General Chat

Yes Beryl and if I am correct you very rarely see the sea. LOL Libby x

Libby, I know where you are I am not that far from you. You also have pine woods, and sand dunes. Beryl x

Blackpool Tower. Not quite as exciting as the others.

Ok see if you can guess... My City is famous for The Beatles,Gerry and the Pacemakers, Billy Fury and many other musical geniuses (sp). A very large nude statue on a department store. A ferry that crosses a river, a bird that is our emblem, two cathedrals, two football teams, a magnificent cathedral...I could go on but I am sure that there are enough clues! Beryl x

in the village I was born (newtown linford ) lady jane grey was born her home is now bradgate park , she was queen for 9 days val x

Not the town where I was born (also the one famous for the Yellow Submarine etc) but the town/village where I live reputedley had the first life boat station, is famous for its red squirrel reserve and one of the founders of Littlewoods (football pools, department stores and catalogues) lived here. Libby x

Hi Awdrey I studied Bath when I did a course about Pleasure resorts, that and other places. It was fascinating. I did my essay on the benefits of sea water, I was amazed how much of it people used to drink (yes DRINK) ;-))

Cecil Rhodes came from there

Arthur Stanley Jefferson (me to Nyneve)

There is a very famous poem about one of its glorious buildings - the prison!

Hi Sue, I'm fine thanks, hope you are My Dad was born in Barnet workhouse and Barnet is the site of an ancient and well-known horse fair, hence the Cockney rhyming slang of 'Barnet' for 'hair'. The fair goes back to 1588 when Queen Elizabeth I granted a charter to the Lord of the Manor of Barnet the right to hold a twice yearly fair

But I wasn`t born then!!!! Ros

That`s a great claim to fame. I`m not surprised as I`m doing the 1871 census transcription and it goes on for ever!!!--a lot of woollen weavers etc Ros

Ros Horsforth was considered to have the largest population of any village in the United Kingdom during the latter part of the nineteenth century ;-))))

No Nynene, Are you thinking about Robin of Locksley. I'm embarrassed to say that I don't even know where Locksley is, it must be a really small place. To be honest, Nottingham never made a big thing about Robin Hood up until they made the Kevin Costner film Theres a statue of him outside Nottingham Castle and his arrow was missing the whole time I was little. He just stood there with his bow and a bent elbow!!

My town was Fareham Hampshire, at one time called Ferneham Ann Glos

Jeffery Archer was mp once lol - god what a claim to fame also think its got the biggest spire on a country church in england - not sure about the facts on this one but seem to remember something about it from school - btw born in Louth Lincs

In the town where I was born King Alfred left it to his nephew in his will , in 776 it was passed on to the monks of Winchestor Twizzle

Its a good thread Dee. Sue

The town I was born in, was supposedly the home for a while of, Daniel Defoe, where a lot of the roads are named after him, including the local pub. Chadwell-St-Mary