General Chat

Freddy Frinton and Patricia Hodge came from here,

Mine has a sea attached to it! That's about it I think - please prove me wrong - Clacton!!!!!!!!

Gwynne, my friend was married there, beautiful little church. I had two friends who were born/lived in the 'town' until they married in the late 50s/60s. And my parents were cremated at the crematorium there. That is if I have got the correct place. can't think of another castle in the area. Ann Glos

Bob Hope's Mother was born here----not the one on Emmerdale--- Lol. He visited the town once to see the house. Thats about as interesting as it gets here!!! C x

Elaine me too, im walking round singing like a mad woman (nothing new there tho) lol xxLynnxx

Dee I take great umbrage to your thread...please remove it. I cant stop singing Yellow Submarine...its driving me mad. Im like a mad woman, every time I see your thread I burst into song. < Reports thread to abuse> < reports self to abuse for bad singing> Elaine x :o)))))))

Beryl they do all different flavours now I like the aniseed getting the weather for them now. Germaine x

the town where i was born is the birthplace of writer George Eliot (Middlemarch, Adam Bede, The mill on the floss) and also the birthplace of late commedian Larry Grayson, who was often to be seen doing his shopping in M&S Nuneaton, is the town and i think its lovely xxLynnxx

I was born in Hampshire, not far from Ann in Glos. I don't think of the place as a town but I guess it has grown so much that it is one now. There is a castle, which has the most complete Roman walls in Europe. Within these walls down by the shore of Portsmouth Harbour the Normans built a tall keep and the parish church, where I married.- a lovely setting. Over the years, the site has been a Roman fortress, mediaeval stronghold, Royal palace and Napolionic prison. Gwyn

Roger Taylor, Drummer of Queen is from King's Lynn. King's Lynn is famous for it's Witch Trials. Stephen Fry, lives just outside Lynn (Only up the road from me) Along with Great Yarmouth, first place in the world to be bombed by ememy aircraft. Henry VIII kept one of his wives prisoner in the Red Mount Castle. Queen Isabella of France went insane after killing her husband at Castle Rising, apparently she still haunts the keep! George Vancouver, was from King's Lynn. Can't think of anything else.

Morning Dee and everyone :-) St Helens has the Sankey canal which was the first industrial canal (completed two years before the Bridgewater).

Was anyone else out there born in a town that is interesting ;-)))

Hi Awdrey, How did you guess....yes the Liver Bird. Beryl x

Awdrey, we found a recipe on a web site for a drink made with sea water and milk, and one of the girls on the course decided to give it a try. We only managed a couple of sips each. ;-))

Rochester Castle, Rochester Cathedral, THe Dickens festival and it used to have an outdoor swimming pool on the edge of the river Mudway ooops Medway lol

Germaine, I used to love them, haven't had them for ages. Beryl x

Awdrey, lets just say they drank quite a lot of it, then had to stay fairly near the bathroom for a while, it seems purging was all rage in those days. An early form of colonic irrigation I guess :-))

We have the piece hall and the biggest Bank / building Society of them all - HALIFAX

Teh only thing I canthink of the we are famous for here is Fishermans Friends . Guaranteed to waken you up and clear any cobwebs out of your sinuses! These little beauties pack such a punch they could contain TNT! Fisherman's Friend strong traditional lozenges, containing menthol and eucalyptus, were first developed in 1865 for fishermen Germaine x

Where I was born hmmmmmmmmmm haven't a clue as haven't been back since mum and dad took me home from hospital. Only born there as was the nearest RAF hospital to Norfolk. Know it has a Cathedral.