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paulzolo
What's a life?
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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:38 am
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Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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That's Dorchester out then!
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm
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"Birthplace of radio"?? Has anyone told the rest of the cosmos?
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mikepgood
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:23 pm
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Does it actually matter?
Apathy rul.........Oh I can't be bothered
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HeatherKay
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Location: Here, but not all there.
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And Medway has missed out. Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Before Medway was created by munging together Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham, Strood and Rainham, Rochester was an actual pukka City in its own right. Some idiot, however, forgot to send a form in to renew the charter when it came up. They've been embarrassed by it ever since.
And now they've been rebuffed by the Diamond Jubilee thing, too. Life is sweet sometimes.
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paulzolo
What's a life?
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Sadly, the Marconi factory is past its best.  Chelmsford, Marconi New Street Factory by Stuart Axe, on Flickr
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Good. I'm glad Doncaster didn't get city status. It's not big enough and is soooooooo badly run (I know people who worked for the council).
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm
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Can we please stop awarding city status to small, insignifcant places. I can't say I've been to Chelmsford, but does awarding city status to places such as this not cheapen city status?
What's next, Middlesbrough?
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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I agree with you on Chelmsford - its population is below 100,000. However, Middlesbrough has a population of 142,000 and Teeside a population of 365,000. Middlesbrough should be a city. _________________Jim
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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
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Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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I thought Middlesbrough was a city!
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pcernie
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Location: Belfast
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Does anyone want Belfast? I'm starting to think things were better before the high street 'brands' showed up...
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