monasqueen Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Amadeus said: Nobles Park will be renamed SOuthDOuglasSOcialPArk No, SOuthDOuglasFunFair 😁 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 15 hours ago, Roxanne said: Jesus. Can’t someone get off their arse and do something nice for people without being ripped to shreds for it? When was the last time you did something nice for 3000 people Omobono? Bah Humbug! 😇 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 8 minutes ago, hissingsid said: It must me some kind of plan to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee I bet there will be a shower of applications from all over the UK. Platinum Jubilee of course - one day left to get get your applications in. The press release makes the whole thing sound like a slightly tacky competition run by a rather dodgy supermarket chain. Which seems about right for the current government. It actually mentions the Crown Dependency thing quite a lot and I wonder if Peel has actually been earmarked for one as somewhere that was historically seen as a City - both St Asaph and Armagh got awarded the status in 2012. Of course it's going to be embarrassing if Her Maj pops her clogs before 6 Feb and there isn't a Jubilee, but I reckon she'll hang on for couple of years to beat Louis Quatorze and go top of the League. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 38 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: Platinum Jubilee of course - one day left to get get your applications in. The press release makes the whole thing sound like a slightly tacky competition run by a rather dodgy supermarket chain. Which seems about right for the current government. It actually mentions the Crown Dependency thing quite a lot and I wonder if Peel has actually been earmarked for one as somewhere that was historically seen as a City - both St Asaph and Armagh got awarded the status in 2012. Of course it's going to be embarrassing if Her Maj pops her clogs before 6 Feb and there isn't a Jubilee, but I reckon she'll hang on for couple of years to beat Louis Quatorze and go top of the League. Peel has always been known to me as the "Sunset City" since I moved to the Island just over 40 years ago. I'm afraid that Douglas has a long way to go to receive the epithet of "Sunrise City" in my books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Here's a list of the runners and riders - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59758549 Some places I would have thought were already cities in that list. How many is she going to name? If it's one English, one Welsh, one Scottish, one Northern Ireland and one other then I think the Thatcherites in Government will be push Port Stanley ahead of our two champions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barlow Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 On 12/6/2021 at 8:11 PM, Omobono said: ...the Cretney Clan singing hunt the wren , there writing a book How to Win the Popular vote .... As long as David doesn't make the front page of the newspaper this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 We've covered the 'city has a cathedral thing' in this thread, but what makes a big church a cathedral? Could a Douglas church apply to the bishop for cathedral status and automatically get its town city status? And, shouldn't a city be large enough that it's got a furrier? One of the random 'facts' I remember from pre-O-level geography lessons when we defined the difference between hamlet/village/town/city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barlow Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 On 12/6/2021 at 8:18 PM, Roxanne said: Jesus. Can’t someone get off their arse and do something nice for people without being ripped to shreds for it? When was the last time you did something nice for 3000 people Omobono? Jesus did something nice for 5000 people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emesde Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 14 minutes ago, wrighty said: 15 minutes ago, wrighty said: Could a Douglas church apply to the bishop for cathedral status and automatically get its town city status? Don't think that would work, as you can have a cathedral and still not be a city. Quite a few of those around, Guildford being a good example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevster Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 (edited) 30 minutes ago, wrighty said: what makes a big church a cathedral? A cathedral is the principal church within a diocese (so it may not be the biggest) Edited December 23, 2021 by kevster 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 (edited) 41 minutes ago, wrighty said: We've covered the 'city has a cathedral thing' in this thread, but what makes a big church a cathedral? Could a Douglas church apply to the bishop for cathedral status and automatically get its town city status? And, shouldn't a city be large enough that it's got a furrier? One of the random 'facts' I remember from pre-O-level geography lessons when we defined the difference between hamlet/village/town/city. Cathedrals (at least official Anglican ones) are designated by an Act of a parliament - in our case the Cathedral Church Act 1980 (amending the Church Act 1895). The situation is as usual completely different in Scotland. You must have had a very odd geography teacher. But then didn't we all. Edited December 23, 2021 by Roger Mexico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Peel not only has a Cathedral but a Bishop who works out of it when he is not busy in Tynwald, which I disagree with but another story, I hope Peel gets it, apparently there are a lot of applications even Port Stanley is having a punt. Be interesting to see who is successful . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 I think we need some sort of compromise here in respect of the Douglas application. Could we call it, "A Shitty"? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 4 hours ago, wrighty said: We've covered the 'city has a cathedral thing' in this thread, but what makes a big church a cathedral? Could a Douglas church apply to the bishop for cathedral status and automatically get its town city status? We've may have covered the 'city has a cathedral thing' but some people are labouring under the belief that a cathedral automatically turns a town into a city, when this has been debunked repeatedly in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulos The Great Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 It’s probably some ploy to make Devon Watson the city’s self-appointed (or is that self-opinionated) King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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