Strange places in the town you live.?

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  1. Louey

    Louey Moderator

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    Not a really strange place, but lots of history connected to it.

    Sarehole Mill is the last remaining water mill in Birmingham - there used to be 200 or so small mills. This one was used by Matthew Boulton (industrial Pioneer) and was a inspiration for Tolkien (along with the surrounding area) for some of his Hobbit Shire.

    It's been grinding flour again after a bit of restoration.
     
    Louey, May 8, 2018
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  2. crossy2112

    crossy2112 Supporter

    Even fewer people know it actually faces south ;)
     
    crossy2112, May 8, 2018
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  3. Low n slow

    Low n slow

    Sorry, don't live in a town but there's a very strange tree round the corner and over the hill a bit.
     
    Low n slow, May 8, 2018
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  4. Fruitcake

    Fruitcake Supporter

    Ok, it's all blue and running well, thanks
     
    Fruitcake, May 8, 2018
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  5. dubsurftones

    dubsurftones

    Great . Any pics .love to see
     
    dubsurftones, May 8, 2018
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  6. Poptop2

    Poptop2 Administrator

    Never changes then. I used to live in the east lodge on the Ashley Clinton manor estate Hordle. Lymington was always posh ish. Do you know my mate Rich the builder?
     
    Poptop2, May 9, 2018
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  7. Poptop2

    Poptop2 Administrator

    Our town Kidderminster has a very odd sandstone castle. It's next to the fire station in town and is smaller than my house.

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    Poptop2, May 9, 2018
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  8. Pudelwagen

    Pudelwagen Supporter

    I only live in a village but my nearest town is Whitby.
    I promise you it is a strange place!
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    Pudelwagen, May 9, 2018
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  9. Dub and Dubber

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    We live in a place with a strange name ("Cockadilly") with no mains gas and a private weather system (snow, fog, or rain when not in evidence a mile away) where EVERYONE stops because they're lost, and with a 3000 year old burial mound, a reputedly haunted unfinished house (Woodchester Mansion) and Ecotricity's first wind turbine ... all within 400 yards ........... "Strange!"
     
    Dub and Dubber, May 9, 2018
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  10. MorkC68

    MorkC68 Administrator

    We have a lighthouse:

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    However, we are 100 miles inland :eek:
     
    MorkC68, May 10, 2018
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  11. SimonRev

    SimonRev

    SimonRev, May 10, 2018
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  12. MorkC68

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    MorkC68, May 10, 2018
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  13. SimonRev

    SimonRev

    Spire Pub is no more ... we used to skip school and go there in 80/81 as they didn't care :) and they had one of the first table top space invader machines !!!
     
    SimonRev, May 10, 2018
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  14. philntfc

    philntfc

    It's not as big as ours, we are 100 miles inland too btw!! [​IMG][​IMG]

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    philntfc, May 10, 2018
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  15. snotty

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    snotty, May 10, 2018
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  16. Jono1249

    Jono1249

    We have a bit of a wall.
    King John died here on 18 Oct 1216 from dysentery.
    Royalists surrndered here during the English Civil War due to plague.
    Newark is an anagram of ******er.
    Sums the place up really.
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    Jono1249, May 10, 2018
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  17. Poptop2

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    It’s usually how the green oak structure seasons.
     
    Poptop2, May 10, 2018
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  18. crossy2112

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    We converted a shop down the road into a karaoke bar/ restaurant . Only found out when we finished it they had no money to pay for it :mad:
     
    crossy2112, May 10, 2018
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  19. crossy2112

    crossy2112 Supporter

    Yours for the win :thumbsup:
     
    crossy2112, May 10, 2018
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  20. snotty

    snotty

    Mummified severed hand, anyone?

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    snotty, May 10, 2018
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