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What's your home town famous for?

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I think my town could be the 1st one with 2 Greggs on the same street :lol:
  • BunnieBunnie Posts: 6,099 Master Poster
    lea_uk wrote:
    I think my town could be the 1st one with 2 Greggs on the same street :lol:
    you live in heaven? oh my god you should have said.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    One of them used to be the Bakers Oven but they've all closed. There's only one of them on the Greggs site :(
  • BunnieBunnie Posts: 6,099 Master Poster
    lea_uk wrote:
    One of them used to be the Bakers Oven but they've all closed. There's only one of them on the Greggs site :(
    *packs bags and moves to Lea's*
    :p

    Bring on the cheese and onion pasties!! :yum:
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I think my town could be the 1st one with 2 Greggs on the same street

    No way. There are 5, yes 5 down Sheffield high street, including a new one that has opened directly opposite an existing one so that people no longer have to cross the street.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    pill 'ed wrote:
    Haha big up Eastbourne!
    Nah not really a fan of Eastbourne to be honest, much prefer Brighton.

    Eastbournes alright. I only go there these days to visit family who live in the area, I havent been to the town for years. Brighton's wicked. :thumb:
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Umm.. I dunno what Gloucester is famous for, but Ieper(belgium)

    D'ya live in Gloucester then? Or belgium or kent? =P
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Noddy Holder **Shame**
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    No way. There are 5, yes 5 down Sheffield high street, including a new one that has opened directly opposite an existing one so that people no longer have to cross the street.
    :lol:
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ~kaz~ wrote:
    Well I am from a small town called Forfar and its famous for its Forfar Bridies yum
    Wow. Did you used to go into shops and order 'Twa plen braidies n n ingin in n ar' or whatever it is? 'Two plain bridies and an onion one as well' for anyone who hasn't spent too much time north of the border.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Carolina wrote:
    He was from Aberdeen i'm afraid. His step family i think were the Newstead bit, although he was buried at Newstead.

    Can't believe you didn't say Robin Hood though, Nottinghamshires biggest money earner ;)
    that and his tree :p - i've lived here all my life so kinda forget he's a nottinghamshire thing
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    my home town is famous for..

    Geri Halliwell, Vinnie Jones, Tim Lovejoy, Elton John, Me
    The Grove - golf course
    Watford FC
  • JsTJsT Posts: 18,268 Skive's The Limit
    Bunnie wrote:
    you live in heaven? oh my god you should have said.
    I think we have 4 in Huddersfield - no doubt more than 10 in Leeds.

    Leeds does have two McDonalds in the same street as well.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    JsT wrote:
    I think we have 4 in Huddersfield - no doubt more than 10 in Leeds.

    Leeds does have two McDonalds in the same street as well.

    I think Wolverhampton has five Greggs...
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ballerina wrote:
    that and his tree :p - i've lived here all my life so kinda forget he's a nottinghamshire thing
    His tree? Please explain. :confused:
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Lady Jane Grey, queen of England for all of 9 days :cool: come on! Who can beat that! :p

    I just went on the wikipedia article (for groby) and edited it because they didn't know what the name stood for, whereas I studied it in history and it's viking for pit! (referring to the slate quarry)

    :D
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Centre of Church Of England.

    Brings fucking loads of tourists. :mad:
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Loopi wrote:
    Wow. Did you used to go into shops and order 'Twa plen braidies n n ingin in n ar' or whatever it is?

    I went to uni in Dundee, but nothing compares to the proper Aberdonian accent.

    "Aye fit like i day min?"
    "Nae bad min, jist chavin awa fine!"
    "Ats arite en, fine seein ye, nae muckle on the'day!"

    To this day I still use my Sunday voice except when I'm back home, where speaking anything approaching English will get me laughed at.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    RubberSkin wrote:
    Thank you for clearing that up!!
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Bri-namite wrote:
    I went to uni in Dundee, but nothing compares to the proper Aberdonian accent.

    "Aye fit like i day min?"
    "Nae bad min, jist chavin awa fine!"
    "Ats arite en, fine seein ye, nae muckle on the'day!"

    To this day I still use my Sunday voice except when I'm back home, where speaking anything approaching English will get me laughed at.
    I know the feeling. Whenever I ring any of my "pals" from Dundee, I automatically slip into some strange Scottish accent/dialect, otherwise I get accused of being "posh" ad constantly asked to repeat myself for the entertainment of all around. 'Tis pure Baltic oot t'day mon.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    There's a good few Greggs in Newcastle.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Stockport is famous for...

    - Hat-making... does anyone know Christy’s hats? It was the last working hat factory in the UK.

    - Stockport County - and now Sale Sharks!

    - The Viaduct, Western Europe's biggest brick-built structure. It was built with 11 million bricks.

    - Strawberry Recording Studios, Joy Division recoded here amongst others.

    - Fred Perry was born in Stockport.

    - Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash (who went to my school!) are from Stockport. Mrs Merton's chat show was filmed in Stockport and the audience was full of pensioners from around here. The Royle Family and Early Doors are both fictionally based in Stockport and the lines refer to loads of areas and landmarks in Stockport.

    - Sarah Harding of Girls Aloud fame grew up in Stockport.

    - David Dickinson was born here, he used to play out as a kid with my mate's granny!

    - Other people from Stockport include Judith Chalmers, Yvette Fielding, Tess Daly, Judy Finnegan, Mr Scruff, Bruce Jones aka Les Battersby, Sally Lindsey aka Shelly Unwin and Bill Tarmey aka Jack Duckworth.

    That's all I can think of right now!
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Theres a cathedral in durham, but bobby robson (former newcastle football manager) is from the village I'm origionally from.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Loopi wrote: »
    Thank you for clearing that up!!

    you didn't know about his tree!!? :eek:
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Carolina wrote: »

    Can't believe you didn't say Robin Hood though, Nottinghamshires biggest money earner ;)

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    :razz:
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Addict wrote: »
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    :razz:

    true that - but i don't think nottingham is any worse than any other city tbh
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Theres three greggs in durham, and three peters bakers (like greggs) in durham as well.

    As kermit and a few other northerners on here will tell you, durham is one of the smallest cities in the world.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ballerina wrote: »
    you didn't know about his tree!!? :eek:
    Is it famous? :blush:
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Loopi wrote: »
    Is it famous? :blush:

    yup - robin and his tree come in a package. It's even more famous cause it's so big, and there's a theory that it's actually several trees that have moulded together. It's got a hollow bit and thats where they hid the money and stuff.

    eta: ye olde trip to jerusalem is just round the corner from the statue aswell - supposed to be the oldest pub in england
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