8 new cities for Jubilee, not for Boro though.

[Andy_W]

Platinum Jubilee: Eight towns to be made cities for Platinum Jubilee

Locations including Milton Keynes, Dunfermline and Wrexham will be made cities in honour of the Queen.

www.bbc.co.uk

7 of those 8 smaller than Boro, most much smaller in most cases, none of them have a football team above League 2 level, one of them did try and steal one, but that didn't quite work out.

Apparently "Applicants had to show their cultural heritage and royal links.", all well and good if you like that sort of thing (I'm not fussed), but the only town bigger than us (Milton Keynes) is only 50 years old.

 

[TeaCider]

Disappointing.

Can't argue with most of the list, but Milton Keynes is annoying.

 

[Craggsy2]

I really thought when I saw that there were 8 new cities that we had to be one of them. A big disappointment to be over looked yet again. Still that small town up north!

 

[Air Resistance]

I don’t know what representation was made for Middlesbrough but it’s a big shame.

 

[Craggsy2]

Disappointing.

Can't argue with most of the list, but Milton Keynes is annoying.

How has Milton Keynes got Cultural Heritage and Royal linkks?

 

[TeaCider]

I really thought when I saw that there were 8 new cities that we had to be one of them. A big disappointment to be over looked yet again. Still that small town up north!

I thought we'd make it too, but it was always going to be only 3 for England.

1 Welsh, 1 Scottish, 1 Northern Irish, 1 Crown Dependency and 1 Overseas Territory.

 

[Cuthbert]

How has Milton Keynes got Cultural Heritage and Royal linkks?

Fast train in to London?

 

[bungydinsdale]

Not bothered too much about it myself (mind you I'm from Norton) but Small City in Europe (for our next Euro adventures) doesn't have the same ring to it...

 

[SmallTown]

I really thought when I saw that there were 8 new cities that we had to be one of them. A big disappointment to be over looked yet again. Still that small town up north!

TBF Doncaster are also a small town up north. Plus I'd have to change my username and MidsizedCity doesn't sound as good.

 

[SmallTown]

Agree with most about MK too. It may be the biggest "city" on this list but I don't understand it's importance. It's a big newtown but exactly that, a town.

 

[RedAsABeetroot]

How has Milton Keynes got Cultural Heritage and Royal linkks?

Does it have a Pizza Express?

 

[Zoophonic]

Agree with most about MK too. It may be the biggest "city" on this list but I don't understand it's importance. It's a big newtown but exactly that, a town.

It’s a manufactured “town” too created in Buckinghamshire flat agricultural land with no heritage other than its next door to Bletchley which housed the enigma code breaking machine. No river, no industry, no soul. Even it’s football team was stolen off another.

 

[Cuthbert]

TBF Doncaster are also a small town up north. Plus I'd have to change my username and MidsizedCity doesn't sound as good.

Small City surely? Shouldn't your user name already be MidsizedTown in fact?

I think Reading must be disappointed... although maybe they like the accolade of being the country's largest town.

 

[TheHolgate]

I would have expected us to get it with 8 new cities. Guess our face just doesn't fit. Nevermind.

 

[Craggsy2]

Does it have a Pizza Express?

Yes and why was Reading overlooked again?

 

[Zoophonic]

Yes and why was Reading overlooked again?

I think both Reading and Boro have been overlooked because both town centres need significant upgrading. I hate Milton Keynes but the “centre” is a pleasant thriving shopping area with entertainment centres - snow dome, theatre etc.

 

[Norfolkred1]

New Boro moto 'Numquan Sponsa' (Never the Bride)

 

[Colgates_shaving_foam]

Agree with most about MK too. It may be the biggest "city" on this list but I don't understand it's importance. It's a big newtown but exactly that, a town.

Really your name should be largetown, there can't be many towns bigger than Boro.

You could then change it to smallcity.

Are we pretty much the only country that has this weird town/city fetish?

Don't most countries just call any large urban centre a city? They don't need someone in authority to decree it?

 

[rbmfc1985]

Having been to Doncaster regularly, I can see why they'd be chosen ahead of us. The Frenchgate Centre is far better than our town centre, their transport links are better, especially via train. Whenever I've been there it just seems like it had had a lot of better investment than we have.

I personally prefer living in Middlesbrough and wouldn't move there. But, on paper at least, it certainly seems better suited to city status.

 

[SmallTown]

Having been to Doncaster regularly, I can see why they'd be chosen ahead of us. The Frenchgate Centre is far better than our town centre, their transport links are better, especially via train. Whenever I've been there it just seems like it had had a lot of better investment than we have.

I personally prefer living in Middlesbrough and wouldn't move there. But, on paper at least, it certainly seems better suited to city status.

You honestly need to give me a tour guide, I sometimes work on the outskirts of town and whenever I venture in to the city I find it very very poor.

Although I agree with you about the Frenchgate centre and I like that big mural opposite the train station. Other than that I don't enjoy the "city" at all.