Really TRUE odd factoids

[KnittyNorah]

Who remembers Kardomah Cafes ? (You have to be of a certain age).
It was started in Liverpool by the Vey Bros who imported tea and coffee.
Early 1900s they were very popular with branches in many cities including Paris. They were a bit up market with string quartets.
By the 60s they were very popular with arty types and musiscians.
I am of that certain age and frequented some of the Liverpool branches early 60s.
From them on their popularity declined and now there is only one left and fittingly that is in Liverpool.

I remember them - and loved going into the one in/near St Annes Square in Manchester in the 1960s!

 

[Beebo]

The actor River Phoenix’s real name is River Bottom.
His dad was John Bottom.

 

[Blue Hills]

The actor River Phoenix’s real name is River Bottom.
His dad was John Bottom.

some parents are beyond belief.

 

[Drago]

We had a lass at school named Helen Bach.

Yes, hell and back.

The lord only knows what her parents had been smoking when they chose her christian name.

 

[Blue Hills]

We had a lass at school named Helen Bach.

Yes, hell and back.

The lord only knows what her parents had been smoking when they chose her christian name.

I seem to recall a BBC presenter called Julia Caesar.

Yep I know some of the NACAS crowd might say, why not, but I always did a double take/double hear whenever she was announced.

 

[Dave7]

I seem to recall a BBC presenter called Julia Caesar.

Yep I know some of the NACAS crowd might say, why not, but I always did a double take/double hear whenever she was announced.

I know a Lady called Emma who married a guy called Royds (emma royds).
She changed her sur name.

 

[T4tomo]

I know a Lady called Emma who married a guy called Royds (emma royds).
She changed her sur name.

My Gran's friend Teresa married John Green and took his surname....

 

[Chris S]

The actor River Phoenix’s real name is River Bottom.
His dad was John Bottom.

And he had a brother called Joaquin Bottom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquin_Phoenix

 

[Beebo]

And he had a brother called Joaquin Bottom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquin_Phoenix

The entire family has silly names.
The parents were in a “new age” religious cult.

 

[KnittyNorah]

When I was a child, my dad was a headmaster and there was a dinner lady called Ida ... Jones or Robinson or summat. She was a widow. After the summer holidays she asked to speak to my dad on a private matter.
She had remarried but didn't want her new name to be used - she had married a Mr Downes ...

 

[classic33]

If you were to stretch out your body's blood vessel system, it would extend over 60,000 miles, when laid end to end.

 

[Punkawallah]

You would also be quite dead :-)

 

[Dave7]

You would also be quite dead :-)

Bit of an assumption you are making there.

 

[Punkawallah]

No surprise there - busy paving the ‘road to hell’ :-)

 

[classic33]

Your ears play a part in transmitting taste signals to your brain, meaning that your ears have a role in how you enjoy food. Nerves run through the middle ear that send taste signals from your tongue to your brain.