andyfraser
Über Member
- Location
- Bristol
Swindon's famous for being really sheet, bad roads, worse driving standards, and Nationwide building society.
My town is (in)famous for....
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
You live near Mick Hucknell?
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
Dumbarton - Ancient Capital of Strathclyde, we have a castle where many Scottish historical figures like Mary Queen Of Scots and William Wallace are said to have stayed or been imprisonned. Also we have the cave where Robert The Bruce, on giving up, is said to have seen the now famous Spider repairing a web, and it inspired him perservere and carry on.
We had a Distillery that made Ballantines Whisky for years (possibly infamous?). Also, Jackie Stewart (yes, the Driver) lived here and the author Tobias Smollet was born nearby.
The Cutty Sark (no less) was built by Scott And Linton here along with many other ships, and a small part of the old yard at Denny Brothers (now a museum - 'The Denny Tank') still has a very large tank with a gantry crane above it. This is where they tested how different designs of boat and ship would fare given certain sea conditions in model form before the real thing was made or not. Apparently there are very few of these tanks left, so it has not been unknown for it still to be used to test things in recent times.
Apparently they also built Sunderland Flying Boats in the shadow of the castle during the war.
A few miles down the road in Clydebank, there were more ship yards, including John Brown's, where they built many famous ships, including the Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, the QE2, and others such as HMS Hood.
Dumbarton is infamous for...... Ballantines Whisky (probably). Like almost everywhere else in this country, it is a mere ghost of its old self, although, the Soap 'River City' is filmed here too.
Oh and we are a few miles away from Faslane, Coulport and Glen Douglas.
Maybe a nuke or two would help the place these days!
We had a Distillery that made Ballantines Whisky for years (possibly infamous?). Also, Jackie Stewart (yes, the Driver) lived here and the author Tobias Smollet was born nearby.
The Cutty Sark (no less) was built by Scott And Linton here along with many other ships, and a small part of the old yard at Denny Brothers (now a museum - 'The Denny Tank') still has a very large tank with a gantry crane above it. This is where they tested how different designs of boat and ship would fare given certain sea conditions in model form before the real thing was made or not. Apparently there are very few of these tanks left, so it has not been unknown for it still to be used to test things in recent times.
Apparently they also built Sunderland Flying Boats in the shadow of the castle during the war.
A few miles down the road in Clydebank, there were more ship yards, including John Brown's, where they built many famous ships, including the Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, the QE2, and others such as HMS Hood.
Dumbarton is infamous for...... Ballantines Whisky (probably). Like almost everywhere else in this country, it is a mere ghost of its old self, although, the Soap 'River City' is filmed here too.
Oh and we are a few miles away from Faslane, Coulport and Glen Douglas.
Maybe a nuke or two would help the place these days!
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slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Northampton is famous as a centre of shoe manufacturing. There was a wonderful documentary years ago about how an ailing manufacturer found success by branching out into manufacturing high-heeled shoes/boots for overweight German cross-dressers.
It also has some sneaky speed limit changes and a whole sea of speeding cams.
It also has some sneaky speed limit changes and a whole sea of speeding cams.
JtB
Prepare a way for the Lord
- Location
- North Hampshire
Doughnut city famed for its roundabouts.
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Gatters
Senior Member
- Location
- Right Here
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mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
- Location
- Egremont, Cumbria
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
Dumbarton is also known for being DuMbarton, but in West DuNbartonshire.
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
The generator firm Aggreko is also here.
