Talk:Sidcup
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[edit] College
According to List of colleges and universities by country, there is a Sidcup in Kent. Can we disambiguate? -- Zoe
- This is a hugely contentious issue - regularly debated in the local press!! Sidcup is in Kent, however it is Metropolitan Kent - ie all our council tax goes into the London kitty, for example we are paying for the Olympics, but when it comes to issues like public transport the area is conveniently forgotten!!
- The majority of local schools proudly display the Kentish horse on their badges - I'd certainly rather be referred to as a Kentishman than a Londoner!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.131.118.88 (talk • contribs) 23:06, 23 December 2005.
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- the above forgets the basic reason (and perhaps the local press does too!): until 1965, with the setting up of the London Borough of Bexley, Sidcup was literally in Kent, as were all the constituent parts of the borough. Indeed before 1888, much more of what are now London boroughs (eg Greenwich, Woolwich et al) were also in Kent. Peter Shearan 12:25, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Twin Towns
Could anybody locate the towns which Sidcup is twinned with. I believe thay may have been in this article once upon a time, but I can't quite remember them or indeed find them online W022a 12:04, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
- Places in London do not tend to be twinned with other towns as they lack formal boundaries and administration. It is probably the London Borough of Bexley that has any twinning arrangement. Sidcup Urban District (an historical local government district in this area) may have been twinned with other towns in the past. Mrsteviec 16:49, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
