City of What ?

[lambtiss]

Portsmouth City Council announces bid for UK City of Culture 2029 - BBC News

 

Well, I guess if Hull is the benchmark ...

[SW11_Saint]

6 minutes ago, lambtiss said:

Portsmouth City Council announces bid for UK City of Culture 2029 - BBC News

 

Well, I guess if Hull is the benchmark ...

Bradford are the current holders. Beat Southampton to the title. 

[lambtiss]

19 minutes ago, SW11_Saint said:

Bradford are the current holders. Beat Southampton to the title. 

I guess they will claim a victory over Southampton if they win then.

[tdmickey3]

City of relatives

[Ken Tone]

Bear in mind one meaning of culture is a medium for growing bacteria. 😉

[ChrisPY]

‘A culture is a group of specific bacteria strains’

Sounds about right.

[EssEffCee]

Definitely city of cu-something.

[Miltonaggro]

Cradle of filth! 

[lambtiss]

1 hour ago, SW11_Saint said:

Bradford are the current holders. Beat Southampton to the title. 

So, if Portsmouth win, they play Bradford in the semi-finals?

[SW11_Saint]

22 minutes ago, lambtiss said:

So, if Portsmouth win, they play Bradford in the semi-finals?

If Phil Redmond is Chair of the judging panel again they’ll win it. He was on record as saying how much he hated Southampton when he lived here (thus, we had no chance v Bradford) and “much preferred Portsmouth”. He’ll do it out of spite. 

Edited yesterday at 10:31 by SW11_Saint

[Pamplemousse]

It'll be a northern city, it always is

[Patrick Bateman]

It'll be a city that "needs investment" (i.e. a bit of a dump). A city like Southampton is never considered to "need investment" ... I doubt Portsmouth will win either, they are tarred with the same brush as us, being Southern. 

[Challenger]

Hope they wheel out Westwood to help promote the bid as he's their city,s emblem.

Edited yesterday at 11:47 by Challenger

[Badger]

20 minutes ago, Challenger said:

Hope they wheel out Westwood to help promote the bid as he's their city,s emblem.

Best Cultrural Attache the world has seen since Sir Ralph Patterson

[coalman]

City of rats

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/watch-rats-infestation-at-portsmouth-block-a-year-after-complaints-causes-anger-for-locals-5232485

[franniesTache]

To be fair they have a long and proud tradition of fiction there, in fact it's integral to their culture to make up stories and share them with as many people as possible.

[lambtiss]

1 hour ago, coalman said:

City of rats

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/watch-rats-infestation-at-portsmouth-block-a-year-after-complaints-causes-anger-for-locals-5232485

But can they paint or do they know Shakespeare?

[Badger]

2 hours ago, franniesTache said:

To be fair they have a long and proud tradition of fiction there, in fact it's integral to their culture to make up stories and share them with as many people as possible.

Sadly they probably have a good chance of winning it as on the subject of fiction, they’ll no doubt trumpet the fact Charles Dickens was born there. As was Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Both fucked off at a very young age but that’ll be conveniently overlooked.

But as we know from local skate  folklore, both Dickens and IKB were pioneers in their field, and founder members of the Victorian era 657 crew. IKB among other things was keen on railway stations and saw them as a meeting point for ‘firms’ to get together and travel around the country for a punch up. 

Edited yesterday at 15:50 by Badger

[moonraker]

3 minutes ago, Badger said:

Sadly they probably have a good chance of winning it as on the subject of fiction, they’ll no doubt trumpet the fact Charles Dickens was born there. As was Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Both fucked off at a very young age but that’ll be conveniently overlooked.

But as we know from local skate  folklore, both Dickens and IBK were pioneers in their field, and founder members of the Victorian era 657 crew. IBK among other things was keen on railway stations and saw them as a meeting point for ‘firms’ to get together for a punch up. 

Don't forget  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle played in goal for them.  IKBs father Marc was a French asylum seeker who came to Britain via the USA to escape the French Revolution, I am sure the few will embrace him as they have other immigrants.

