Either by population or by area.

I just had a £50 bet with someone that it is not Huddersfield.

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On 31/08/2013 17:28, ARW wrote:
Either by population or by area.

I just had a £50 bet with someone that it is not Huddersfield.

I think you'll be good for your 50 quid.
A quick Google says it's Reading, with Huddersfield 11th
Mine's a pint....

GMM wrote:
On 31/08/2013 17:28, ARW wrote:
Either by population or by area.

I just had a £50 bet with someone that it is not Huddersfield.

I think you'll be good for your 50 quid.
A quick Google says it's Reading, with Huddersfield 11th
Mine's a pint....

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Huddersfield

Is the only thing my research has provided.

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On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 17:28:37 +0100, "ARW"
wrote:

Either by population or by area.

I just had a £50 bet with someone that it is not Huddersfield.

By population, Reading, according to
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/t...est-towns.html

Huddersfield is in 11 place.

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On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 17:28:37 +0100, "ARW"
wrote:

Either by population or by area.

I just had a £50 bet with someone that it is not Huddersfield.

Presumably the point is that cities are excluded?

This has it Reading:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/t...est-towns.html

These include cities and have it London:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...y_populati on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...United_Kingdom
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Does this mean then that Reading could soon become a City?

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On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 17:28:37 +0100, "ARW"
wrote:

Either by population or by area.

I just had a £50 bet with someone that it is not Huddersfield.

Presumably the point is that cities are excluded?

This has it Reading:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/t...est-towns.html

These include cities and have it London:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...y_populati on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...United_Kingdom
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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message ...

Does this mean then that Reading could soon become a City?

Brian



As far as I am aware there is no Cathedral in Reading, so it CANNOT be a
city

AWEM

On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 19:45:22 +0100, Andrew Mawson wrote:

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message ...

Does this mean then that Reading could soon become a City?

Brian



As far as I am aware there is no Cathedral in Reading, so it CANNOT be a
city

AWEM

That's no longer one of the criteria. Brighton has no cathedral.



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in 1253067 20130831 195534 Bob Eager wrote:
On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 19:45:22 +0100, Andrew Mawson wrote:

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message ...

Does this mean then that Reading could soon become a City?

Brian



As far as I am aware there is no Cathedral in Reading, so it CANNOT be a
city

AWEM

That's no longer one of the criteria. Brighton has no cathedral.

Didn't a university confer city status at one time?

On 31/08/2013 19:45, Andrew Mawson wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message ...

Does this mean then that Reading could soon become a City?

Brian



As far as I am aware there is no Cathedral in Reading, so it CANNOT be a
city

AWEM

Where is Southampton's cathedral? Or Sunderland's? Or Brighton and Hove's?

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On 31/08/13 19:58, polygonum wrote:
On 31/08/2013 19:45, Andrew Mawson wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message ...

Does this mean then that Reading could soon become a City?

Brian



As far as I am aware there is no Cathedral in Reading, so it CANNOT be a
city

AWEM

Where is Southampton's cathedral? Or Sunderland's? Or Brighton and
Hove's?

I wouldn't call any of em cities.


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On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 19:58:33 +0100, polygonum
wrote:

On 31/08/2013 19:45, Andrew Mawson wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message ...

Does this mean then that Reading could soon become a City?

Brian



As far as I am aware there is no Cathedral in Reading, so it CANNOT be a
city

AWEM

Where is Southampton's cathedral? Or Sunderland's? Or Brighton and Hove's?

Or York's?

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On 31/08/13 19:45, Andrew Mawson wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message ...

Does this mean then that Reading could soon become a City?

Brian



As far as I am aware there is no Cathedral in Reading, so it CANNOT be
a city


Its pretty cheesy tho.

AWEM


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On 31/08/2013 19:45, Andrew Mawson wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message ...

Does this mean then that Reading could soon become a City?

Brian



As far as I am aware there is no Cathedral in Reading, so it CANNOT be a
city

AWEM


A town is not designated as a city because of it having a cathedral.
(It used to be).

It's based on population size and various other criteria

In message , Bod
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On 31/08/2013 19:45, Andrew Mawson wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message ...

Does this mean then that Reading could soon become a City?

Brian



As far as I am aware there is no Cathedral in Reading, so it CANNOT be a
city

AWEM


A town is not designated as a city because of it having a cathedral.
(It used to be).

It's based on population size and various other criteria
Like being awarded the title of city.
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On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 20:25:06 +0100, Bod
wrote:

On 31/08/2013 19:45, Andrew Mawson wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message ...

Does this mean then that Reading could soon become a City?

Brian



As far as I am aware there is no Cathedral in Reading, so it CANNOT be a
city

AWEM


A town is not designated as a city because of it having a cathedral.
(It used to be).

It's based on population size and various other criteria

A cathedral is the seat ("cathedra") of the bishop of the diocese. If
a particular diocese has two or more cities clearly he can't have have
two "seats" (that would be greedy) so the remaining cities normally
have a minster instead.

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Andrew Mawson wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message ...

Does this mean then that Reading could soon become a City?

