I think that, although their have been rumours floating about for years, unless you have proof about the person mentioned, I would be very careful as that could be construed as slander. Or is it libel?
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Is Chelmsford a City? |
I ask because Radio Two [redacted adjective] idiot Sarah Kennedy referred to it as such this morning. We have a cathedral, albeit a small one, but as far as I know it’s never been awarded “city status” (despite a campaign during the turn of the millennium). So what’s the criteria for being a “city”? Is a cathedral enough, or is there more? |
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| Author: | John_Vella [ Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is Chelmsford a City? |
I think that, although their have been rumours floating about for years, unless you have proof about the person mentioned, I would be very careful as that could be construed as slander. Or is it libel?
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| Author: | HeatherKay [ Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is Chelmsford a City? |
My home town, Guildford, has been trying for city status for years. It has a cathedral, a university, a large hospital, hosts the county show and is the county town of Surrey. It's still just a town, though. Rochester, however, is a city while barely being larger than a small village. To answer your question, though, here's the wikicliki. |
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| Author: | Linux_User [ Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:57 am ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Is Chelmsford a City? | |||||||||
Critieria for city is thus: If the Queen says it's a city then it's a city. Everyone else need not apply. |
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:58 am ] | |||||||||
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I have removed the offending word then. |
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Fri Dec 04, 2009 10:02 am ] | |||||||||
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Not any more, apparently: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_statu ... _Rochester Chelmsford was considering two routes at the time of the millennium - either it was going to become a business centre - which would have meant the building of a lot of office blocks and towers, or it would become a market town. I think it’s chosen the market town option, which I think is actually better as it won’t end up like Basildon. |
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| Author: | HeatherKay [ Fri Dec 04, 2009 10:08 am ] | |||||||||
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This is true, although apparently the authorities have written to Her Maj to see if it can be rectified. Locally, most people still refer to it as a city, and the tourist people market it has a city. |
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| Author: | EddArmitage [ Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:10 am ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Is Chelmsford a City? | |||||||||
And very nice it is too, and it's where I spend weekends when I'm here. |
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| Author: | HeatherKay [ Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:35 pm ] | |||||||||
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Really? I know it's effectively a foreign country to me since I've not lived there for over 20 years, but even when I did live there I thought the place sucked. The one-way system is a work of art, as is the Friary Centre. Last time I tried to walk up the cobbled High Street, it was full of jewellers and shoe shops. It doesn't pay to go back to places you knew in your youth, I find. |
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| Author: | finlay666 [ Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is Chelmsford a City? |
Chelmsford is the county town of Essex http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelmsford Question solved 
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| Author: | JohnSheridan [ Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is Chelmsford a City? |
Reminds me of Milton Keynes. The number of times I hear people calling it a "city" when it is not is quite annoying - delusions of grandeur and all that. |
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| Author: | finlay666 [ Fri Dec 04, 2009 5:13 pm ] | |||||||||
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I believe the correct adjective for MK is "Roundabouttown" |
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| Author: | HeatherKay [ Fri Dec 04, 2009 5:21 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Is Chelmsford a City? | |||||||||
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Key ... ew_City.22 It's understandable when the early references to the new town included notions of updating the "garden city" ideal. I have friends who live in Stony Stratford, and they often referred to "going to the city centre" if they were headed to the huge shopping centre. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Key ... _forest.22 |
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| Author: | stu_1701 [ Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is Chelmsford a City? |
The way I look at it is this: Having a Cathedral effectively makes a place eligible to apply for city status - it is then up to the powers that be (as already mentioned, HM) to decide. That's why I hate it when people call Brighton a city. It's not. Its just a large town which happens to have merged with Hove to form a rather lacklustre urbanised seaside resort (which some Londoners still seem to think is posh  )
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| Author: | EddArmitage [ Fri Dec 04, 2009 7:37 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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We're talking relative here. And relative to Farnborough. There's things other than concrete there, for starters, although I still head back to Bath most weekends. |
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