
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Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
This can apply for nation status for all I care, but it will still be a shithole.
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Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
Over here in Lincolnshire Boston and Goole have applied.
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Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
Warrington have also applied. If they get it I'd wonder if a few cities would ask to change back...
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Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
Is it a cathedral city?
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They can apply for whatever status they like but it won’t change the fact that we’re on the North West Tonight weather map and they’re not.
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Pretty sure they have applied previously on at least one occasion
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Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
Stanley in the Falklands has also thrown it's hat in the ring!
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"applicants have been asked to showcase their cultural heritage, traditions and identity, along with their links to royalty and other famous residents"
I never knew Lee Mack and Ian McShane were born there...
I never knew Lee Mack and Ian McShane were born there...
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Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
Guaranteed to get it if the person filling in the application learns how to spell. I have never driven through somewhere as shi**y.
And I hail from Padiham!
And I hail from Padiham!
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It's getting like it is here in the US, there's no such thing as a town or village. Its Township or City.
So, you get small towns labeled Cities, sometimes the places are so small they could be considered a Village, yet they are called a City.
So, you get small towns labeled Cities, sometimes the places are so small they could be considered a Village, yet they are called a City.
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Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
So did I, but I was reading this morning that this convention was first broken by Birmingham in the late 1800's.KateR wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 2:04 pmI've never fully understood how city status is applied, at one time I thought it was if you had a cathedral, but clearly not.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-59758549
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Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
City status hasn’t helped Preston, it’s still the biggest dump in the North West (excluding Blackpool).
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I hope they get it then they can have the title of Britain’s shittiest city.
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Lee Mack went to the same school as my older brother. Everton Comprehensive in Blackburn. It closed a long time ago and was a troubled school. My brother was a couple of years above Lee when he started there.GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 4:01 pm
I never knew Lee Mack and Ian McShane were born there...
I can understand where Lee Mack got his humour from. It was one of those schools that either made you or broke you.
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Regularly postponed sports day.....BenWickes wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 12:32 pmLee Mack went to the same school as my older brother. Everton Comprehensive in Blackburn. It closed a long time ago and was a troubled school. My brother was a couple of years above Lee when he started there.
I can understand where Lee Mack got his humour from. It was one of those schools that either made you or broke you.
Re: I see Blackburn have applied for Shitty Status
I agree with the title.
Fully deserved.
Fully deserved.
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You say that and it is funny but it was a very troubled school. Violence was off the chart in the classroom and even more so out of it. Sports days were indeed postponed. My brother is the polar opposite of me personality wise and is a meek character. So as stated above it was one of those schools that either made you or broke you. I can't help but think it broke him.
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Sorry to hear that fella.BenWickes wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 1:03 pmYou say that and it is funny but it was a very troubled school. Violence was off the chart in the classroom and even more so out of it. Sports days were indeed postponed. My brother is the polar opposite of me personality wise and is a meek character. So as stated above it was one of those schools that either made you or broke you. I can't help but think it broke him.
I was a St Mary's College lad. The walk after school across town to the Boulevard wearing a claret and blue scarf and Burnley FC holdall regularly made things interesting with lads from Everton.! The QEGS lot were too posh to catch a bus/train! Happy, but sometimes painful , days !
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You must have been there around the same time as me then. Clarets living in Blackburn. I can believe it was interesting. Never a dull moment back then growing up in that place when everyone knew we were ClaretsRingoMcCartney wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 1:17 pmSorry to hear that fella.
I was a St Mary's College lad. The walk after school across town to the Boulevard wearing a claret and blue scarf and Burnley FC holdall regularly made things interesting with lads from Everton.! The QEGS lot were too posh to catch a bus/train! Happy, but sometimes painful , days !
Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
https://www.therichest.com/poorest-list ... the-world/
On the plus side,if the horse fiddlers got it one of these will drop out.
On the plus side,if the horse fiddlers got it one of these will drop out.
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Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
They’ll never get it
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Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
Reading keep applying too and get the knock everytime
Southend got City status recently and there's few bigger sxxxholes than Sarfend
Apparently in tribute to their murdered MP which is a strange way to award City status
Southend got City status recently and there's few bigger sxxxholes than Sarfend
Apparently in tribute to their murdered MP which is a strange way to award City status
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Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
hope they get it as it will be good for East Lancs in general
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They surprisingly lost out to Preston last time they tried. I have to say Blackburn’s habit of tearing down any building built by previous generations (and with it large chunks of the towns character/social history, more than any anti- football resentment, makes me hope they fail; and by some distance.
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Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
No, it's a smelly town.
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Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
A smelly cheesy town
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Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
If they were being scored out of 10 - they just might manage to scrape 2 points if their cathedral was Norman, but it isn't, so they get none. Mind you, a number 2 kind of sums the whole place up.
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Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
And Burnley's such a lovely placeBilly Balfour wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 6:58 pmIf they were being scored out of 10 - they just might manage to scrape 2 points if their cathedral was Norman, but it isn't, so they get none. Mind you, a number 2 kind of sums the whole place up.
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Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
It all depends how much you can pay.
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Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
Compared to Blackburn? Yep, it is. There are some crappy areas, but there are also good ones too. We are surrounded by stunning countryside. Look up anywhere in the town and you'll see it, and it's all within short walking distance.
We also have well-kept parks and gardens. Blackburn is one mighty dump with hardly any redeeming features whatsoever.
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They'll be twinned with Haydock Park...
Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
As they say what’s in a name.
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I think you have your burnley blinkers on. The only difference between the two is that burnley is a smaller dumpBilly Balfour wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 9:37 pmCompared to Blackburn? Yep, it is. There are some crappy areas, but there are also good ones too. We are surrounded by stunning countryside. Look up anywhere in the town and you'll see it, and it's all within short walking distance.
We also have well-kept parks and gardens. Blackburn is one mighty dump with hardly any redeeming features whatsoever.
Blackburn has countryside surrounding it as well, probably about 5 mins walk from many areas of the town, and two well kept large parks.
Through choice I wouldn't live in either, but needs must.
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Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
Alcester wants to be a city the high street is about the same size as Ramsbottom it's a great town with fantastic charity shops but can't see it as a city.
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Re: I see Blackburn have applied for City Status
Quite a diverse selection in that list, I'll be surprised if Blackburn is one of the chosen entrants, but I guess you never know with things like this as there isn't any obvious criteria to base the final decisions on.
I assume there is some financial benefits of being granted city status as well as the evident bragging rights that would ensue for the winners.
I assume there is some financial benefits of being granted city status as well as the evident bragging rights that would ensue for the winners.