gbq143/43

[petelentully]

any clues PLEASE !!

What do Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, Stoke have which Brighton, Derby, Peterborough, Preston,Southampton, Sunderland and Wolverhampton do not ?

[don1]

My guess would be the first lot are cathedral cities, but I dont know. You could google each name followed by the word cathedral and see

[sddsddean]

Thats not it don. Peterborough has one of the biggest cathedrals in England.

[lodekka]

A Lord Mayor.

[tigga]

could it be a canal ?

[gary baldy]

I know for a fact Preston, Derby and Wolverhampton have canals so its not that.
I'm dying to know the answer!

[gary baldy]

I think lodekka is right.

check here :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_K ingdom

[petelentully]

Many thanks to you all, particularly Iodekka who seems to be spot on.

[Pherstun]

Stoke DOES have a Lord Mayor! (I come from there!)

[gary baldy]

Read the question again Pherstun!

[quiggers59]

An outside guess.

In some cities there is a Saturday sportspaper,

in Bham its the Sports Argus,in Manchester its the Pink and in Sheffield I think its a green paper.Is this the answer?