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Congratulations to the CITY of Perth

Perth has regained city status after years of campaigning by residents.

The Fair City on the River Tay was one of 25 towns across the UK bidding to get city status as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

Perth becomes Scotland’s seventh city after Inverness, which was given status in 2000 as part of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee celebrations.

Chelmsford in England and St Asaph in Wales have also been awarded city status to mark the Queen's diamond jubilee.

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond congratulated Perth on its successful city status bid.

He added: "This is fantastic news for the City of Perth and indeed for the whole of Scotland. To have the title of City restored rightly to this ancient capital is entirely fitting during this Diamond Jubilee Year.

"Praise is due to the people who have worked hard to make Perth’s case, in particular the Provost John Hulbert and Lord Lieutenant Mel Jamieson. Their dedication has resulted in a celebration for the Fair City’s people and a recognition of what Perth means to Scotland.

"Now we can look forward to an exciting future building on an already dynamic city which will deliver further success economically to the local community and more widely. Well done to the Fair City."

It was up against 24 other UK towns, including Dumfries, and several in England, such as Doncaster, Middlesbrough and Bolton.

Perth, which is already an ecclesiastical city due to its cathedral and celebrated its 800th anniversary in 2010, has a population of around 44,000.

It previously lost city status during a local government re-organisation in 1975 while the bid to restore it received cross-party support from politicians.

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/tayside/300 ... mpaigning/

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Does it actually make any difference if a place is a city or a town? Do citys get more funding than towns?

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Grandad,

I like Perth.....I thought it was already a City.

CC

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I always understood that a city gets more funding than a town. I'm also under the impression that you can only have universities in cities but I'm not sure about that

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It makes no difference.

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IDFIMH

Having just read lots of sh*te about the difference it makes you're quite right, it's just a prestige thing

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A city's got to have a Cathedral.....well that was the stipulation in olden days when i was a boy

Triples all round in the Council Chambers ~ It means that their salaries will be rising

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Don't dream it ~ Be it.

That is another one. What is the difference between a church and a cathedral? Leicester cathedral looks just like a church to me.

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Grandad,

So does that stupid village in Wales that's been given City status, with 3000 people and a few streets through the middle of it all the locals could say on the news this morning was, "we need a bigger bookies".

No it hasn't

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Nottingham hasn't got a Cathedral.

Why would God want to visit that sh*thole?

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

I said when I was a boy.......which was a long time a go

Since the 12th century

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!