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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 7:54 am 
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62710553

Gibraltar can officially call itself a city, 180 years after it was first granted the status by Queen Victoria.
The British overseas territory had bid to become a city earlier this year as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

But when researchers looked through the National Archives, they found it had already been recognised as one in 1842.

The Rock has now had its status reaffirmed - Boris Johnson described it as a "huge accolade" celebrating its "rich history and dynamism".
Gibraltar has been a British Overseas Territory since 1713, when it was ceded to Britain under a peace treaty signed following the War of the Spanish Succession.

loads more mainly waffle so omitted

BUT surely when queen Vicky granted it someone would have told them ](*,)

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 7:31 pm 
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Is this the same Gibraltar that voted 97% against Brexit to remain European but crapped themselves cos Spain would like this bit of Spain back?

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:31 pm 
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Interesting place.

Only visited it for an afternoon, but quite liked it.

Driving across the airstrip to get into the town, now City, was a tad strange.

But seeing British high street shops in this location, and the spectacular view from the top of the rock, was well worth the visit.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:20 pm 
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Lincoln red imps fc play on Gibraltar. They’ve played in the European qualifiers.

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