FabSwingers.com forum: Where u live, what’s it famous for?

By *uperS77 OP Man
11 weeks ago

Gloucester

Where I live first two Harry Potter films were filmed in and around the Cathedral and the Wests were resident here.

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago

Murderers mainly, and coronation street filmed a car crash scene here years ago too.

It’s delightful.

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago

Sausage rolls, probably

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By *929Man
11 weeks ago

bedlington

The bedlington terrier haha

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By *ascaIMan
11 weeks ago

Cheshire Liverpool Manchester

Luke the Nuke 🎯

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By *obilebottomMan
11 weeks ago

All over

Potholes

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By *ete.RachaelTV/TS
11 weeks ago

Chesterfield

Something crooked xx

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By *lderflower_AppleWoman
11 weeks ago

Basingstoke

Birthplace of Jane Austen, Liz Hurley grew up here, Thomas Burberry started his business here and Highclere Castle was the setting for Downton Abbey.

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By *weet and SpiceCouple
11 weeks ago

Around the Midlands

Quite a lot, but then again the Midlands is quite vast 😉

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By *ir tootMan
11 weeks ago

Burton-on-Trent

Pale ale or something

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By *uperSalopian7Man
11 weeks ago

Shrewsbury

Birthplace of Charles Darwin

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By *rT25Man
11 weeks ago

Rotherham

Chuckle Brothers

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago

An unexpected landing of a 747

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
11 weeks ago

Leeds

Absolutely fuck all apparently. This is what google told me…….. (the place I live) West Yorkshire is known for many things, including its hospitality, flower displays, and historical sites

The mr

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By *nya NeesWoman
11 weeks ago

Brum

Rude place names

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago

Fran and Anna; Hue and Cry; Ian Bannen; Fred West living here for a short while; the Moira Anderson disappearance; small-minded bigotry based on religions most of them don't follow, under the guise of football team allegiance

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By *ackformore100Man
11 weeks ago

Tin town

"Where I live first two Harry Potter films were filmed in and around the Cathedral and the Wests were resident here. "

We have a blue plaque that says... "nothing of note ever happened here"

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By *randMrsPCouple
11 weeks ago

Nr Salisbury

Novichok

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By *ik NaksCouple
11 weeks ago

Wigan

Roundabouts

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By *ohn.Wick.Man
11 weeks ago

The Continental

Pottery

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By *uperSalopian7Man
11 weeks ago

Shrewsbury

"Roundabouts "

I thought Wigan was famous for Pies

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By *ickeyandmouseCouple
11 weeks ago

nr Alicante

Alicante, Costa Blanca. Bullfighting

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By *weetiepie99Woman
11 weeks ago

cardiff

Gavin and Stacey

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By *ohn.Wick.Man
11 weeks ago

The Continental

A shit football team

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By *vaRose43Woman
11 weeks ago

Forest of Dean

Filming location

Dennis potter

Wild boar

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By *rSircumsizedMan
11 weeks ago

Newport

It featured in an episode of Crimewatch back in the 90's.

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By *ighland couple 99Couple
11 weeks ago

Inverness

Loch Ness monster

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By *inxy777Woman
11 weeks ago

essex

TOWIE unfortunately

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By *ussle SproutMan
11 weeks ago

the middle

The birthplace of the Industrial Revolution….. apparently

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By *rSuave88Man
11 weeks ago

Mirfield

Textiles and the birthplace of rugby league

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By *mmaleiaWoman
11 weeks ago

Trowbridge

Shoes n boots

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago

Faulty towers and Agatha Christie

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By *immyinreadingMan
11 weeks ago

henley on thames

"Absolutely fuck all apparently. This is what google told me…….. (the place I live) West Yorkshire is known for many things, including its hospitality, flower displays, and historical sites

The mr "

Leeds? Jimmy Savile

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By *immyinreadingMan
11 weeks ago

henley on thames

"Roundabouts "

Nah, that’s Swindon

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By *aytime DoggerMan
11 weeks ago

Here,there&everywhere

"Roundabouts

Nah, that’s Swindon "

Or Milton Keynes

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By *aytime DoggerMan
11 weeks ago

Here,there&everywhere

Shoe Teyn

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By *a LunaWoman
11 weeks ago

South Wales

We’re in the top 5 most dangerous small towns in Mid Glamorgan 🏴‍☠️

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By *immyinreadingMan
11 weeks ago

henley on thames

Henley royal regatta.

