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In the town, where I was born........
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Dee the Bibliomaniac | Report | 12 Oct 2006 20:12 |
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what is famous about the town where you were born?? (apart from the fact that you were born there!!) |
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Dee the Bibliomaniac | Report | 12 Oct 2006 20:14 |
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The English parliament temporarily moved to the town where I was born during the Great Plague of London. ;-))) |
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VIVinHERTS | Report | 12 Oct 2006 20:17 |
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As a child, the Queen Mother would travel to my town for dancing lessons. Viv |
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CATHKIN | Report | 12 Oct 2006 20:18 |
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Dee, is that not the beginning of a song! Ros |
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Tina-Marie | Report | 12 Oct 2006 20:21 |
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Maldon, Essex.....Not particularly known...but there was some big battle that happened in 10 something...I should know, but it is so boring it escapes me... Tina x |
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Dee the Bibliomaniac | Report | 12 Oct 2006 20:21 |
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Well spotted Ros In the town where I was born Lived a man who sailed to sea And he told us of his life In the land of submarines Beatles - Yellow Submarine ;-)) |
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Rachel | Report | 12 Oct 2006 20:21 |
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The town I was born in is famous for its cheese. (Caerphilly) |
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Meduck | Report | 12 Oct 2006 20:23 |
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The Royal standard was raised during the English Civil War. Robin Hood supposedly lived there. More importantly Lesley Crowther was born here. Now you're jealous! |
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CATHKIN | Report | 12 Oct 2006 20:23 |
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Horsforth , Yorks --nothing famous happened there unless someone knows! Ros |
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AnninGlos | Report | 12 Oct 2006 20:24 |
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the red bricks of the Albert Hall were produced in my home town. Ann Glos |
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Liz~~ | Report | 12 Oct 2006 20:24 |
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The town I was born in is famous for hanging a monkey thinking it was a French spy. Liz. |
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SueinKent | Report | 12 Oct 2006 20:26 |
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Margaret Thatcher was MP or was she parlimentary candidate for Dartford, not sure which it was a long time ago. Sue |
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Cumbrian Caz~**~ | Report | 12 Oct 2006 20:28 |
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Stan Laurel was born in Ulverston about 76 years before me! Caz xx |
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Cumbrian Caz~**~ | Report | 12 Oct 2006 20:30 |
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Is your town near Loxley Jenny in notts? Caz xxxxxxx |
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Dee the Bibliomaniac | Report | 12 Oct 2006 20:32 |
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Some interesting ones Sue I have learnt something this evening, hadn't realised she had connections with Kent At the 1950 and 1951 elections, Margaret Roberts, as she was then. fought the safe Labour seat of Dartford, and was at the time the youngest ever female Conservative candidate for office. ;-)) |
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Essex Baz | Report | 12 Oct 2006 20:33 |
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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 |
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SueinKent | Report | 12 Oct 2006 20:36 |
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Its a good thread Dee. Sue |
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Saints Alive | Report | 12 Oct 2006 20:37 |
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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 |
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Lorraine | Report | 12 Oct 2006 20:38 |
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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 |
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AnninGlos | Report | 12 Oct 2006 20:39 |
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My town was Fareham Hampshire, at one time called Ferneham Ann Glos |
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