the results are out 2moz....

Yea, it didnt make them any cash, so they sold some of the land to a construction company, and the large majority is derelict, looted and smashed to bits by chavs...

shame, i thought it was pretty good when i went... didnt much care about the flowers, but they had some snazzy things there...

it was ALL about the monorail

Why will Liverpool get it?

I dont think even got back to break even after that

i have a horrible feelin l'pool mite swing it or at least its gunna be very close....

although its gotta be said theres been so much going on in newc/ghead over the last 3 years. it has changed so much n i dont see any other place puttin quite so much effort in2 their city. lpool probs think theyr gunna get it coz of the beatles etc....but c'mon thats so 1960's!!

its like livin in a story in newc at the mo....its all happening around us n i gotta say im proud 2 be livin here.

C'MON NEW/GHEAD!!

Yip, the area has come on in leaps and bounds in no time at all - and that brian sewell :evil: (i think thats who i mean, the london art critic guy who compared newcastle/gateshead to an eastern european city and basically called it worse than shit) can shove his opinion up his highly opinionated arse.

I am confident. liverpool have the ability to win, but we deserve it so much more for the amount of progress we have made.

:groovy:

Do we get it if we win 2moro or do we just go into the draw with other European cities?

If we win 2moro we are british city of culture. we then go forward for the european city of culture bid.

I think we deserve to win it! All these years and people take the piss out of you cos you come from Newcastle assuming that its the pits. When in fact it is a lovely place to be now. I'd really like us to win and i think we will!

Are we going to celebrate this weekend if we do win?

oooooooooooooooooooh yes!

any excuse for a few drinx

i'm hoping newcastle will win it as it'll b a good thing 4 the northeast getting more tourists in n all that stuff!!

I hope we win too.
Newcastle is class IMO!!!

to celebrate we have to go for a drink somewhere with culture too! Any suggestions?

HA HA bottle of pulse down at the docks!!!!

Is that how it works? I thought it was Britain & NI turn to have the city of culture in 2008, so who ever wont the UK heats was it

Liverpool have Claire Sweeny backing their bid, that MUST go against them

how many people who have posted on this thread saying bham is shit have actually been there (not driving thru) or been there for more than a few hours? its always the same- people slate the place without any knowledge of what its like... yes it has its shit holes but believe me, they aint a patch on some of the shitty areas around newcastle (aka sunderland) lpool, manc + leeds.. havin the experience of livin around a bit I would say for culture bham shits over all the the other cities but Id rather newcastle got it cos it badly needs the investment...

ur right spence it goes on a rotation basis from EU country to country... hence the name - "european"

My highlights of Brum are the M6 of course & the little places off it like Solihull,Wolverhamton* & Telford all shit holes.

I REFUSE TO GO TO BIRMINGHAM AFTER SEEING THE DUMPS AROUND IT!!!

*Worked in temple St & St Peters Square

They say European city of culture but not all of Europe is in the EU so it should European Union of City of Culture