England Facts - Part 1

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Peter Evans Posts: 3863 Joined: 20th Aug 2006 Location: UK	quotePosted at 23:57 on 2nd April 2008 Never read the books, but I did see a TV film of one of thier adventures. All the kids were played by adults. Oh boy, was it funny. Anyone else see it? My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Sue H Posts: 8172 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA	quotePosted at 00:34 on 3rd April 2008 I grew up on Enid Blyton and her Famous Five books, but I certainly can't remember any of the characters. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Jen Strath Posts: 122 Joined: 11th Feb 2008 Location: Australia	quotePosted at 07:33 on 3rd April 2008 Julian, Dick, Anne, George who is really Georgina and Timmy the dog My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
L Posts: 5656 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: UK	quotePosted at 07:37 on 3rd April 2008 Googled it too Jen? lol you are correct! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Jen Strath Posts: 122 Joined: 11th Feb 2008 Location: Australia	quotePosted at 07:43 on 3rd April 2008 I'm an EB fan...my faves are the Magic Faraway Tree trio though. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
poe Posts: 1132 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England	quotePosted at 12:19 on 16th May 2008 High Wycombe, the largest town in Buckinghamshire, is the only town in the world that weighs its Mayors. It does this to see if they've gained any weight at the taxpayers expense! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Peter Evans Posts: 3863 Joined: 20th Aug 2006 Location: UK	quotePosted at 14:08 on 16th May 2008 Poe, what a great idea. Every town should start doing it. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Victor Isaacs Posts: 17 Joined: 17th Feb 2006 Location: UK	quotePosted at 17:25 on 16th May 2008 They would need very very large scales to weigh our new Mayor in Bury, Lancs, he makes a sumo wrestler look slim. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Dennis White Posts: 33 Joined: 9th May 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 18:29 on 16th May 2008 Our mayors in America make up for the increase in lard, by a deficit of brains. The net weight change is usually zero! I think this goes for Senators, Congressmen, and judges as well... DW My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Posts: Joined: 1st Jan 1970	quote \| editPosted at 17:03 on 18th May 2008 I've pasted this from my Stumble blog. I live in Slaithwaite, pronounced "Slawit" by locals. Slaithwaite is situated in the Pennine foothills to the west of Huddersfield, the Colne Valley is surrounded by National Trust moorland and close to the Peak District National Park. It is situated between Huddersfield and Oldham and is conveniently placed for access to the M62 corridor, the cities of West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. Slaithwaite is an old mill town which is steeped in history and surrounded by beautiful yorkshire countryside. The River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal both flow through the center of the village. They're are plenty of shops, pubs, cafes, and take-aways in the village and it has become a popular destination for day trippers and walkers. Folk from Slaithwaite are often referred to as "Moonrakers" because of an event back in 1802. Some smugglers were traveling up the Huddersfield Narrow Canal when they heard some soldiers heading their way, so they hid their cargo in some reeds and carried on their journey untill they thought it was safe to go back and collect their smuggled goods. When they returned it was a clear and bright moonlit night and they started to retrieve their goods using garden rakes to pull the goods nearer to the canal banks, but the soldiers returned unexpectedly and asked them what they were doing. One of smugglers answered the soldiers by saying, "Can't you see ?, the moon has fallen out of the sky and into the canal and we're trying to get it back". The soldiers thought that they were all drunk and passed by laughing at "the moonraker's" stupidity. The event is now celebrated every february with the Moonraker march. A minor Slaithwaite mystery is a volcanic boulder, dating from the last Ice Age, which was found at the bottom of the canal when it was drained in the 1950's. Nobody is quite sure how it got there but folk think that it may have been used as an anchor by someone traveling up the canal. The tv series "Where the heart is" was filmed in and around Slaithwaite, as too was some parts of "Last of the summer wine". My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions