Newcastle Historian
April 25th, 2011, 03:09 PM
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Where to post issues of interest from the Shire Counties around the City-led Forums of the North East England Sub-Forum of SSC . . .
The North East England Sub-Forum is primarily made up of four “City-led” forums, as follows:
NEWCASTLE METRO AREA
For Newcastle, North Tyneside, Gateshead, South Tyneside & South Northumberland
HERE - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2258
SUNDERLAND AND DURHAM
For Sunderland, Washington, Durham and County Durham
HERE - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2260
TEESSIDE
For Middlesbrough, Stockton, Darlington & Hartlepool
HERE - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2262
HULL AND HUMBER
For Hull, Humber and East Riding
HERE - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2264
Now, all of the above cities are surrounded by country areas (in the shire counties, such as Northumberland, County Durham and North Yorkshire) and it occurred to me some time back that “urban issues” occur in the towns and villages of these shire counties, in the same way that they do in our cities.
However, it seemed that they were (perhaps) not being represented on SSC in the way that they should be. OK, the opportunity is there to include issues for those areas (particularly those closest to the cities) and to post about them on the City-led forums, but I got the impression that this often simply did not happen, due to the perception (at least in part) that those issues would not be of interest to the majority of people on those City-led forums.
The answer (for us) seemed to be to utilise the (then, unused) ‘communal-area’ of the North East England Sub-Forum to set up some specific threads to discuss the various urbanism issues relevant to areas of those Shire Counties that were 'around and about' the main City-areas.
HERE - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2254
This area is located beneath the four City Forums, and as can be seen, that area now contains a number of dedicated ‘Area Developments’ threads, as well as a couple of specific ‘Project Threads’ for those various (more rural) areas.
The purpose of this new thread (at this time) in the Forum Issues area of SSC, is to spread the word a bit about the availability and location of these threads, to people with an interest in the areas concerned, who may not be aware (as yet) that the threads are there!
It is interesting that, already, we have attracted interest from (and have set up an ‘Area Developments’ thread for) a seemingly un-catered for shire-county area from just outside North East England.
The close nearby area of CUMBRIA, from the West Coast of England, now has its own thread in the North East England communal area, set up by people who felt they were not catered for elsewhere.
So, the concept works, and (as I said earlier) I am now simply trying to spread the word about this to make potential users aware of the facility and threads in existence.
However, I would also be very happy to use this thread to discuss the general issue of how (best) to cover relevant urbanism-issues, in the areas around any of our UK City-led Sub Forums.
Where to post issues of interest from the Shire Counties around the City-led Forums of the North East England Sub-Forum of SSC . . .
The North East England Sub-Forum is primarily made up of four “City-led” forums, as follows:
NEWCASTLE METRO AREA
For Newcastle, North Tyneside, Gateshead, South Tyneside & South Northumberland
HERE - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2258
SUNDERLAND AND DURHAM
For Sunderland, Washington, Durham and County Durham
HERE - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2260
TEESSIDE
For Middlesbrough, Stockton, Darlington & Hartlepool
HERE - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2262
HULL AND HUMBER
For Hull, Humber and East Riding
HERE - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2264
Now, all of the above cities are surrounded by country areas (in the shire counties, such as Northumberland, County Durham and North Yorkshire) and it occurred to me some time back that “urban issues” occur in the towns and villages of these shire counties, in the same way that they do in our cities.
However, it seemed that they were (perhaps) not being represented on SSC in the way that they should be. OK, the opportunity is there to include issues for those areas (particularly those closest to the cities) and to post about them on the City-led forums, but I got the impression that this often simply did not happen, due to the perception (at least in part) that those issues would not be of interest to the majority of people on those City-led forums.
The answer (for us) seemed to be to utilise the (then, unused) ‘communal-area’ of the North East England Sub-Forum to set up some specific threads to discuss the various urbanism issues relevant to areas of those Shire Counties that were 'around and about' the main City-areas.
HERE - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2254
This area is located beneath the four City Forums, and as can be seen, that area now contains a number of dedicated ‘Area Developments’ threads, as well as a couple of specific ‘Project Threads’ for those various (more rural) areas.
The purpose of this new thread (at this time) in the Forum Issues area of SSC, is to spread the word a bit about the availability and location of these threads, to people with an interest in the areas concerned, who may not be aware (as yet) that the threads are there!
It is interesting that, already, we have attracted interest from (and have set up an ‘Area Developments’ thread for) a seemingly un-catered for shire-county area from just outside North East England.
The close nearby area of CUMBRIA, from the West Coast of England, now has its own thread in the North East England communal area, set up by people who felt they were not catered for elsewhere.
So, the concept works, and (as I said earlier) I am now simply trying to spread the word about this to make potential users aware of the facility and threads in existence.
However, I would also be very happy to use this thread to discuss the general issue of how (best) to cover relevant urbanism-issues, in the areas around any of our UK City-led Sub Forums.