Where Should the Next UK City of Culture Be?

[scorcher]

Keep up JT - I notice that Worsley is not in the frame !

[johntaylor49]

To be honest Worsley has a lot of history actually rather than Culture. There would have been no serious Industrial Revolution without it! The Dulke of Bridgewater realising to fuel the Revolution needed a way of transporting Coal, plus of course becoming very rich as he owned Coal mines   .

He personally went to Parliament to demonstrate that if Canals were constructed and lined with Clay the water wouldn't run away as they believed, permission was given to build the Bridgewater Canal from his coal mines (inside and underground where the ground rose believe it or not) by James Brindley. Canals grew across the UK to transport goods and coal to the Industries. Bridgewater Canal was then  linked to the Manchester Ship Canal and coal exported!  It was said you could travel from inside a mine in Worsley to America never having to set foot on dry land!

Not to mention the Market clock in Walkden used to strike 13 times at 1 pm to ensure office staff heard it above the noise from the nearby Ellesmere Colliery and Workshops and were not late back from Lunch.

Anyway, personally and frankly I couldn't give a flying **** about "City of Culture" really, more Eurocrap in my book  

[Menthol]

What's the point?

There's no real funding for culture anymore since Cameron and Clegg got in.

[johntaylor49]

You are right there Menthol, is it true you are building a Gallows in Sheffield for one of them   Can I help???

[Menthol]

La Guillotine Pour Nicolas, was completed within 6 months of the coalition coming to fruition.

Le Gros Marteau Pour David is still under construction. There have been several re-designs.

[johntaylor49]

Bon!

I do prefer madame guillotine to the gallows, but don't stand too near, complete ruined my new revolutionary
roccade, all splattered last time, do you think we could encourage "tony" to come by and include him in the action?   

Barnsley man's dog dies and he takes it to the sculptor and says he wants a gold plated statue making of him, the
Sculptor asks "do you want it 18ct? " the man replies "Nay, ya daft booger, chewin on't bone!"

Nah then!

[Menthol]

Barnsley should be a contender for Town of Culture. It needs it.

[littlereddevil]

OMG I can't believe it's Hull.........................

[kevin3]

Well Scunners starry-eyed friend and the cute green wooden phone boxes swung it.
Hull it is.They managed to keep Prescott locked out of sight until it was all over.
Culturehull. !!

[Rimms]

Hull !

Just shows you what we know, It polled 0.00%

Good luck to Hull, it was a head office for a company I worked at for many years. I hope they embrace the Capital of Culture year, it really helpe transform Liverpool from the last option on the CBF poll to what is now a major European tourist destination and cruise terminal.