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Want to play guess where I live?

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0RACLE · 19/07/2025 21:49

We have the oldest cinema in Britain

we have 1 restaurant for every 250 people who live here

Babes in the Wood murders happened here

Have a guess and then post your own!

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JoshLymanSwagger · 21/07/2025 14:53

Bluevelvetsofa · 21/07/2025 14:52

The Duke of Norfolk lives here and there’s a tulip festival at his seat each spring.

Arundel.

We've been to Fontwell and Goodwood a lot, and I bloody love Arundel.

Bluevelvetsofa · 21/07/2025 15:03

JoshLymanSwagger · 21/07/2025 14:53

Arundel.

We've been to Fontwell and Goodwood a lot, and I bloody love Arundel.

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Yes indeed.

We like it too.

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 21/07/2025 15:06

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 21/07/2025 10:52

Nobody going to have a go?

I'll add that Citroën cars were assembled there between 1926 and 1965.

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Clearly too tricky.
In 1937 a poet expressed a wish for the town to be bombed.

JoshLymanSwagger · 21/07/2025 15:11

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 21/07/2025 15:06

Clearly too tricky.
In 1937 a poet expressed a wish for the town to be bombed.

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Slough.

"Come friendly bombs..."

CharlesPetrescu · 21/07/2025 15:12

KimKardashiansLostEarring · 21/07/2025 11:50

Where I grew up is easy - a gorge and cheese.

Where I live - we have a uni and a cathedral but not a city.

Cheddar and Durham?

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 21/07/2025 15:20

JoshLymanSwagger · 21/07/2025 15:11

Slough.

"Come friendly bombs..."

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Of course 😁

themoonandninepence · 21/07/2025 15:20

DilemmaDelilah · 20/07/2025 08:54

We have a largely 11th century cathedral with the longest uninterrupted nave in the world and two towers. The city was badly damaged in the Baedeker bombings of WW2 but the cathedral was largely unscathed. Our city was a hub for the wool trade in medieval times. We have a highly rated university and hospital.

From a high building in the centre of the city it is possible to see fields in all directions.

We are at the end of a motorway.

We have everything a bigger city has, but on a smaller scale. Theatres, cinemas, restaurants, markets.

We aren't very industrial, most of our employment is in the service sector.

Tommy Cooper grew up here, Rabbi Lionel Blue was sent here during the war, and JK Rowling went to university here.

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Exeter?

themoonandninepence · 21/07/2025 15:23

IlovetoKnitandRead · 21/07/2025 11:31

Another clue then. The surrounding area is known as something that soldiers go on.

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Owestry ?

themoonandninepence · 21/07/2025 15:24

An easy one.

We have 2 cathedrals at each end of the same street.

JoshLymanSwagger · 21/07/2025 15:26

themoonandninepence · 21/07/2025 15:24

An easy one.

We have 2 cathedrals at each end of the same street.

Liverpool?

themoonandninepence · 21/07/2025 15:26

JoshLymanSwagger · 21/07/2025 15:26

Liverpool?

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Yeah !!

JoshLymanSwagger · 21/07/2025 15:27

themoonandninepence · 21/07/2025 15:26

Yeah !!

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try mine..

themoonandninepence · 21/07/2025 15:29

JoshLymanSwagger · 21/07/2025 14:37

DH home town - built merlin engines for spitfires.
My home town - Walls, 🌹 and the oldest racecourse in England.

both in the same county. 😁

Yours must be York and DH's Derby ??

JoshLymanSwagger · 21/07/2025 15:31

themoonandninepence · 21/07/2025 15:29

Yours must be York and DH's Derby ??

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Nope.

Same county, south of you...

themoonandninepence · 21/07/2025 15:46

JoshLymanSwagger · 21/07/2025 15:31

Nope.

Same county, south of you...

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Hmm, now I'm baffled.

My home town is Liverpool but the only city walls I know are in Chester to the South but that's in Cheshire.

My grandmother worked in an aircraft assembly factory in Speke Liverpool but I don't think they made Merlin engines - but they were still in Lancashire.

Help !!

JoshLymanSwagger · 21/07/2025 15:52

themoonandninepence · 21/07/2025 15:46

Hmm, now I'm baffled.

My home town is Liverpool but the only city walls I know are in Chester to the South but that's in Cheshire.

My grandmother worked in an aircraft assembly factory in Speke Liverpool but I don't think they made Merlin engines - but they were still in Lancashire.

Help !!

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You've got mine - Chester.
DHs town from mine is c25miles east (and south-ish) think lots of railways (and the "Alex") Grin

JoshLymanSwagger · 21/07/2025 15:55

@themoonandninepence also, footballers tend to buy cars built at the former Merlin engine factory... B

Mummyoflabradors · 21/07/2025 15:59

We have a famous street with a castle at the top and a palace at the bottom, we also have a volcano.

Crikeyalmighty · 21/07/2025 16:01

unesco heritage and known for Romans and Jane Austen

CeeJay81 · 21/07/2025 16:01

Mummyoflabradors · 21/07/2025 15:59

We have a famous street with a castle at the top and a palace at the bottom, we also have a volcano.

Edinburgh. My place of birth.

JoshLymanSwagger · 21/07/2025 16:03

Crikeyalmighty · 21/07/2025 16:01

unesco heritage and known for Romans and Jane Austen

And plugs?

Bath.

heavenstruck · 21/07/2025 16:04

Sheep

JoshLymanSwagger · 21/07/2025 16:04

heavenstruck · 21/07/2025 16:04

Sheep

Wales? Grin

CeeJay81 · 21/07/2025 16:06

heavenstruck · 21/07/2025 16:04

Sheep

Plenty of those here lol, another clue?

Violinist64 · 21/07/2025 16:08

Bluevelvetsofa · 21/07/2025 14:52

The Duke of Norfolk lives here and there’s a tulip festival at his seat each spring.

Arundel. We have been staying with friends who live nearby nearby and had an enjoyable visit on Saturday.