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Guess where I live from five clues!

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SkipperKipper · 20/06/2026 09:03

Just a bit of fun! Feel free to join.

I’ll give 5 facts about where I live and see if anyone guesses the right answer.

  1. 15 minutes from an airport
  2. Lots of pubs/charity shops
  3. 30 mins from inner city
  4. Very white British/little diversity
  5. Pork pies!
OP posts:
ourSusie · 21/06/2026 18:44

has the OP picked up her marbles and gone home?

Financegoddess · 21/06/2026 18:47

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 20/06/2026 23:44

The gentlemans club ❤️
Ive had some involvement in the refurbishment

Edited

Fair play to you. It’s a great little fact about the town isn’t it!

SedentaryCat · 23/06/2026 09:01

Cars used to be built here
They throw buns off the County Hall to mark important occasions
Oldest continually occupied settlement in the UK
Although we had an Abbey (looking at you Henry VIII), what are often referred to as the ruins is actually a folly.

And if you haven't guessed, this one will give it away:
Radiohead

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 23/06/2026 12:02

SedentaryCat · 23/06/2026 09:01

Cars used to be built here
They throw buns off the County Hall to mark important occasions
Oldest continually occupied settlement in the UK
Although we had an Abbey (looking at you Henry VIII), what are often referred to as the ruins is actually a folly.

And if you haven't guessed, this one will give it away:
Radiohead

Abingdon

( I’m thinking the home of the MG and the lovely Abbey )

midlifeattheoasis · 23/06/2026 12:36

@SkipperKipper Market Harborough?

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 23/06/2026 12:53

midlifeattheoasis · 23/06/2026 12:36

@SkipperKipper Market Harborough?

OP hasnt come back. I mentioned the same on page two and again later

On the basis we both agree I think we should give ourselves a slap on the back and say we are correct
🥳

SedentaryCat · 23/06/2026 13:43

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 23/06/2026 12:02

Abingdon

( I’m thinking the home of the MG and the lovely Abbey )

Edited

Yes!

Such a loss to the town the MG factory closing down (I am just old enough to remember).

LadyFlumpalot · 23/06/2026 13:43

1: Pretty
2: Hills of precious metal
3: Ancient seat of English Royalty
4: Rural
5: Hovis

Speckson · 23/06/2026 15:30

LadyFlumpalot · 23/06/2026 13:43

1: Pretty
2: Hills of precious metal
3: Ancient seat of English Royalty
4: Rural
5: Hovis

Shaftesbury - Gold Hill, Hovis ad...
Also a Tesco I have visited many times for their loo - it's en route between my home and my daughter's 😁

midlifeattheoasis · 23/06/2026 16:59

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 23/06/2026 12:53

OP hasnt come back. I mentioned the same on page two and again later

On the basis we both agree I think we should give ourselves a slap on the back and say we are correct
🥳

Sorry, I didn’t see yours, but I agree with you and we should be feeling very smug 😆

Spidey66 · 23/06/2026 17:18
  1. isn’t pronounced how it’s spelled
  2. has a popular independent market
  3. has a bridge named after a F1 driver
  4. Pearl Lowe and Danny Goffey used to live here
  5. had a controversial free Steiner school (shut down after a damning Ofsted report)
LadyFlumpalot · 24/06/2026 11:03

Speckson · 23/06/2026 15:30

Shaftesbury - Gold Hill, Hovis ad...
Also a Tesco I have visited many times for their loo - it's en route between my home and my daughter's 😁

Haha. Yup! And to be fair, they are good toilets!

Dontcallmescarface · 24/06/2026 16:30

Spidey66 · 23/06/2026 17:18

  1. isn’t pronounced how it’s spelled
  2. has a popular independent market
  3. has a bridge named after a F1 driver
  4. Pearl Lowe and Danny Goffey used to live here
  5. had a controversial free Steiner school (shut down after a damning Ofsted report)

Frome

Hello neighbour👋

Spidey66 · 24/06/2026 17:21

Dontcallmescarface · 24/06/2026 16:30

Frome

Hello neighbour👋

Are you there too?

Dontcallmescarface · 24/06/2026 17:33

Spidey66 · 24/06/2026 17:21

Are you there too?

It's my nearest town, I'm in 1 of the surrounding villages.

Topsy1976 · 09/09/2026 15:09

@SkipperKipperare you ever going to tell us where you live?!

LetMeGoogleThat · 09/09/2026 15:13

Topsy1976 · 09/09/2026 15:09

@SkipperKipperare you ever going to tell us where you live?!

What a pointless thread 🙄

Whosthetabbynow · 09/09/2026 15:13

Luton

Mayim · 09/09/2026 21:01

@SkipperKipper Is it Richmond (as it’s the brand name of some pork products)?

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