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By *inky Biscuit DunkerMan
11 weeks ago

Gloucestershire

Gold Cup

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By *antasdeerideMan
11 weeks ago

winfrith

"Birthplace of Jane Austen, Liz Hurley grew up here, Thomas Burberry started his business here and Highclere Castle was the setting for Downton Abbey."
I've been to Highclere but although signs in Basingstoke and somewhere else say she was born there she was born in Steventon which is about 40 miles away .

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By *assing Fancies xCouple
11 weeks ago

Sherwood Forest

Robin Hood & probably being the crackhead capital of the midlands

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago

Concrete Cows

A tv advert not filmed here

And going round and round in your car

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By *enguin20Man
11 weeks ago

Herts

Lewis Hamilton called us the slums..

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By *ustaguy1777Man
11 weeks ago

Barrow

Nuclear submarines

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By *artfordBlokeMan
11 weeks ago

Dartford

The Rolling Stones and a tunnel under the Thames

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By *ryeverythinglotsMan
11 weeks ago

Truro

Surfing & lots & lots of tourists x

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By *andadbodMan
11 weeks ago

Liverpool

The most listed buildings outside of London

Two Cathedrals

The Trade (you all know the one i mean)

Football

Music

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By * and R cple4Couple
11 weeks ago

swansea

We live 10mins away from the house that Dylan Thomas was born in and the park where he wrote alot of his stuff.

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By *winging for the fencesMan
11 weeks ago

london

Jack The Ripper

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
11 weeks ago

East Sussex

Sewage in the sea

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By *enk15Man
11 weeks ago

Evesham

The medieval bridge.

Although someone crashed into it so it's currently closed.

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By *ecky and justCouple
11 weeks ago

Godalming

We were the first town in England to have electric street lighting.

George Mallory (Everest) lived here.

Becky and Just live here..

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By *ongJohnSilva2.0Man
11 weeks ago

Right up your street

First Automated Traffic Lights in the UK

Banks’s Beer

Slade

Liam Payne (RIP)

Beverley Knight

Industrial Heritage

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago

David Seaman

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By *allipygousMan
11 weeks ago

Leicester

National Space Centre

King Richard III's burial spot

Most unlikely premier league winners

Gary Lineker

Walkers Crisps

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By *oonbath89Man
11 weeks ago

radstock

Romans and filming Bridgerton

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By *reative-mindMan
11 weeks ago

Exeter

Being shit.

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By *ee69Man
11 weeks ago

glasgow

"Being shit. "

Same but at least a don’t feel out a place lol

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By *abtastic Mr FoxMan
11 weeks ago

A den in the Glen

Granite

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By *eathrow pineappleCouple
11 weeks ago

Hounslow

A huge airport and where dick turpin used to knock about.

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago

St. Michael's Mount

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By *insBadMan
11 weeks ago

& around

Where I live, golf isn't a sport, it's more of a religion!!!

