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Is Sidcup in London or Kent ?

Covered EndCovered End
edited January 2014 in Fun, Jokes & Captions
Shamelessly lifted from The Newshopper.

It appears that a Lifer has been quizzing Boris Johnson :-)

Anyway, off you go ....................

DURING his recent #askboris Twitter chat one of the more sane questions asked of the London Mayor was to “end the debate” and say whether Sidcup is in London or Kent.

Boris replied that “I have the honour of representing Sidcup”, implying the town is in London.

The debate didn’t go any further as attention was instead given to the Mayor's incorrect statement about Sidcup being where “Mick met Keith”.

So, let’s pick it up here and see if we can form a consensus on whether the town of Sidcup is indeed in London or Kent.

What’s your view? Do you think Sidcup’s postal address means it’s part of Kent or do you think its location within a London borough means it’s part of the capital? Do you live there – if so, where do you tell people you’re from?

What about other fringe towns in the News Shopper area such as Bromley, Chislehurst, Crayford or Welling – which of these places do you think fall within London and which are in Kent?
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    ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    edited January 2014
    London Borough of Bexley but the County of Kent so surely both?

    I'm from Bexleyheath and always say that I'm from both London and Kent
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    richie8richie8
    As a Sidcup boy I can say Kent post code but London car insurance rates!!!
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    charente addickcharente addick
    Depends whether you're the sort of person who thinks you live in Welling Village or on the Plumstead borders.

    I grew up in Sidcup (The Oval area) to 11 years old then Welling (East Wickham) until age 23. I've always thought of them as London suburbs rather than Kent - that kind of started east of Dartford to me.
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    Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    They are all provinces of the Greater Bromley Empire
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User]
    Sidcup DA postcode so dartford so kent. Completely ambiguous as in lb of bexley
    But for me u seek the postcode

    Greater Bromley Empire...all hail!
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    BedsaddickBedsaddick
    Kent
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    paulbaconsarniepaulbaconsarnie
    I'm not sure if it's in that article or the comments after but it's best summed up by
    "If someone is murdered, it happened in Sidcup, south east London.
    If someone wins a Nobel prize, they are from Sidcup, kent."
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    flyingkiwiDKflyingkiwiDK
    Despite my CL nickname I am in fact originally from Bromley. I always thought it was in Kent.
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    Karim_myBagheriKarim_myBagheri
    always saw it as kent. as I do with Bromley and Bexleyheath. but some would argue to the end that this is wrong but that's just how I view those areas.
    Some of my family are from Dagenham and Romford. they always classed themselves as Essex. though officially both of those places are part of greater London.
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    bigstemarrabigstemarra
    The two are not mutually exclusive.

    It is both. As is Charlton :)
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    Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    someone will be on here soon saying Charlton is in East London.

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    ellisaddickellisaddick
    If patrolled by the Met police classified as greater London
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    boogicaboogica
    Sidcup , is the london borough of bexley and bexley is kent if that makes any sense.
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    ViewfinderViewfinder
    We went through all this with Bromley, last year! Sidcup - like Bromley - is in London. Indisputable.
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    Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    London is in Bromley. All Hail Bromley.
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    falconwood_1falconwood_1
    Always refer to our great local poet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_de_la_Mare

    "Born in Charlton, Kent."
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    LincsaddickLincsaddick
    Sidcup is wholly in LB Bexley, therefore administratively is in LONDON .. it's been discussed here before .. when the London boundaries were extended it was felt easier by those in control to allow (e.g.) Bromley, Beckenham, Sidcup to retain 'Kent' as a postal area, .. also it's good for the house seller .. County of Kent is much posher than sarf east lonnon innit .. that the postcode is DA is because Sidcup is served by Dartford postal sorting office
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    sidcup-redsidcup-red
    Live in Sidcup, always put my address on deliveries as Kent, might start putting London now though!
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    Norfolk_AddickNorfolk_Addick
    edited January 2014
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    sidcup-redsidcup-red
    Lincsaddick said:

    Sidcup is wholly in LB Bexley, therefore administratively is in LONDON .. it's been discussed here before .. when the London boundaries were extended it was felt easier by those in control to allow (e.g.) Bromley, Beckenham, Sidcup to retain 'Kent' as a postal area, .. also it's good for the house seller .. County of Kent is much posher than sarf east lonnon innit .. that the postcode is DA is because Sidcup is served by Dartford postal sorting office

    Would have thought a London postcode would put property prices up in comparison to a Kent postcode?
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    bigstemarrabigstemarra
    How about a compromise....'Selkent'.

    I'm sure I've seen it somewhere before.....
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    boogicaboogica
    My address is sidcup kent , not sidcup london.
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    RivieraRiviera
    Henry Irving said:

    someone will be on here soon saying Charlton is in East London.

    Sorry, I was watching Pointless. I got two in the final.


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    AbsurdistanAbsurdistan
    falconwood_1 said:

    Always refer to our great local poet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_de_la_Mare

    "Born in Charlton, Kent."

    Ran 4th 0f 6 at fakenham today.
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    LincsaddickLincsaddick
    sidcup-red said:

    Lincsaddick said:

    Sidcup is wholly in LB Bexley, therefore administratively is in LONDON .. it's been discussed here before .. when the London boundaries were extended it was felt easier by those in control to allow (e.g.) Bromley, Beckenham, Sidcup to retain 'Kent' as a postal area, .. also it's good for the house seller .. County of Kent is much posher than sarf east lonnon innit .. that the postcode is DA is because Sidcup is served by Dartford postal sorting office

    Would have thought a London postcode would put property prices up in comparison to a Kent postcode?


    now then .. it depends on the postcode .. a Belgravia postcode would probably be more desirable than a Sidcup Kent postcode ... on t'other hand most Greater London/ Kent postcodes would be more desirable than (say) a Bethnal Green or New Cross postcode
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    C_A_F_CC_A_F_C
    This ambiguity must be the most exciting thing about Sidcup, im struggling to think of a more boring place.
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    CroydonCroydon
    It's Kent, but I would class Croydon as London so what do I know
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    sidcup-redsidcup-red
    Lincsaddick said:

    sidcup-red said:

    Lincsaddick said:

    Sidcup is wholly in LB Bexley, therefore administratively is in LONDON .. it's been discussed here before .. when the London boundaries were extended it was felt easier by those in control to allow (e.g.) Bromley, Beckenham, Sidcup to retain 'Kent' as a postal area, .. also it's good for the house seller .. County of Kent is much posher than sarf east lonnon innit .. that the postcode is DA is because Sidcup is served by Dartford postal sorting office

    Would have thought a London postcode would put property prices up in comparison to a Kent postcode?


    now then .. it depends on the postcode .. a Belgravia postcode would probably be more desirable than a Sidcup Kent postcode ... on t'other hand most Greater London/ Kent postcodes would be more desirable than (say) a Bethnal Green or New Cross postcode
    In the Sidcup area I mean
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    LincsaddickLincsaddick
    this is the sound of the suburbs
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc6hbiNVfbw
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    sidcup-redsidcup-red
    C_A_F_C said:

    This ambiguity must be the most exciting thing about Sidcup, im struggling to think of a more boring place.

    Don't be so sure, we have a Waitrose now!
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