I'm sure we are all delighted that Wrexham is to become a city

mad norm wrote: May 20th, 2022, 9:40 am I'm sure we are all delighted that Wrexham is to become a city

To use a football analogy - as with the proliferation of Uefa tournaments (like how now even Wales has 3 or 4 European places for the WPL) and the expansion of the world cup/Euro's the way city status is being dished out (including how it was to Newport) takes the gloss off the status itself - 'and in many ways we are all winners - which is why we have granted city status to Risca'* - North Wales already has a city in Bangor anyway.

That said in the US and other countries like [say] Japan even very tiny places call themselves 'City of'...perhaps its only us Brits who get worked up about it?

*nowt wrong with Risca but a city it ain't

Good Evening

I think it would be a good idea, with so many new cities that now and then existing cities lose that status if they are naughty. If they don’t behave in the fitting manner of a city then the title is taken away. For instance, bad planning decisions or high murder rates/criminality etc.

Who would you take city status away from?

Phil in Northampton

On that basis the UK might not have many cities by the end of the decade.

Confusingly there are now 2 Bangor's in the UK - could be a long and expensive taxi ride for someone if their driver mixes it up - 'Bangor - sure mate just you go to sleep in the back' - one ferry ride and a long drive later 'here we are sir Bangor - isn’t it lovely on a day like this...so that'll be £376 please no wait there’s the ferry on top so let’s call it £450 - cash only I'm afraid as my card machine has broken!'…unlikely but in fairness some away fans in our ‘AFC’ days went to Hinkley point for an away game (wrong Hinckley a fair way away from the actual one sadly no 'senior' non league team in the town anymore)

Fact Barry is now the largest town in Wales Northampton England largest town now

CathedralCounty wrote: May 23rd, 2022, 8:51 am Confusingly there are now 2 Bangor's in the UK - could be a long and expensive taxi ride for someone if their driver mixes it up - 'Bangor - sure mate just you go to sleep in the back' - one ferry ride and a long drive later 'here we are sir Bangor - isn’t it lovely on a day like this...so that'll be £376 please no wait there’s the ferry on top so let’s call it £450 - cash only I'm afraid as my card machine has broken!'…unlikely but in fairness some away fans in our ‘AFC’ days went to Hinkley point for an away game (wrong Hinckley a fair way away from the actual one sadly no 'senior' non league team in the town anymore)

Some friends of mine live in a tiny village in Cambridgeshire called Chippenham. One day a lorry driver asked for directions to an address in Chippenham Wiltshire. I am sure Newport Shropshire; Gillingham Dorset; St Ives Cambridgeshire or Cornwall,
etc have all led to similarly sad/funny mix ups.