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By *ripfillMan
11 weeks ago

Paris, New York, Hong Kong and Havant

A castle which never was a castle … Rowlands Castle in Hampshire

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By *YDB75Man
11 weeks ago

East Yorkie

A big Bridge

A big fish tank

An annoying comedian

3 shit sports teams

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By *.hrisMan
11 weeks ago

Bath

A Roman bath thingy

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By *egs11openedWoman
11 weeks ago

north dub

Guiness

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By *inkedKuntsCouple
11 weeks ago

Sheffield

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By *vaRose43Woman
11 weeks ago

Forest of Dean

"Roundabouts

Nah, that’s Swindon

Or Milton Keynes"

It’s definitely Swindon

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By *inkedKuntsCouple
11 weeks ago

Sheffield

Steel, too many bands to list and the creator of the modern game of football while having 2 distinctly average footie teams

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
11 weeks ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

Cheese.

And a huge gaping hole.

And a massive crack.

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By *urplebadger69Couple
11 weeks ago

Colchester

Having a dragon.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
11 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

Unconventional conventions.

One of The Master's "affairs".

Sweet transvestites.

Rocky!

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By *neeyedwillieMan
11 weeks ago

Darlington

Says in my profile but famous for for having (one of) the first passanger railway stations. Was also famous for being in the top 10 most violent places in the UK to live back in the 90s but Cleveland was having none of it.

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By *ealitybitesMan
11 weeks ago

Belfast

CS Lewis had a house here and based Narnia on what I can see from my window every day.

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By *ersona101Man
11 weeks ago

Letchworth

The country's first roundabout

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By *allipygousMan
11 weeks ago

Leicester

"A huge airport and where dick turpin used to knock about. "

When I first read this I missed the word "and" 🤔

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By *endalshaggersCouple
11 weeks ago

Kendal

Sugary "cake" - it's not cake at all, it's literally a block of sugar dipped in chocolate - you're meant to take as a snack mountaineering. That, and for being an "auld grey town".

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago

"Sugary "cake" - it's not cake at all, it's literally a block of sugar dipped in chocolate - you're meant to take as a snack mountaineering. That, and for being an "auld grey town". "

Was there last month

Didn’t like the cake

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By *immyinreadingMan
11 weeks ago

henley on thames

"Lewis Hamilton called us the slums.. "

Ah yes. I remember that one. Stevenage, wasn’t it? What a plonker

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By *icentiousCouple
11 weeks ago

Up on them there hills

A long running Sitcom

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago

Gravesend...

The burial site of princess Pocahontas.

Also at one point the most pubs per square mile in the world!

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By *ustbelfastMan
11 weeks ago

Belfast

A big boat

George Best

People getting shot/blown up

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By *OVE-PORNMan
11 weeks ago

las vegas

Las Vegas gambling and having fun

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By *sWyldWoman
11 weeks ago

Edinburgh

Snow

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By *arlequin_tearsMan
11 weeks ago

Sheffield

Originally from Bromley.

The birth place of HG Wells.

Now in Sheffield...

Famous as the home of the World's oldest football ground, the setting for the Full Monty and Sheffield Steel.

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By *pankingNorfolkCouple
11 weeks ago

Norwichish

Delia, Mustard and Hitler didn’t bomb the city hall because he wanted to hold his victory speech on the terrace outside (allegedly)

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By *econdtimelucky101Man
11 weeks ago

Oldbury

Don't you have a really interesting cathedral. People travel for miles to see it.

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By *MisschiefxTV/TS
11 weeks ago

London

Amy Winehouse and goths

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By *lowupdollTV/TS
11 weeks ago

Herts/Beds/Lomdon

George Michael and Elton John.

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By *he AmbassadorMan
11 weeks ago

IRLANDA. / Prague. / Cil Dara

Guinness.the burial ground of Arthur Guinness to be precise.

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By *ichaelsmyMan
11 weeks ago

douglas

Motorcycle racing

Tailess cats

Oldest parliament

Three legs

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By *lderflower_AppleWoman
11 weeks ago

Basingstoke

"Roundabouts

Nah, that’s Swindon

Or Milton Keynes

It’s definitely Swindon "

We have our fair share too!

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By *imandherNSFWCouple
11 weeks ago

Barnstaple

A massive statue made by damien Hirst ...

