Talk:Sidcup

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 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)


 * Thankfully the "local press" and the residents of Sidcup still enjoy a Kent postal address.

Sidcup is NOT in Kent, just because it has a Kent address now means nothing, it is part of South London and is served by the Metroplitan Police, London Ambulance Service etc. There is no such thing as Metropilitan Kent, its either London or Kent. Croydon has accepted its London so Sidcup Orpington etc must too. If this wasnt fact, your council tax would go to Maidstone but it doesnt, also as you drive to the Kent boundry you will see the welcome to Kent signs, for Sidcup this is just before you reach Swanley.

As stated above Sidcup is part of Metropolitan Kent which contary to your post is very much alive and well. Local cricket, rugby and football teams play in the Kent and Kent Metropolitan Leagues. The last post is symptomatic of the politically correct drive to rid the whole of the South East of it's history, culture and traditions. The post neglects to mention that far from accepting it's London status, Croydon attempted to "go it alone" from London and become a city in it's own right less than a decade ago. The outer South London boroughs pay taxes into the Greater London kitty, but thankfully retain independence from the relentless drive to accept "all things Cockney".

I read this and contacted KCC (Kent County Council for the Londeners) and they informed me Sidcup is not in Kent and there is no such thing as Metropolitan Kent. Therefore you will be able to decide whether it is Ken or Boris you want as Mayor ! If Sidcup is in Kent then you wont receive a voting form, but you will as im sure you know.

May 1st is coming. Who are you voting for ??

Are you happy with Boris, Londoner ?? LOL

So mature....... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.208.17.212 (talk) 20:12, 16 July 2008 (UTC)


 * You people are pretty dumb to not be able to distinguish between a Postal Address and a Geographical Reference! Sports Teams in Lewisham also play for Kent Leagues and if you are from Lewisham you can only play for the Kent County Cricket Team. Justgravy (talk) 14:15, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

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. MRSC 16:49, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Fictional residents?
I have slightly altered and expanded the entry for Roderick Spode, 7th Earl of Sidcup, to reflect the fact that he is is a fictional character, and put links to P.G. Wodehouse and the Jeeves (Jeeves & Wooster) stories.

I've no idea if any of the other residents listed are fictional, I've only heard of a few of them.

Redorc01 (talk) 19:33, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

and is there any evidence that he lived in Sidcup? Wasn't he a kind of pensioner of Sir Watkyn Bassett's at Totleigh Towers? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C4:5602:2301:4473:AA2:E889:A886 (talk) 14:18, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Why can't there be a list of Bus routes/rail sign?
look at albany park, catford articles - they are all the same. frankly, it makes it look nicer and does not make it a "travel guide" !!!!!!!!!!! SerieLover (talk) 19:27, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Try reading WP:NOT, particularly WP:NOTTRAVEL and WP:NOTGUIDE.Charles (talk) 21:14, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

Notable residents
Over the next couple of weeks I'm going to try to rationalise the lists of notable residents of Bexley towns. Each one currently has a long and unsourced lists of people who might have gone to school there, may anecdotally have been seen in the area, may be from a neighbouring town etc. (see Sidcup for example). Also, many people were born in, say, Bexleyheath but grew up in, say, Welling. Meanwhile the article List of people from Bexley is woefully underpopulated. So I'm going to try to migrate most of the lists to there as a central list (with fully explanation of their local connection and history etc), add them to the articles about their secondary schools if the sources back that up, and only leave people on the list in articles about the specific towns if the source clearly states that they lived in that place. (see current list at Bexleyheath for an example). This should make the info more reliable, easier to check, and easier to understand. Any comments, objections, suggestions? Jdcooper (talk) 13:21, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Meaning of word
Further to an edit tag today by user:Sirfurboy, historic and historical mean different things. . Quote from Cambridge: "Historic means ‘important or likely to be important in history’: I feel that this is a historic moment for our country. When the Berlin wall came down, it was a historic occasion. Historical means ‘related to the study of things from the past’: I love reading historical novels. Archaeologists found a large number of historical objects when they excavated the field." An historic county is not an historical county. Clarification in the guidelines would help prevent misunderstanding followed by misuse of the what an historic county actually is. I assume the use here by Sirfurboy was a typo because s/he does know the difference. Roger 8 Roger (talk) 23:31, 25 April 2023 (UTC)