Interesting facts about Barnsley

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  1. Barry Haynes

    Barry Haynes I dance in leopard skin mankini’s

    did you know it is a Barnsley tradition to pin chips to the brides dress
    Arthur Scargill was born in Barnsley
     
  2. MorkC68

    MorkC68 Administrator

    T'other Mark who works with me is from that Barnsley :)
     
  3. Barry Haynes

    Barry Haynes I dance in leopard skin mankini’s

    More people take snuff in Barnsley than any other British town
     
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  4. And Parky, Dicky Bird, Dazza Gough and Carthine Brunt and Crossy2112 :thumbsup:
     
  5. Its also capital of largest county :thumbsup:
     
  6. Barry Haynes

    Barry Haynes I dance in leopard skin mankini’s

    Barnsley is the poshest town in the north and is the capital of Yorkshire
    It is rumoured that the the folk of Barnsley get out of the bath to wee
     
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  7. Bazza our new bath its a beauty tin_bath_york.jpg
     
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  8. Barry Haynes

    Barry Haynes I dance in leopard skin mankini’s

    Barnsleys greatest sporting achievement was when because of some very dodgy refereeing decisions they beat Chelsea in the FA cup
     
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  9. theBusmonkey

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    Mrs Monkey is from Barnsley.
    When I met her she was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar....
     
  10. theBusmonkey

    theBusmonkey Sponsor

    ...actually it was in a glue factory in Carlton:confused:
     
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  11. And me
     
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  12. Lyons bakery was the place to be in Carlton :thumbsup:
     
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  13. Terrordales

    Terrordales Nightshift

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  14. You make it sound sooooo glamorous
     
  15. stuck on you
     
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  16. We used to swap glue for cakes with them
     
  17. Do they do a "Mrs Barnsley" one?
     
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  18. Barnsley 1912 FA cup winning team barn.jpg
     
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  19. Sure they will :thumbsup:
     
  20. It's the only place I know where a man can call another man "love" without getting punched
     

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