What is where you live famous for

Here from the Southern Hemisphere.

Known for :rugby_football: rugby
The Big Five
Table Mountain
Nelson Mandela

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St Marys Church. Built around the year 1080 by Robert De Watville. A real Medieval Jewel.

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Never been to Shrewsbury but the longest street of shops is definitely on my list now :+1:t2:

Must be one long party in your area :tada:

When visiting Jimmy Page the butler disappears and I hear Pages squeaky voice saying: show him to the armoury. I know the armoury is on the first floor so I leg it up there only to find other celebs hanging around hopefully. So I grab a geetar, do a couple of the loudest twangs only to get thrown out.

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A window in Thrums.

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The film “On the Beach” was set here.

Starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner.

As she said ‘On the beach is a story about the end of the world and Melbourne sure is the right place to film it’.

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When the end comes, you won’t get your ten pound back you know! let Bruce and gummy know :grin:

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my ten pound I worked out has acrrued to 2 million so far and I have donated it to a worthy cause already

Rod Serling, of The Twilight Zone, born and hometown, 30 miles away.
Peewee Herman, born 20 miles away, hometown.
National Baseball Hall of Fame, 40 miles away.

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Burtons Bicuits-home of the Jammy Dodger
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Edward VIII visited prior to his abdication but I can’t find any pictures( they are somewhere on the WWW!
And we were a major player on the Athletics circuit before the council decided to neglect the stadium.
We have a boating lake where they filmed the canoeing for Superstars.
And you can see me if you track down the programme!

Cwmbran

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Newby Hall
my house used to be owned by Newby Hall

Https://.newbyhall.com

For some reason that link hasn’t connected
dont know why
I wish I were more computer savvy.

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Here’s a clickable link

absolutely lovely!

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Thankyou dOOd
I’m useless with computers :blush:

Just copy the address from the address bar, and paste it in your post.

It looks like you typed it in yourself 
 made 1 or 2 little mistakes. :neutral_face:

Oh yes, I forgot to mention that close to the sea in my area can be found a large holiday complex run by Butlins, where day visitors are welcome and the site now boasts a large conference centre.

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Boot and Shoe Industry
‘Cobblers’ Football Team
‘Saints’ Rugby Team
‘Steelbacks’ Cricket Team
Des O’Connor - lived here after being evacuated from London during the war - worked in shoe factory before becoming professional singer.
Royal Theatre - Victorian theatre now incorporated in Derngate Theatre complex.

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The Mary Rose ,Nelson ,The Victory , The Dockyard & Navy.
The Solent
Hovercraft it’s the only regular hovercraft service in the world.
The beach .
Old Portsmouth. Gunwharf the Spinnaker Tower
It’s the U.K. only island city
the city in parts is a bit of a hell hole I avoid.

I love living by the sea.

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