Brian



As far as I am aware there is no Cathedral in Reading, so it CANNOT be a
city

There's no cathedral in Stoke-on-Trent, either, but that *is* a city.
and they've got a charter granted in 1925 to prove it.

And, Brian, it only takes a Royal Commission and an application to make
a new city.

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"John Williamson" wrote in message ...

Andrew Mawson wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message ...

Does this mean then that Reading could soon become a City?

Brian



As far as I am aware there is no Cathedral in Reading, so it CANNOT be a
city

There's no cathedral in Stoke-on-Trent, either, but that *is* a city. and
they've got a charter granted in 1925 to prove it.

And, Brian, it only takes a Royal Commission and an application to make a
new city.


Yet another example of slipping standards !!!!

AWEM

Andrew Mawson wrote:
As far as I am aware there is no Cathedral in Reading, so it CANNOT be a
city

Sheffield didn't get a cathedral until 1926, 33 years after it became a city in 1893.

JGH

Brian Gaff wrote:

Does this mean then that Reading could soon become a City?

They applied to be one of the Silver Jubbly cities ...

Andy Burns wrote:

Brian Gaff wrote:

Does this mean then that Reading could soon become a City?

They applied to be one of the Silver Jubbly cities ...

Oops, not Silver, try Diamond /timewarp

On 31/08/2013 17:40, Java Jive wrote:
On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 17:28:37 +0100, "ARW"
wrote:

Either by population or by area.

I just had a £50 bet with someone that it is not Huddersfield.

Presumably the point is that cities are excluded?

This has it Reading:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/t...est-towns.html

These include cities and have it London:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...y_populati on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...United_Kingdom


How about Unitary Authorities? Medway beats reading 234,000 to 264,000.

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writes
On 31/08/2013 17:40, Java Jive wrote:
On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 17:28:37 +0100, "ARW"
wrote:

Either by population or by area.

I just had a £50 bet with someone that it is not Huddersfield.

Presumably the point is that cities are excluded?

This has it Reading:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/t...tains-20-bigge
st-towns.html

These include cities and have it London:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...in_England_by_
population
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...United_Kingdom


How about Unitary Authorities? Medway beats reading 234,000 to 264,000.

Unitary Authorities are not necessarily towns e.g. Borough of Cheshire
East includes the towns of Crewe Nantwich Sandbach Macclesfield
Knutsford Wilmslow etc etc.
--
bert

In article , ARW
writes
Either by population or by area.

I just had a £50 bet with someone that it is not Huddersfield.

Given the contenders, is that biggest town or biggest ****'ole?
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it's a ba-na-na . . . .

Good question!

Before I went to live in Reading, almost everyone I knew said: "You
don't wanna go THERE! It's a DUMP!" But I went there (I didn't have
much choice if I wanted to keep my job), and, if there was ever any
doubt in the matter, I can now indeed confirm that it's a dump.

On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 19:49:10 +0100, fred wrote:

Given the contenders, is that biggest town or biggest ****'ole?
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On 31/08/13 19:49, fred wrote:
In article , ARW
writes
Either by population or by area.

I just had a £50 bet with someone that it is not Huddersfield.

Given the contenders, is that biggest town or biggest ****'ole?
that's got to be stoke on trent surely?


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Presumably you passed through it then ...

On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 20:06:57 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

On 31/08/13 19:49, fred wrote:

Given the contenders, is that biggest town or biggest ****'ole?

that's got to be stoke on trent surely?
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 31/08/13 19:49, fred wrote:
In article , ARW
writes
Either by population or by area.

I just had a £50 bet with someone that it is not Huddersfield.

Given the contenders, is that biggest town or biggest ****'ole?

that's got to be stoke on trent surely?

The traffic wardens in Stoke on Trent are as thick as pig ****. The electric
shutters at one of their underground carparks packed in and I was sent to
fix them. And yes he did give me a ticket whilst I was fixing them. The PCSO
that turned up said if I did not calm down he would call the police and have
me arrested.

All I said to the warden was "I know your are only doing your job, but it's
a ****s job and only a **** would do it". That is not IMHO a breach of the
peace but a fact. I then said the same thing to the PCSO.

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In message , fred writes
In article , ARW
writes
Either by population or by area.

I just had a £50 bet with someone that it is not Huddersfield.

Given the contenders, is that biggest town or biggest ****'ole?
No that's Slough
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In article , bert ]
writes
In message , fred writes
In article , ARW
writes
Either by population or by area.

I just had a £50 bet with someone that it is not Huddersfield.

Given the contenders, is that biggest town or biggest ****'ole?
No that's Slough

I'll see your Slough and raise you a creepy Crawley . . .
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it's a ba-na-na . . . .

IIRC, Betjeman: "Come friendly bombs and drop on Slough",

But I would say: Happiness is Slough ... in your rear view mirror.

On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 21:15:42 +0100, bert ] wrote:

No that's Slough
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On 31/08/2013 22:32, Java Jive wrote:
IIRC, Betjeman: "Come friendly bombs and drop on Slough",

But I would say: Happiness is Slough ... in your rear view mirror.

On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 21:15:42 +0100, bert ] wrote:

No that's Slough

Fall.

And not only because it is September tomorrow.

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