Your home town's claim to fame
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Mainly, Buddy Holly.
Smaller things like being uber-conservative, TONS of churches, stupid, high STD(STI's) and teen pregnancy rates. You know, good things like that.
Mainly, Buddy Holly.
Smaller things like being uber-conservative, TONS of churches, stupid, high STD(STI's) and teen pregnancy rates. You know, good things like that.
There was a huge Wolf running around the place scaring everyone 50 years ago. It was shot and is now in our biology classroom. It is a big wolf.
It's an island of 60 people, give it some slack.
If you consider the nearest slightly larger town (Pälkäne, Finland), there's a really nice medieval church.
http://www.rauniokirkko.net/
Well, I like it.
It's an island of 60 people, give it some slack.
If you consider the nearest slightly larger town (Pälkäne, Finland), there's a really nice medieval church.
http://www.rauniokirkko.net/
Well, I like it.
Oldest recorded town in Britain, beyotch.
Also: Boadicea romped through and destroyed the temple to Claudius which William the Conqueror later built the first Norman castle in the country on, which the Witchfinder General later used as his headquarters for some time.
Also: Boadicea romped through and destroyed the temple to Claudius which William the Conqueror later built the first Norman castle in the country on, which the Witchfinder General later used as his headquarters for some time.
... but those are some damned good biscuits! =P (I've had them, and considering how expensive they are, they're a damned sight better than Duchies Originals...)nicole1207 said:
OT: London... *shrug*
OK, more specifically, I live in what was Winston Churchill's constituency... and while he's been dead for years, I still hate the fucker... -_-
Oh, him and James Hilton...
Wautoma, Christmas Tree capitol of the world - per capita we produce more Christmas trees than anywhere else on the planet...so it's very "Piney" where I'm from.
Well I was born in Carlisle, and through googling it, I have found that it can be described by this headline: "CARLISLE: SURPRISINGLY NORMAL". Apparently it was the first place in the UK to have a very British red pillar postbox.
Since I was 1 I've lived in Warrington though, known for having the first IKEA in the UK.
Such exhilarating places.
Since I was 1 I've lived in Warrington though, known for having the first IKEA in the UK.
Such exhilarating places.
Oldest continuously settled town in Britain. Also we have one of the most profitable TESCOs in the country, and even the Wikipedia page agrees that there's fuck-all to do here...
(Abingdon, Oxfordshire)
(Abingdon, Oxfordshire)
Portishead are from Portishead (well actually they're only from this area, I don't think any of them are actually from here), and the guy who wrote Danny Boy, Portishead Radio, and we also have the second highest tidal range in the world.
This pier is in Clevedon, a couple of miles away. They've also got the Curzon cinema, which is really bloody old and awesome (I forget how old, but it's one of the oldest cinemas).
Well it is belive that Alice Liddell (the inspiration to the character Alice in Alice in Wonderland) family had often spend their holiday in this town (a beach resort), therefore this town had some Alice in Wonderland theme places (but not many). There is no evidence that Lewis Carroll (the creator of Alice in Wonderland) had ever visit this town.