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canary_max said:
Its that lack of cathedrals Redruth!

What's the difference between a town and city really, ie those
Big towns that don't have city status. Is Ely a city because it has a cathedral?
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Truro, population under 20K, has city status and has a three spired cathedral. Rather an outdated and antiquated way of granting an urban area the, very important it would seem, status of City.
 
I can see the glories of both counties having family also from Norfolk (Wroxham & Attleborough), and i must admit if we move anywhere other than suffolk it will be to the north norfolk coast.
 
redruthyella said:
Truro, population under 20K, has city status and has a three spired cathedral. Rather an outdated and antiquated way of granting an urban area the, very important it would seem, status of City.
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we went to truro for the day during a cornish holiday, it was a wet day so no good for the beach. Large cathedral indeed. Had a good pasty there too.
 
Genuine question. How many of you have visited the cathedral in the past week?

I know it's a fairly nice thing to visit if you're a tourist (unless they charge entrance fees like Exeter and York, which is a disgusting recent trend) but does it really make the quality of life better for the natives? It seems to dominate the Norfolk v Suffolk debates and I'm not sure why...
 
LancsYorksHampsLondonITFC said:
Genuine question. How many of you have visited the cathedral in the past week?

I know it's a fairly nice thing to visit if you're a tourist (unless they charge entrance fees like Exeter and York, which is a disgusting recent trend) but does it really make the quality of life better for the natives? It seems to dominate the Norfolk v Suffolk debates and I'm not sure why...
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I am an atheist but I have been to the Son et Lumiere at the Cathedral and the history of it is exciting to me because of the human endeavour that went into building, maintaining and protecting it. To me its not a monument to God but a tribute to the lengths people will go to because of their faith or belief.
Cathedrals are imposing and fortresses and the City status was granted by Henry VIII for obvious reasons.
 
redruthyella said:
I am an atheist but I have been to the Son et Lumiere at the Cathedral and the history of it is exciting to me because of the human endeavour that went into building, maintaining and protecting it. To me its not a monument to God but a tribute to the lengths people will go to because of their faith or belief.
Cathedrals are imposing and fortresses and the City status was granted by Henry VIII for obvious reasons.
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<applause> <applause> Excellent.
 
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