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| Author: | gusmac [ Wed Mar 14, 2012 2:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Congratulations to the CITY of Perth |
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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| Author: | grandad [ Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Congratulations to the CITY of Perth |
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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| Author: | captain cab [ Wed Mar 14, 2012 6:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Congratulations to the CITY of Perth |
I like Perth.....I thought it was already a City. CC |
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| Author: | toots [ Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Congratulations to the CITY of Perth |
grandad wrote: Does it actually make any difference if a place is a city or a town? Do citys get more funding than towns? 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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| Author: | Sussex [ Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Congratulations to the CITY of Perth |
grandad wrote: Does it actually make any difference if a place is a city or a town? Do citys get more funding than towns? It makes no difference. |
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| Author: | toots [ Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Congratulations to the CITY of Perth |
Sussex wrote: grandad wrote: Does it actually make any difference if a place is a city or a town? Do citys get more funding than towns? It makes no difference. 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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| Author: | E7fan [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Congratulations to the CITY of Perth |
toots wrote: grandad wrote: Does it actually make any difference if a place is a city or a town? Do citys get more funding than towns? 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 A city's got to have a Cathedral.....well that was the stipulation in olden days when i was a boy 
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| Author: | wee eddie [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Congratulations to the CITY of Perth |
Triples all round in the Council Chambers ~ It means that their salaries will be rising |
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| Author: | grandad [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Congratulations to the CITY of Perth |
E7fan wrote: A city's got to have a Cathedral.....well that was the stipulation in olden days when i was a boy 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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| Author: | Nidge2 [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Congratulations to the CITY of Perth |
grandad wrote: E7fan wrote: A city's got to have a Cathedral.....well that was the stipulation in olden days when i was a boy That is another one. What is the difference between a church and a cathedral? Leicester cathedral looks just like a church to me. 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". 
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| Author: | toots [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Congratulations to the CITY of Perth |
E7fan wrote: toots wrote: grandad wrote: Does it actually make any difference if a place is a city or a town? Do citys get more funding than towns? 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 A city's got to have a Cathedral.....well that was the stipulation in olden days when i was a boy No it hasn't |
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| Author: | Nidge2 [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Congratulations to the CITY of Perth |
E7fan wrote: toots wrote: grandad wrote: Does it actually make any difference if a place is a city or a town? Do citys get more funding than towns? 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 A city's got to have a Cathedral.....well that was the stipulation in olden days when i was a boy Nottingham hasn't got a Cathedral. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Congratulations to the CITY of Perth |
Nidge2 wrote: Nottingham hasn't got a Cathedral. Why would God want to visit that sh*thole? CC |
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| Author: | E7fan [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Congratulations to the CITY of Perth |
I said when I was a boy.......which was a long time a go
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| Author: | toots [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Congratulations to the CITY of Perth |
E7fan wrote: I said when I was a boy.......which was a long time a go Since the 12th century 
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