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By *he AmbassadorMan
11 weeks ago

IRLANDA. / Prague. / Cil Dara

"Motorcycle racing

Tailess cats

Oldest parliament

Three legs"
smallest Celt nation and possibly the coolest

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By *Jblue321Man
11 weeks ago

Chester

Romans

Horse racing

Moors murderer trials

Lucy Letby

Having a football stadium that goes over the border so is in two countries

James Bond (Daniel Craig) and Michael Owen’s birthplace

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By *yn888Couple
11 weeks ago

Kidderminster

Yes.. I live near a place called bell end... And even has a bell end farm..

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By *haveanicevoiceMan
11 weeks ago

Soggy Middle-Earth (Cumbria)

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By *haveanicevoiceMan
11 weeks ago

Soggy Middle-Earth (Cumbria)

"An unexpected landing of a 747"

Lockerbie..

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11 weeks ago

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By *ad NannaWoman
11 weeks ago

East London

Cars.

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
11 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

Rope making, was once the largest rope making centre in the country.

It also has the oldest thatched brewery in the country.

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By *iscombobulated1523Couple
11 weeks ago

Worcestershire

Water and a hand built car

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By *porty_and_NaughtyCouple
11 weeks ago

Swansea

The birthplace of poet Dylan Thomas

Mrs

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By *eorgeS5875Man
11 weeks ago

Norfolk / Newcastle

Inbreds 😂😂😂

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By *urves and MischiefWoman
11 weeks ago

Northerner

Musicians, artists, footballers, Industrial Revolution, drugs and guns. An eclectic mix

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By *isterxwhiteMan
11 weeks ago

Dorking

Roundabout with a massive cock

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By *hristopherd999Man
11 weeks ago

Brentwood

"TOWIE unfortunately

You beat me to it!

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By *haveanicevoiceMan
11 weeks ago

Soggy Middle-Earth (Cumbria)

Flooding, Hadrian's wall, Taliban like obsession with Toyota pickups, rain, sheep, hills and essentially almost anywhere you look with potential to be a framed picture in an art gallery yes

Also being in Scotland

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By *eneralKenobiMan
11 weeks ago

North Angus

Radar, maybe 🤔

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By *opinovMan
11 weeks ago

Point Nemo, Cumbria

Inbreeding, sheep shagging and tories.

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago

Peter Kay, Fred Dilbert and Reebok

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By *2000ManMan
11 weeks ago

Worthing

The Laurel and Hardy film had scenes here.

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By *ty31Man
11 weeks ago

NW London

Big stadium

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago

Having a neo nazi organisation based here which was banned as a terrorist group ( they were planning to murder politicians).

Kids killing each other.

-It's a charming place.

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By *ickleTheWonderSchlongMan
11 weeks ago

Ends

First ever cash machine in England

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By *uffnmuffCouple
11 weeks ago

London

stabbings.

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By *uffnmuffCouple
11 weeks ago

London

And some gun crime x

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By *imply_SensualMan
11 weeks ago

warrington

an IRA bomb

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By *immyinreadingMan
11 weeks ago

henley on thames

George Orwell

George Harrison

… and now Russell brand.

Standards are slipping …

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By *pankingNorfolkCouple
11 weeks ago

Norwichish

"Don't you have a really interesting cathedral. People travel for miles to see it."

It’s a very gorgeous cathedral and there is something that’s supposed to be unique

I’m not from round these parts so don’t know all the history, M will know.

PS actually two cathedrals one CofE one RC.

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By *inger_SnapWoman
11 weeks ago

Hampshire/Dorset

The Historic Dockyard, Henry VIIIs castle, Victorious music festival and the football ground with the best atmosphere in the UK.

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By *inger_SnapWoman
11 weeks ago

Hampshire/Dorset

Charles Dickens and Isambard Kingdom Brunel birth place.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling lived here.

Arnold Schwarzenegger lived and trained in a couple of the gyms here.

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