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General Knowledge Quiz
Which figure famous on the international scene was nicknamed -- English rendering -- "The Great Asparagus"; and why?- Calthrop
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Settlement Association
We learn that Coanwood was "anciently written" as "Collingwood", meaning "hazel trees / wood". Brings to mind (though it would seem, no direct link between the settlement and the gentleman concerned), Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, First Baron Collingwood (1748 -- 1810): a Northumbrian, and by...- Calthrop
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Settlement Association
A general theme which I have mentioned before -- though not, I think, re the above "Yorks. / Lancs." settlement -- Dunsop Bridge, and Haltwhistle, Northumberland: are rival claimants for the status of geographic centre of Great Britain. Vague feeling which I -- admittedly not a scholar of such...- Calthrop
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Settlement Association
There seems to be a shortage of things findable about Scaldwell -- other than voluminous stuff about industrial railways, which of course "won't wash" here. I'm reduced to: Tring, Hertfordshire, also has a church dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul.- Calthrop
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Closed Stations Journey quiz
If I were to be reincarnated, I'd like it to be as an anteater -- no dratted teeth... Builth Wells- Calthrop
- Post #138,551
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