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Me 2 world famous football teams |
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over a year ago
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jellied eels haha
i hate them!!!! |
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A Bridge and a graffiti Artist |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Robin hood |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Exeter City |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I live in a town and it is famous for an ancient Hill Fort said to be Guinevere's birthplace. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Maritime history I would say. Or getting bombed to shit in the 2nd world war! |
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Most fortified harbour in the U.K. |
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By *elle xWoman
over a year ago
Doire Theas |
Titanic was built there |
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"Maritime history I would say. Or getting bombed to shit in the 2nd world war!" are you a pompey hater kitty xx |
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"Me 2 world famous football teams "
HMS Erebus |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Maritime history I would say. Or getting bombed to shit in the 2nd world war!"
That was our war correspondent there and now the weather! |
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over a year ago
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Bad driving |
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By *acha1TV/TS
over a year ago
Bolton |
Everton football club, 2 cathedrals, the Beatles and a dirty river x |
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"Something and an iceberg." iceberg lettuce ? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Maritime history I would say. Or getting bombed to shit in the 2nd world war!
That was our war correspondent there and now the weather! "
I'm NOT old enough to be a WW2 correspondent - cheeky! |
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Near to me is the birthplace of Nick Park, the creator of Wallace and Gromit |
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By *ainsb1Man
over a year ago
North Lincs/S.Yorks |
The Queen has her primary residence in my city of birth. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Famous racecourse |
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over a year ago
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Richard Burton |
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By *yrdsisWoman
over a year ago
Gleam Street |
Stupid bloody football and apparently razor gangs...
Vile either way |
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over a year ago
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Shittest Prem team in history |
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Charles Dickens was born here and Arnold Schwarzenegger used to work out here |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Rolls Royce "
Was gonna say this too |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Max Whitlock and a roundabout that scares the hell out of newcomers! |
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By *rAitchMan
over a year ago
Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe |
"Patties"
Bob Carver's. The fair wouldn't be the same without them |
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"Me 2 world famous football teams " And the football question, what team plays nearest the Mersey River?
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over a year ago
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Shoes... But it's a town |
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Cups and saucers and monkey dust |
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By *nfin8yWoman
over a year ago
Newcastle-under-Lyme |
Birthplace of a famous male solo artist (former boyband member) and ex England goalkeeper in 1966 World Cup team. |
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"Shoes... But it's a town " nickname of your football team aerial |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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That orange cheese you find everywhere next to the cheddar. |
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A World War II bomb was dotonated here two weeks ago |
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By *ean counterMan
over a year ago
Market Harborough/ Kettering |
Erm, Bruce Dickinson went to school here |
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"Rolls Royce
Was gonna say this too "
Back in the day, everybody knew someone who worked there |
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The ship was floating when it left us!! Iceberg |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Bentley motors |
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By *acha1TV/TS
over a year ago
Bolton |
"Eyebrows "
You can’t beat scouse-brows x |
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Lenny henry
katanga my friends |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Celtic |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Wonderwalls and parka's... Not to mention 'r kid |
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over a year ago
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Steel and silver |
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By *ean counterMan
over a year ago
Market Harborough/ Kettering |
"Lenny henry
katanga my friends "
A decondensed milk sandwich it's reeeeeeeaaaalllllyy greeeeeaaaatttttt |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Whisky |
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Gave the English a thumping a few years back |
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My birth city ... Home of the spitfire, captain of the Titanic and oatcakes.
Current town is famous for trains, it's station and Bentley's.
-B |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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William Wallace monument |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Rolls Royce
Was gonna say this too
Back in the day, everybody knew someone who worked there "
I reckon everyone still does, right haha |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Beer. |
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The newcomen engine and the industrial revolution. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Roundabouts.
Soulessness. |
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The oldest Christian map of the world |
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"Me 2 world famous football teams And the football question, what team plays nearest the Mersey River?
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Tranmere at Prenton Park? |
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Henderson’s relish, Arctic Monkeys |
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"Shoes... But it's a town "
And 50p Lil |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I couldn't possibly say as it would give away exactly where I am.
I could have named a headquarters. I could have named something that made the news. I could also name something that there are only two of in the UK. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The Tower of London
Oops |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Henderson’s relish, Arctic Monkeys"
Home of Football |
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over a year ago
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The Beatles |
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A surplus cathedral and curly blows.
We're a broad church |
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over a year ago
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Oh home city.... Concrete cows and roundabouts |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The hole in the road |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Stereophonics |
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By *p70Man
over a year ago
Halkyn |
A prime minister and 2 world class footballers |
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"The hole in the road "
Ahh, the memories! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Lancaster bombers and a massive cathedral |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Mugs and plates and toilets |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Pork pies ! |
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Beautiful beaches and Dylan Thomas was born 5 mins away from me . |
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Birthplace of Ian Astbury (The Cult) & actress Patricia Routledge |
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"Very old buildings "
He lives in the Acropolis ^ |
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Live in a village not known for anything famous in between 2 towns known as
the birthplace of the man the province of British columbia, Canada is named after and
the birthplace of one of the founders of the national trust.
Nearest city is the birthplace of Alan Partridge |
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"Shoes... But it's a town "
Cobblers |
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A dock, three football teams, and two statues on a building. |
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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago
Newcastle |
Know how to throw a party and shit at football |
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Flying Scotsman
The Mallard
Kevin Keegan
Louis Tomlinson
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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A big bell... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Roy keene |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"Me 2 world famous football teams "
Did Accrington have a girls' team too? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Stockport County and who else? |
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Imps ! (and not the small black sweets that only people of a certain age will remember). |
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Nearest place near me is oldest recorded roman town and a garrison town .. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Roundabouts … Allegedly " same. But we aren't in the same town.
And teenage pregnancies. Apparently. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Ropey tasting sauce Americans have trouble pronouncing |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The six-fingered high five! |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
My city is where your white goods where built. |
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over a year ago
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Rabbie burns |
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A few but all are giveaways I think. Granite |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Robin Hood and the sheriff
The place where the English civil war started.
The 1979 1980 double European cup winners
If that helps |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Nearest place near me is oldest recorded roman town and a garrison town .."
Colchester |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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For having the longest plane runway in Europe thanks to those lovely Americans.
Tony |
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It’s a town but was famous for it’s rope making. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Home of the founder of the abolition of sl*very |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Loch ness monster |
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World's first moving pictures were filmed here |
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By *urvySub87Woman
over a year ago
Near Wellingborough |
Shoe factories and kinky boots |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"Nearest place near me is oldest recorded roman town and a garrison town ..
Colchester " |
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By *ilthyBIMan
over a year ago
Stoke- Newcastle staffs |
Royal Doulton /Wedgwood
Clarice Cliff
and other World famouse pottery
Captain smith (Titanic) Robbie Williams and Slash & Lemmy
Were Born Here. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The hole in the road
Ahh, the memories!"
The fish tank |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
Hull |
"Patties
Bob Carver's. The fair wouldn't be the same without them"
But no more. They've closed their business for good. |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
Jossies giant’s (football’s just a branch of science!)
Byker grove….
And only selling shots by the treble!!!!!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I used to live near the smallest city in the UK |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Spicy sauce
China and water |
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By *gent CoulsonMan
over a year ago
Secret hideaway in the pennines |
Ernest Sykes, recipient of the Victoria Cross.
Melanie Sykes, TV presenter and model.
John Mayall, Mill Owner and owner of the largest cotton spinning company in the world (1803–1878)
Jon Courtenay, Britain's Got Talent winner in 2020. |
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The burial site of Sweet Fanny Adams |
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By *rispyDuckMan
over a year ago
Chinese Takeaway near you |
Chavs , fake tan & the longest pier in Britain hahaha |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My town I was born in famous for Big Ben
Buckingham Palace
Pie n Mash
Cockneys.
Where I live now too small to be famous but our nearest big town famous for a church with a twisted spire |
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By *OXO2018Couple
over a year ago
Norfolk |
Closet city Delia Smith
Home time Fish and chips. |
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over a year ago
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
Hull |
Two Rugby Teams.
Home of The Deep, the world's only Submarium.
Birthplace of William Wilberforce. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Roundabouts |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Tea room. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Steel |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Jute jam and journalism |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Patties
Bob Carver's. The fair wouldn't be the same without them
But no more. They've closed their business for good."
Have they? Could swear the last time I was walking past indoor market the no Bob Carvers was open, wasn't the business floated on the stock market anyway? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Oh I almost forgot they hand build a bespoke sports car about 5 minutes from my house |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Pottery and black panthers victim found here |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
Hull |
"Patties
Bob Carver's. The fair wouldn't be the same without them
But no more. They've closed their business for good.
Have they? Could swear the last time I was walking past indoor market the no Bob Carvers was open, wasn't the business floated on the stock market anyway?"
It was in the local news today. Bob Carver Snr passed away earlier in the year and his wife who worked in the company too, has decided to close it down. Lack of income caused by lockdown didn't help either. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Hometown...
Reef, Rainforest, and bloody Backpackers |
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My hometown, Fred west
My current town, Mud |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm just across the water from the naturist beach that seems to be very popular with members of Fab |
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I think the only famous thing from here, is the origin or marmalade.. |
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Mineral water and Mary queen of scots |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The seaside and pride "
Royal Pavilion |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Everton football club, 2 cathedrals, the Beatles and a dirty river x "
Don’t forget the Anfield rap |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Mineral water and Mary queen of scots "
I love your water |
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My town is infamous for its pink eye. |
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"The hole in the road
Ahh, the memories!
The fish tank "
The crocodile in orchards square! |
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By *VineMan
over a year ago
The right place |
Cockney rhyming slang for tits |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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We have an airshow |
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World famous rowing regatta. Starts tomorrow |
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