Think of a British city that isn't London

[Ryan_Liam]

As a Mancunian I’m feeling the love right now

[Cazzle]

Reading.

It’s where the fella was from.

[Quartz]

@Ryan_Liam

As a Mancunian I’m feeling the love right now

Well, it makes a difference from the rain, right?

[APB]

@PatrickLondon

Your ceremonial head for the year gets to be called “Lord Mayor” instead of just plain old “Mayor”. Cue fancy new regalia (if you can get away with it).

[nitpick] All places in England, Wales and Northern Ireland that have a lord mayor are cities, but not all cities have a mayor who is a lord mayor. The right to have one is granted separately. It tends to be given only to the larger cities. Same with the title of lord provost in Scotland. [/nitpick]

[lieu]

Dover. I think of it whenever we go out for fish 'n chips, which happened to be just this weekend. I loved the cliffs, Roman architecture, history, especially during the war.

[AllShookDown]

Manchester, Liverpool, then Dover.

[Chronos]

Birmingham was my first thought, and I have no idea why. I don’t know of anyone or anything having come from there, and I can’t even say for sure which nation of the UK it’s in. Plenty of other places, I can think of those things (the Beatles were from Liverpool, Edinburgh is the principle city of Scotland, and so forth), but they didn’t come to mind.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

If we’re counting towns as cities, then Yeovil, since I was born there. If we’re not, then Birmingham.

@Dereknocue67

Skelmersdale, north of Liverpool.

@nicky

Cities, not obscure hamlets outside villages.

@Dereknocue67

I believe you insulted the 38,000+ people residing there. I’ve been there and it is clearly a city.

It’s a town.

[RTFirefly]

Edinburgh.

[journeyman_southpaw]

Birmingham because Black Sabbath are from there, which means I’ve read a fair bit about what Birmingham was like in the '60s.

[Biggirl]

Liverpool, cuz of the Beatles.

[AHarris]

@PatrickLondon

And no-one has mentioned Edinburgh or Glasgow?

Those were the first ones that came to mind for me.

[astorian]

@pulykamell

I thought of Manchester and Birmingham simultaneously, but the only reason I thought of the latter was because I lived in nearby Wolverhampton for a few months about twenty years ago. Before I moved there, I never even knew of its existence, despite it being the second largest UK city (and despite being a Smiths fan–I guess I never paid much attention to the lyrics “Panic on the streets of London/panic on the streets of Birmingham.”)

Both cities have produced a lot of popular musical acts. Birmingham was home to Black Sabbath, the Moody Blues, ELO/the Move, Judas Priest…

Manchester gave us the Hollies, Oasis, Davy Jones, Herman’s Hermits, Simply Red, Freddie and the Dreamers…

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

The Moody Blues, Duran Duran and ELO were from Birmingham, too. And half of Zeppelin (Bonham and Plant) were Brummies.

[Reluctant_A]

The first British city I think of is Norwich, for the same reason that the first Australian city I think of is Bacchus Marsh.

[madsircool]

@Really_Not_All_That_Bright

The Moody Blues, Duran Duran and ELO were from Birmingham, too. And half of Zeppelin (Bonham and Plant) were Brummies.

Plant is a West Brom fan for what its worth…not sure what this means as far as his hometown but apart from contemptible bandwagoners like Liverpool and Man U fans the English usually stay loyal to their childhood clubs.

[Asympotically_fat]

Winchester, one of my favourite cities in the UK.

[Velocity]

Manchester.

[Suburban_Plankton]

Manchester.

I’m not sure why, as it has no particular connotation for me.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@madsircool

Plant is a West Brom fan for what its worth…not sure what this means as far as his hometown but apart from contemptible bandwagoners like Liverpool and Man U fans the English usually stay loyal to their childhood clubs.

Well, West Brom counts as part of Birmingham to me. I mean, technically it’s the West Midlands but it’s all Brum really.