City of Culture 2021 - who gets your vote ?

And the shortlist is

  • Coventry

    Votes: 5 25.0%
  • Paisley

    Votes: 1 5.0%
  • Stoke

    Votes: 4 20.0%
  • Sunderland

    Votes: 2 10.0%
  • Swansea

    Votes: 8 40.0%

  • Total voters
    20
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Tell us who gets your vote and why.

For me I'm torn between the potteries of Stoke v the bicycles of Coventry. And the bombed ruins of the old cathedral. And my old university. And Alvis cars. Yes, I think I will plump for Coventry.
 

Drago

Legendary Member
Surprised Milton Keynes isn't in the list. Cough.
 

Welsh wheels

Lycra king
Location
South Wales
Hmm interesting choices for that list :laugh: What exactly do they mean by city of culture? If you're from one of these places, I'm sure your city is wonderful and all....
 
Hmm interesting choices for that list :laugh: What exactly do they mean by city of culture? If you're from one of these places, I'm sure your city is wonderful and all....
I think it's one of those competitions where some ponces from elsewhere look down their noses at a number of cities across the country, decide one of them could do with a decent coffee shop and they then vote as to which one gets it.
 

srw

It's a bit more complicated than that...
On 1 January 2017, the Hull event opened with a fireworks display over the river Humber and a series of sound and light installations collectively known as Made in Hull, which reportedly attracted more than 25,000 visitors.[25][26] By the end of the first week, the BBC was reporting that 342,000 people had participated in the opening events.[27] The event included multimedia sound and light projections onto landmark buildings in the city's Victoria Square[28] as well as a display of Hullywood Icons featuring local people recreating famous scenes from film.[29]
...plus £3m from the Lottery. Not a bad return on a small investment in making a bid.

My vote is with Swansea, on the grounds of shameless favouritism.
 

Levo-Lon

Guru
Peterborough But which culture would they choose
 

John the Monkey

Frivolous Cyclist
Location
Crewe
Stoke - if only for the New Vic and their company. I saw "Beryl" there, cleverly restaged to work in the round, and "Cyrano" a terrific retelling of the old tale. The cultural quarter is starting to take off, and City of Culture could give it a real boost.
 
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