Odd factoids

[raleighnut]

The same problem befell the residents of Penistone.

As for those living in Cockermouth.

 

[Drago]

And Adam's Bottom in Bedfordshire.

 

[raleighnut]

 

[Drago]

W*****s Corner in Oregan was founded by a Cockney who had spent his career working for J. Arthur Rank.

 

[Threevok]

Welsh Cakes were originally baked rock hard and used as weapons against English invaders

 

[classic33]

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[NorthernDave]

As for those living in Cockermouth.

And Adam's Bottom in Bedfordshire.

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And let's not forget the poor residents of Wetwang in all this.

 

[Drago]

Welsh Cakes were originally baked rock hard and used as weapons against English invaders

The English have never been interested in Wales, what with its unpronouncable place names and close choral singing, and have never tried to invade. The English were in fact merely trying g to find a shortcut to get to Ireland for the Guinness.

Nevertheless, invasion has hever been far from the minds of the Welsh. Prior to 1939 Welsh place names were fairly normal, like Jonestown and Taffyville, but fearing that Hitler had his eye on the place they erected thousands of sig s with stupid, unpronouncable names in order confuse the invading Nazzie hordes. Following the war the Welsh, being a chronically lazy people, never bothered changing the signs back and the daft place names stuck.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Before tin became a valuable commodity the locals used to mine for Cornish Pasties. If you go on a tour of a Cornish tin mine you can often see the evidence if where they dug out the pasties from the seams.

 

[colly]

Before we move off the subject completely. I offer you:

Oh to have an address like this.

 

[classic33]

The World Coal Carrying championship is held in Yorkshire every Easter Monday.

The ideal weight of the winner is said to be 10st 7lb and the most successful entrants are window cleaners, builders and farmers.

 

[slowmotion]

One of the early giant wind turbines was built on a Vermont hill called "Grandpa's Knob".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith–Putnam_wind_turbine

 

[Kempstonian]

Welsh Cakes were originally baked rock hard and used as weapons against English invaders

I was reading about that yesterday. Apparently the English used to knock them back with sticks. That's how one of the more adept soldiers, Sir Giles De Botham, invented cricket.

 

[Drago]

Sir Giles suffered the first documented case of haemorrhoids.

 

[Kempstonian]

Sir Giles suffered the first documented case of haemorrhoids.

Yeah, those Welsh cakes can hurt. He became the first victim of a "full toss".

Ouchie!