[Charlie Wayman]

Despite the mockery, when it comes to culture Portsmouth has a lot more going for it than the cultural desert that is our home town.

[Marsdinho]

"the necessity of living in the midst of the diabolical citizens of Portsmouth is a real and unavoidable calamity. It is a doubt to me if there is such another collection of demons upon the whole earth"

General James Wolfe (1758)

[lambtiss]

2 hours ago, Marsdinho said:

"the necessity of living in the midst of the diabolical citizens of Portsmouth is a real and unavoidable calamity. It is a doubt to me if there is such another collection of demons upon the whole earth"

General James Wolfe (1758)

Fair. No wonder he headed off to Canada to fight the French,  preferable and less violent than staying in Portsmouth.

[Whitey Grandad]

3 hours ago, Badger said:

Sadly they probably have a good chance of winning it as on the subject of fiction, they’ll no doubt trumpet the fact Charles Dickens was born there. As was Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Both fucked off at a very young age but that’ll be conveniently overlooked.

But as we know from local skate  folklore, both Dickens and IKB were pioneers in their field, and founder members of the Victorian era 657 crew. IKB among other things was keen on railway stations and saw them as a meeting point for ‘firms’ to get together and travel around the country for a punch up. 

And Peter Sellers and Jim Callaghan, although I can understand them keeping quiet about him. 

Edited yesterday at 17:43 by Whitey Grandad

[Miltonaggro]

4 hours ago, Charlie Wayman said:

Despite the mockery, when it comes to culture Portsmouth has a lot more going for it than the cultural desert that is our home town.

Certainly in the microbiological sense. 

[die Mannyschaft]

12 hours ago, Miltonaggro said:

Cradle of filth! 

That's a band

[die Mannyschaft]

Would all the visitors be issued with an ankle tag.

[die Mannyschaft]

12 hours ago, SW11_Saint said:

If Phil Redmond is Chair of the judging panel again they’ll win it. He was on record as saying how much he hated Southampton when he lived here (thus, we had no chance v Bradford) and “much preferred Portsmouth”. He’ll do it out of spite. 

He probably got stuck in the Soton traffic for 3 hours and didn't get to see anything except the avenue, jury's inn roundabout and empty cycle ways.

[Miltonaggro]

18 hours ago, SW11_Saint said:

If Phil Redmond is Chair of the judging panel again they’ll win it. He was on record as saying how much he hated Southampton when he lived here (thus, we had no chance v Bradford) and “much preferred Portsmouth”. He’ll do it out of spite. 

It’s because we gave his son, one trick Nathan, grief. 

[SW11_Saint]

1 hour ago, Miltonaggro said:

It’s because we gave his son, one trick Nathan, grief. 

Though he’s just popped up at Sheff Weds I see. Good luck to him. Super frustrating for us, but had occasional memorable moments. 

[SW11_Saint]

16 hours ago, Charlie Wayman said:

Despite the mockery, when it comes to culture Portsmouth has a lot more going for it than the cultural desert that is our home town.

Don’t agree actually, plenty of good stuff going in SO. 

[Badger]

On 28/11/2025 at 10:28, SW11_Saint said:

If Phil Redmond is Chair of the judging panel again they’ll win it. He was on record as saying how much he hated Southampton when he lived here (thus, we had no chance v Bradford) and “much preferred Portsmouth”. He’ll do it out of spite. 

 

On 28/11/2025 at 10:37, Pamplemousse said:

It'll be a northern city, it always is

Don’t forget that Skatesville could easily be renamed Merseyside-on- Solent and the name wouldn’t be out of place. 

[Badger]

21 hours ago, Marsdinho said:

"the necessity of living in the midst of the diabolical citizens of Portsmouth is a real and unavoidable calamity. It is a doubt to me if there is such another collection of demons upon the whole earth"

General James Wolfe (1758)

Spike Milligan was similarly impressed.