Can you please tell me 1 interesting fact about where you live?

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diana - b

I live on the river. It's one of the entrances where the romans successfully invaded britain. Also it's where the prison ships were moored centuries ago.

Che

It was up for one of the worst villages in the U.K. Nice place :)

The Shadow

The grave of St. Patrick is just up the road from our house. It is covered with a very large stone. The grave that is, not the house.

wildboar689

Cwmtwrch-The name Cwmtwrch (Valley of the Wild Boar) derives from the â€œtwrch trwythâ€ (mythical wild boar) of King Arthurâ€™s legends and the ancient tales of the Mabinogion in early Welsh literature. The legend relates to one of Arthurâ€™s tasks: to rid the western Brecon beacons of the pack of wild boars that were terrorizing the people. Arthur chased the boars from Dyfed eastward towards Powys. On the Black Mountain, he picked up a large stone (carreg fryn fras) and cast it towards the wild animals, striking dead the leader of the pack on the edge of a the valley near Craig-Y-Fran Gorge. The big boar's body rolled down the valley and into the river which is now the River Twrch.

danbob

butch dingle from emmerdale lives a couple of doors away. And yes he is alive

andospandos

Benny from Crossroads "once" walked down a road about 15 miles away from where i live....

Lammi

I live here

feefee

I live in dundee and william wallace killed his first man here. theres a plaque outside a cathedral to prove it.

SteveUK

Rochdale-Lancashire.

Birthplace of Communism (The Co-operative movement).
Lord Byron was 5th Earl of Rochdale.
Birthplace of Gracie Fields (nee Stansfield)
Birthplace of Lisa Stansfield/Colin Baker/Anna Friel
Home to the Football Leagues best pies? (Official)

Not Ecky Boy

Birthplace of J M Barrie ( Peter Pan author) and Bon Scott ( AC/DC singer)

SKIPPY

We have a herd of concrete cows here.

alfie

We had Britain's first set of traffic lights! (Wolverhampton).

Pretorian

The Great Fire of London started at the end of my road.

MrsHomer

we have a train station and a spar.

Al Inshearah

The previous owner of my house could place a whole fist (usually his) inside his mouth.

gracel313

Elvis Costello's wife, Diana Krall was born here.

Speewah

We've just had new windows...LMAO

northcarrlight

In 1905 the last witch was burned at the stake in Scotland, in this year the London underground opened, William James published his book 'a variety of religious experiences'

dizzybee&searanger

I live in the most expensive seaside resort in the UK (Local house price wise, not Brighton or Blackpool !).

The Wandering Blade

I live within sight of HMS Victory - Lord Nelsons flagship used in the battle of trafalgar (with a plaque showing the exact spot where he was killed) Next door is the Mary Rose, King Henry VIII's Flagship and next to that there is HMS Warrior, the first Iron hulled warship.

rach

I live in Warwick which has a castle, near to stratford which is famous for Shakespeare and near royal leamington which the queen has visited it has a tap of spring water that tastes horrid..

Vicky

I live near where they used to debrief/interview spies during the cold war.

Stimpy

Queen Victoria stayed in a Mansion for some time near me in a very big park (Biggest walled Park in Europe) called the Phoenix park in Dublin. All the staff were local and to give the town work she paid for them to build the catholic church in the little village beside the park. It gave everyone a job and boosted the towns peoples lives no end.

suckaslug

I couldn't find a interesting fact so this will do:

At the centre of Mid Devon lies the market town of Tiverton, which boasts a castle, historic almshouses and an award-winning museum. An ideal way to relax whilst spending time in Tiverton is to take a trip in a horse-drawn barge along the Great Western canal.

Ah!

The very first canal lock (in UK) is at the end of the river where we live!
Exciting or what!?

pyronaught2000

Bristol is where the expression 'cash on the nail' came from. There is a covered market there and there are 3 Brass 'Nails' outside. They are like single leg tables where prices for goods were established. The deal was struck by banging the money on the nail - hence cash on the nail!
There are lots of interesting facts actually - but thats one to be going on with!

bananaaaaassss!!!

I live in the country. It's pretty.

Not called Katie

Michael Parkinson, Dickie Bird and the late Charlie Williams and Stan Richards all came from here as did the Olympic athlete Dorothy Hyman.

mariolla oneill

I come from portugues coloney called goa in india,but i live in liverpool -i got the army barrik's close to me,they had the famous tele serial made close to me about 6 streets away from me called-brook side.
Not far from my safe home is berute head quarters in liverpool near the princess pub which i watch get burnt out then knocked down and we got a new tescos that stands there now.
hey you know what liverpool is liverpool and there are a lot of very nice people here ok,so if you think liverpool is not a good place then please don't think so because not all scoucer's are bad.
i love my second home called liverpool.not too far up the road i watch the liverpool team training for the football match in mell wood.

Doethineb

As recently as 1964, the place where I live didn't have a single wheeled vehicle! (You should just see it now!)

itom200

Henry VIIIth used to hunt here.

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