Tell us something interesting about where you come from

[reaper72]

Is that you trying to get in a bit FREE advertising there reaper.....:lol:

God loves a trier mate,but loves a chancer even more

SHEFFIELD the heart of yorkshire once the heartland of the great british steel industry and most importantly the city which houses some of the nicest people around personality & looks wise:lol:

Heh, i've seen the full monty:lol:

 

[Dan]

Famous People from Staffordshire:-
Famous Staffordshire people

A N Wilson
Anthea Turner
Arnold Bennett
Charles Cotton
David Gorman
David Hopwood
Elias Ashmole
Freddie Jones
Glenys Barton
Havergal Brian
Helen Baxendale
Henry Newbolt
Hugh Bourne
Izaak Walton
John Jervis
John Wain
Josiah Spode
Josiah Wedgwood
Michael Bass
Neil Morrissey
Nick Hancock
Oliver Lodge
Phil Taylor
Reginald Pole
Richard Garnett
Robbie Williams
Samuel Johnson
Stanley Matthews
T E Hulme
Vera Brittain
William Astbury

Some intersting facts about staffordshire:-

[SIZE=-1]The co-founder of Marks & Spencer, Thomas Spencer is buried in St. Giles Church, Whittington - a village on the outskirts of Lichfield. The church hall is named in his memory.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]There are more miles of canals in Staffordshire than any other county in England!

Have you ever wanted a life-size statue of your favourite Hollywood star? If so, a Staffordshire company could have it. "Cardboard Cut-Out.net" are based in Stone. They have hundreds of lifesize statues of stars, from Marilyn Monroe to Elvis Presley. It's the only company of its kind in England! (I'll put my order on for ... George Clooney!)

An Annual Conker Tournament is held at The Red Lion, in Boundary near Cheadle every October.

In March 1982, the comedian Spike Milligan was sacked as the VIP ambassador for Keele University Students. His crime? He failed to write an article for the rag magazine. But he probably wasn't bothered - the job pays just 1 penny a year![/SIZE]

Facts about Stoke on Trent:-


"STOKE-UPON-TRENT, as its name implies, is pleasantly situated upon that river, in an extensive and populous parish, to which it gives name, about one mile and a half east of Newcastle, upon the sides of the Grand Trunk canal. The town contains many handsome houses, wharfs, warehouses and earthenware manufactories, and is deemed the parish town of the potteries. The whole parish of Stoke, by the returns for 1821, contained 29,223 inhabitants; and the parish, exclusive of its several extensive dependencies, 3,969 of that number."1828 journal

"In 1874, Stoke-on-Trent, whose parish includes nearly the whole of the pottery district, was made a municipal borough by Royal Charter, and is now governed by a Corporation consisting of the Mayor, six Aldermen, and eighteen councilors."
1893 journal

Stoke is known for the development of the famous Potteries loop line, the railway system which once linked the six towns with outlying communities, Stoke City Football Club and famous pottery manufacturer, Spode which has stood in the centre of the town since 1770.
The town is now the administrative centre of the city. Most of the original buildings are still used for a thriving business industry. Charles Dickens once described Stoke as "a picturesque heap of houses, kilns, smoke, wharfs, canals and river lying as was most appropriate, in a basin."

The town of Stoke has the full name of 'Stoke-upon-Trent' as against the name of the City (comprising the Six Towns) which is 'Stoke-on-Trent'. This leads to much confusion for visitors who sometimes think that the extent of the City is the small town of Stoke. (The main centre is in fact nearby Hanley).
Although Hanley is the main shopping centre the town of Stoke has dominated in name by virtue of its ecclesiastical supremacy as the controlling parish of the area. Also the Civic Centre is located in Stoke.
The valley setting of Stoke gave it the early advantage of canal transport and later the main railway station to serve the area.
Famous potters located in the town have been the Royal Doulton Minton Works and Biltons, the frontage of Minton-Hollins tile works still stands and is used as offices by a communications company.
Portmeirion still manufacture - occupying the Falcon works where Goss china was made, part of the original factory and bottle kilns still stand.
Spode china is still produced on the same site in the centre of the town since 1770.

