Is your hometown known for anything?
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Ballinasloe, Co Galway Ireland.
Every October It Host's Europe's Largest Horse Fair........ That's It.
Every October It Host's Europe's Largest Horse Fair........ That's It.
The oldest church built with stone in scandinavia is here... Wohoo...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Cross_Priory,_Dalby
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Cross_Priory,_Dalby
Doncaster, which is famous mostly for sporting events and horrific child violence. It's also the AIDS capital of Europe, and I believe it has the highest teenage pregnancy rate too.
On the positive side, it hosts the St. Leger, one of the country's most well-known horse races, and I'm proud to say my team, Doncaster Rovers, are the most successful football team in England since the inception of the Premier League, in terms of success achieved relative to crowd size, money spent and a few other factors. Essentially, they topped a league table of English football's biggest overachievers, which is quite a proud feat.
Doncaster is also responsible for Tony Christie, who penned such classics as this;
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OK, it's not much but shut up
On the positive side, it hosts the St. Leger, one of the country's most well-known horse races, and I'm proud to say my team, Doncaster Rovers, are the most successful football team in England since the inception of the Premier League, in terms of success achieved relative to crowd size, money spent and a few other factors. Essentially, they topped a league table of English football's biggest overachievers, which is quite a proud feat.
Doncaster is also responsible for Tony Christie, who penned such classics as this;
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OK, it's not much but shut up
For one, my hometown was founded in 1682. It's the home of the worlds largest Naval base, NATO's defense headquarters, the headquarters of Norfolk Southern Railway and a large civilian shipyard.
Narvik, Norway. The first defeat of the nazis in WW2. Joint forces of norwegians, englishmen, french and polish retook the city shortly after its invasion in 1940, however the joy was short lived as these forces soon were needed elsewhere and bewildered german forces driven to the swedish border could march back into town and retake it with little resistance.
So we were conquered just like the rest, but still claim fame as the place of the nazi's first defeat.
So we were conquered just like the rest, but still claim fame as the place of the nazi's first defeat.
killingworth/west moor
has the house of a little guy called... GEORGE STEPHENSON! you may have heard of him, he was a major pioneer in building steam trains?
i dont mean to brag, but a lot of people here are taking about their home city, or have fairly obscure people. then again, i cant talk because i dont appreciate that this guy lived here. half the time i forget that my ex-high school was named after him
has the house of a little guy called... GEORGE STEPHENSON! you may have heard of him, he was a major pioneer in building steam trains?
i dont mean to brag, but a lot of people here are taking about their home city, or have fairly obscure people. then again, i cant talk because i dont appreciate that this guy lived here. half the time i forget that my ex-high school was named after him
My town is in the Guiness Book of world records for most Bars ina square mile and Most Wedding shops in a square mile. We only have 10,000 people how the fuck did that happen? Oh and we are proud of both of those (facepalm)
I live in Coquitlam: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coquitlam
A bunch of movies have been shot partially or entirely here...
Oh, and Matthew Good is from Coquitlam.
EDIT: It's also the fifth-largest city in British Columbia.
A bunch of movies have been shot partially or entirely here...
Oh, and Matthew Good is from Coquitlam.
EDIT: It's also the fifth-largest city in British Columbia.
