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Author Topic: Why isn't Doncaster a City & would DRFC benefit as a result  (Read 3502 times)

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SydneyRover

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Re: Why isn't Doncaster a City & would DRFC benefit as a result
« Reply #30 on September 19, 2021, 09:31:48 am by SydneyRover »
Are you saying you have no influence at all in the party you know and love bb?



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scawsby steve

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Re: Why isn't Doncaster a City & would DRFC benefit as a result
« Reply #31 on September 19, 2021, 09:00:06 pm by scawsby steve »
Look if anyone really wants this city thingy it's selby and bb that have the ear of government surely, having supported them faithfully without question, never shying away from rushing to their defence, never caring about their own reputation or sanity, I'm surprised that they didn't get a call in the reshuffle, maybe it they are on the honours list.

Utterly and totally WUM post.

SydneyRover

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Re: Why isn't Doncaster a City & would DRFC benefit as a result
« Reply #32 on September 19, 2021, 10:41:38 pm by SydneyRover »
You're becoming a grumpy old sod in your dotage Steve, or were you always one?

scawsby steve

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Re: Why isn't Doncaster a City & would DRFC benefit as a result
« Reply #33 on September 20, 2021, 07:48:13 pm by scawsby steve »
You're becoming a grumpy old sod in your dotage Steve, or were you always one?

Not at all, Sydney. As a young man in the 60s, we had the Beatles, Muhammed Ali, the England World Cup winners, full employment, and everything was cheap.

Then the next few generations came, f*cked everything up, and then buggered off to Australia.

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Re: Why isn't Doncaster a City & would DRFC benefit as a result
« Reply #34 on September 20, 2021, 09:37:27 pm by Janso »
You're becoming a grumpy old sod in your dotage Steve, or were you always one?

Not at all, Sydney. As a young man in the 60s, we had the Beatles, Muhammed Ali, the England World Cup winners, full employment, and everything was cheap.

Then the next few generations came, f*cked everything up, and then buggered off to Australia.

Didn't know 50 year olds were considered young in the 60s Steve?

SydneyRover

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Re: Why isn't Doncaster a City & would DRFC benefit as a result
« Reply #35 on September 20, 2021, 10:17:18 pm by SydneyRover »
I don't blame the beatles just because they went to Australia but plenty blamed Yoko.

scawsby steve

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Re: Why isn't Doncaster a City & would DRFC benefit as a result
« Reply #36 on September 21, 2021, 08:17:51 pm by scawsby steve »
You're becoming a grumpy old sod in your dotage Steve, or were you always one?

Not at all, Sydney. As a young man in the 60s, we had the Beatles, Muhammed Ali, the England World Cup winners, full employment, and everything was cheap.

Then the next few generations came, f*cked everything up, and then buggered off to Australia.

Didn't know 50 year olds were considered young in the 60s Steve?

That's confirmed what I always suspected; that BB's mentoring you.

Dutch Uncle

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Re: Why isn't Doncaster a City & would DRFC benefit as a result
« Reply #37 on October 02, 2021, 10:17:05 am by Dutch Uncle »
It now seems that Bangor, Northern Ireland (where I am now living) has aspirations to become a city as well. As Northern Ireland’s 5th largest place and a bit of a culture and food centre it has a case IMHO.

And it has 4 times the population of Bangor, Wales which is a city.

SydneyRover

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Re: Why isn't Doncaster a City & would DRFC benefit as a result
« Reply #38 on October 02, 2021, 11:02:58 am by SydneyRover »
It now seems that Bangor, Northern Ireland (where I am now living) has aspirations to become a city as well. As Northern Ireland’s 5th largest place and a bit of a culture and food centre it has a case IMHO.

And it has 4 times the population of Bangor, Wales which is a city.

Are there advantages to be named a city Dutch, is it an upgrade?

Dutch Uncle

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Re: Why isn't Doncaster a City & would DRFC benefit as a result
« Reply #39 on October 02, 2021, 11:42:46 am by Dutch Uncle »
Don’t know the details, but, in Northern Ireland at least, I think it comes with greater funding, or rights to funding, as well as possible increase in tourism.  Bangor has a large tourist income, mainly from day trippers.

SydneyRover

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Re: Why isn't Doncaster a City & would DRFC benefit as a result
« Reply #40 on October 02, 2021, 11:56:24 am by SydneyRover »
I've only been once, from Stranraer to Belfast then down to Dublin, we then followed the border north to the Giants Causeway, around the coast and .......... I can't remember how we returned to the main island. it was about 30 years ago and we thought it terrific.

It's incredible if by dint of a couple of ticks on a form, a town can suddenly become a city and get more money.

SydneyRover

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Re: Why isn't Doncaster a City & would DRFC benefit as a result
« Reply #41 on October 02, 2021, 01:29:26 pm by SydneyRover »
Don’t know the details, but, in Northern Ireland at least, I think it comes with greater funding, or rights to funding, as well as possible increase in tourism.  Bangor has a large tourist income, mainly from day trippers.

This interesting London per se is not a city and if nothing has changed there is no economic advantage.

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-13841482

Colemans Left Hook

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Re: Why isn't Doncaster a City & would DRFC benefit as a result
« Reply #42 on November 18, 2021, 07:33:30 pm by Colemans Left Hook »
just came across this ..... "as you do"

https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/get-involved/show-your-support-for-the-doncaster-city-bid

application has to be in by december 8th




drfchound

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Re: Why isn't Doncaster a City & would DRFC benefit as a result
« Reply #43 on November 18, 2021, 07:45:55 pm by drfchound »
I had an email from DMBC with all that info CLH.

River Don

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Re: Why isn't Doncaster a City & would DRFC benefit as a result
« Reply #44 on November 18, 2021, 07:56:42 pm by River Don »
What are the actual benefits of being a city?

Colemans Left Hook

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Don’t you have to have cathedral?

i used to fall for that one

basically it seems it's down to the Queen (someone should remind her that her filly Dunfermline won the St. Leger) me thinks we are half way their already


And now we are are all the way there

Asi said THAT WAS A THANK YOU from M'amm for the pleasure of her 4 legged friend and the museum clinched it


Next stop Doncaster City of Culture  :scarf:

Janso

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Re: Why isn't Doncaster a City & would DRFC benefit as a result
« Reply #46 on May 21, 2022, 08:53:42 am by Janso »
What are the actual benefits of being a city?

Being able to lord it over Barnsley and Rotherham, primarily.

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Re: Why isn't Doncaster a City & would DRFC benefit as a result
« Reply #47 on May 21, 2022, 11:28:58 am by Sprotyrover »
What are the actual benefits of being a city?

That's worth £10 million a year in my reckoning

Being able to lord it over Barnsley and Rotherham, primarily.

Colemans Left Hook

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Donnygate didn't help the town's prospects of city status. Those good old, trustworthy, honest, salt of the earth labour councillors should have been transported to Australia for what they did.

Get it right BB and say they should have been sent to Tasmania  (or should i say Van Diemen's Land)   that was effectively double bubble transportation

SydneyRover

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Re: Why isn't Doncaster a City & would DRFC benefit as a result
« Reply #49 on May 21, 2022, 11:33:55 pm by SydneyRover »
It's now a badge of honour if you can prove you are a descendent of a convict.

Colemans Left Hook

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It's now a badge of honour if you can prove you are a descendent of a convict.


https://convictrecords.com.au/

Convict Records of Australia

Branton Red

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Re: Why isn't Doncaster a City & would DRFC benefit as a result
« Reply #51 on May 22, 2022, 09:50:47 pm by Branton Red »
Being a cynic I'd suggest one of the main reasons Doncaster is not a city in spite of it's size and relative importance is due to the fact that historically the parliamentary constituencies in the borough have been safe seats.

Perhaps the results from the last General Election in each of town's seats may boost our chances of gaining much deserved city status.


Good call

 

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