Dates in the history of Stoke​

1719 - Thomas Whieldon born in Penkhull in September.
1749 - Josiah Spode I was apprenticed to Thomas Whieldon, for whom he worked until at least 1754.
1775 - Josiah Spode II traded in London as a dealer in earthenware, glass and porcelain. In this year he married Elizabeth Barker and had two sons (including Josiah Spode III) and three daughters.
1802 - Josiah Spode II installs a steam engine at his works.
1803 - Josiah Spode II built The Mount, Penkhull for his home.
1810 - Josiah Spode II built houses for his factory workers, these included Penkhull Square, Ten Row, Nine Row and some in Penkhull New Road.
1834 - Work begins on Stoke Town Hall in Glebe Street (not completed until 1850) - designed by Henry Ward.
1845 - The North Staffordshire Railway Company ('The Knotty') was constituted.
1846- 'The Knotty's' first trains ran from a temporary station at Whieldon Grove to Norton Bridge near Stone.
1874 - Stoke created a borough.
1911 - The King's Hall was built onto the back of Stoke Town Hall.
1927 - The French Michelin Tyre Company chooses Stoke as the site of its first British factory.

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[Dan]

Facts about Stoke from old journals​

The Corporation has done much to improve the district under its control, and few towns in the kingdom of its size contain so many wide and well-paved streets and handsome public buildings as Stoke-on-Trent. The town is admirably lighted by gas, from works the property of the Corporation; while there is also a copious supply of excellent water by a private company.
What was properly called Stoke, until about 70 years ago, [1780] consisted of only five houses, but the name is now applied to the town, situate at a short distance to the west, under the lofty hill on which stands the large village of Penkhull, which appears to be one of the oldest seats of the earthenware manufacture, for it had three brown ware potteries in 1600.
Here are several of the largest porcelain and earthenware manufacturies in the Potteries, and a commodious range of warehouses and wharfs on the Trent & Mersey Canal.
Here also are the head offices and station of the North Staffordshire Railway

 

[Jimmy Boy]

Thurrock has the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge. It carries the M25 motorway over the Thames estury, it's the longest cable-stayed bridge in Europe.​

 

[brian c]

thats a lot of information there Dan....lol

 

[GRAYLIN]

:lol: Grantham,Lincolnshire.

The birth place of Sir Issac Newton,there is still a window sill in his old school where he carved his name into it.(vandal)
The birth place of Margaret Thatcher,the first and only female Prime Minister,the house she was born in is now a beauty parlour.
Grantham has the 2nd and 5th most struck bridges(by lorries) in Britain,stupid foreign lorry drivers:furious3: :mad2: the 2nd one is 500 yards from my house and often makes me late for work:mad2:

Brian I worked in Kirkintiloch about 6 years ago on the roof at Howdens joinery,there's some stunning scenery up there,very beautiful.The burger van looked more like an ice cream van but sold his burgers for only 50p,thats right 50p,turned me into a right fat knacker.He also sold sausage baps but they were square sausages:huh2: tasted alright though,only drink he sold was Irn-Bru.

Your a strange bunch up in Scotland

How far is Kirkintiloch from East Kilbride?My dad moved there a year ago,next time I go and see him I'll get in contact and we can go for a pint:17: if your aloud out by the misses and you can keep up :lol:

Hi IvegotsTILE,

My wife is from Grantham and gets the Journal newspaper every week. The roads are chocker. Whats going on?
What do the locals think of Maggie and the proposed statue.
Nicholas Parsons' family lived in Grantham, his dad had a doctors surgery and as the GP to Maggies family it is thought he may have delivered her when born at home.

 

[IvegotsTILE]

Graylin don't even mention traffic works in Grantham mate,people will chew your head of:furious3: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: f.We've even been on the news and GMTV about it.
My road has been turned into a one way system so now if I want to take my son to school in the morning or even knip to topps I have to go along way round and it takes over an hour,I can walk the same distance in 10 minutes.
Theres roadworks planned in Grantham at major junctions starting every month up until the new year.If its a choice of having to drive into town(Less than a mile )or drive to Newark,over 30 miles round trip we'll all take Newark any day.
Its killing the town centre,in a few weeks time there digging up the main cross roads near Topps,the guys there reckon it will kill business for 3 months.
The people who make the decisions :stupid: don't live in the town so don't care.

Sorry for the rant but its truly unbelievable,wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy....

.....maybe Brian know he's getting a new van

I personally wouldn't mind a statue of 'The Iron Lady' she was the first female world leader and she had real balls even if you don't agree with her politics
She had major balls when it came to the Falklands.

No one cares about Parsons,he's never done anything worth talking about.

 

[brian c]

not me Simon ...hate traffic jams...would rather use the country lanes etc before drvin g into a jam even if it is longer mileage....look on the bright side it wont last forever..heehee....We had the same problem recently in our town it was an ongoing thing for nearly a year when they were building the new leisure center

 

[IvegotsTILE]

Its already been going for a year mate and theres at least another year of MAJOR works,got to be bad if we've made it onto national T.V.:furious3: :furious3: :furious3:

 

[tileform]

Newcastle - we used to entertain fans with our footie............................

Now we're just crap!!