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CrazyUSA Thu 23-Jul-26 20:11:53

I will start with A then the next user B
I will start
Accrington is in Lancashire England

JackyB Fri 24-Jul-26 08:35:49

Bath is often used as a place in Jane Austen novels.

Oreo Fri 24-Jul-26 08:38:44

Clacton is Essex, England will soon be having a by election which may be won by that mighty political wannabe Count Binface.

Oreo Fri 24-Jul-26 08:41:44

Dorset, an English county in the SW has unearthed a huge quantity of dinosaur bones over the last two hundred years.

Crocus5 Fri 24-Jul-26 11:57:43

Edinburgh famous for its castle and Military Tattoo.

Beeb Fri 24-Jul-26 20:25:23

Flookburgh is an old village on the Cartmell peninsula of Cumbria. In his childhood Stan Laurel was a frequent visitor as his aunt and uncle ran the cooperative store.

Oreo Fri 24-Jul-26 20:38:43

Grantham in Lincolnshire, home to the late Conservative PM Margaret Thatcher.Her Father ran a grocery store there.

Oreo Fri 24-Jul-26 20:40:23

Isle of Wight.
A good place to visit for a flavour of being back in time, say the 1950’s.

Oreo Fri 24-Jul-26 20:43:01

Missed H!
So, Hampshire, which contains the New Forest, a wonderful place to roam about in and made sometime in the 12,00’s C or thereabouts for the English King to have as a new hunting ground.

MawsRosie Fri 24-Jul-26 20:43:40

Tedious…….

Oreo Fri 24-Jul-26 20:44:40

Jersey, an interesting island that can’t decide if it’s French or English.
Occupied by Germany during the last war.

Oreo Fri 24-Jul-26 20:45:19

MawsRosie

Tedious…….

We’re not on the T’s yet 🤭

Oreo Fri 24-Jul-26 20:46:31

Kernow, the Cornish language name of Cornwall.

silverlining48 Sat 25-Jul-26 06:44:06

London. A multicultural city of 19 million people

silverlining48 Sat 25-Jul-26 06:44:33

10 million people

MollyNew Sat 25-Jul-26 18:36:46

Melton Mowbray - home of the pork pie

Astitchintime Sat 25-Jul-26 18:41:57

Nottingham……..famous for its lace manufacturing

ClicketyClick Sat 25-Jul-26 18:45:14

Nottingham - the birth place of Torvill and Dean

BoggledMind Sat 25-Jul-26 21:12:38

Old Trafford - a suburb of Manchester, known for Manchester United FC.

JamesandJon33 Sun 26-Jul-26 03:19:03

Pembroke. Famous for its castle, the birth place of Henry VII

MollyNew Sun 26-Jul-26 17:48:55

The Quantock Hills in Somerset were England's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

JamesandJon33 Mon 27-Jul-26 13:52:25

Runnymede. Where King John signed the Magna Carta

Oreo Mon 27-Jul-26 13:54:32

Staffordshire, in the Midlands and was the home of pottery for a very long time.

Oreo Mon 27-Jul-26 13:55:50

Towcester, pronounced toaster😁 where the Silverstone motor racing happens.

Crocus5 Tue 28-Jul-26 13:06:20

Ulverston is a market town in Cumbria, famous for being the birthplace of Stan Laurel.