There are probably a few we could do but the Spanish names (LA, SF, San Diego etc) will be a barrier so will the native American ones. It works better the other way round: we can find a Manchester, Birmingham, Norwich, Bristol etc in the USA
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There are probably a few we could do but the Spanish names (LA, SF, San Diego etc) will be a barrier so will the native American ones. It works better the other way round: we can find a Manchester, Birmingham, Norwich, Bristol etc in the USA
- Apr 5, 2014
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No. But there is Albrighton.
In other "almost the same news"... did you know Worthing is almost an anagram of Brighton?
Lord Bracknell
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There are TWO Albrightons in Shropshire. One is near Shrewsbury and the other is near Wolverhampton. I've already mentioned one village that was the birthplace of an ancestor of mine. My great great great great grandfather was born in Albrighton by Wolverhampton.
jonsey
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My geography is feeling very well thank you....
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Raleigh Chopper
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And Plymouth and Brighton.
Raleigh Chopper
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Chipshop is one of my favourites.
There are also lots of Wheals which is something to do with mining, my favourite is Wheal Honey.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
Are you sure? You might have just seen a shop sign in the main street.
One of the amusing things about travelling by train in Italy is overhearing conversations between tourists who don't have any knowledge of the language ... "Where are we?" "It's a place called Uscita".
California and Houston - south west corner of Scotland. Ayrshire? Kirkcudbright?
Still no takers for the lands of Canaan, Eden and Jordan?
Raleigh Chopper
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Unless you are joking LB it's between Tavistock and Gunnislake right on the Devon/Cornwall border in the Tamar valley.
To be fair though blink and you miss it.
West Hoathly Seagull
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My knowledge has increased because of this thread. The California I was thinking of is a small village near Great Yarmouth. I didn't know of any others. Lord B, I was thinking of Washington; I don't know where there is an Ashington in the USA, but there are plenty of towns with English names there, so maybe there is one. Perhaps I gave too much of a clue; the other one I was thinking of was to say that [MENTION=268]Superphil[/MENTION] lives near one, [MENTION=5238]Brian Fantana[/MENTION] near the other one. The only one I've got people stuck on is Houston, which is in Renfrewshire.
- Apr 5, 2014
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Blimey. So it is. One of few similarities.
Exactly the same number of piers too!
South west Scotland is pretty close!
Two Professors
Two Mad Professors
Hollywood's in Brum.New Invention is my local favourite,with Indian Queens always giving me a chuckle when we go by.
kevo
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- Mar 8, 2008
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They are called East and West to differentiate them. In other words, there were originally two places in Sussex both called Grinstead. To distinguish between them, one was labelled East the other West.
Ludensian Gull
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Correct. We toured all round the Scottish coastline whilst we lived up there, some amazing places.
Jambo Seagull
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California is on Stirlingshire near Falkirk. Houston is a someone as said already a town near Paisley in Renfrewshire. Is Hollywood not in Northern Ireland? I think it's where Rory McIlroys is from.
How about Moscow?
How about Moscow?
Mayonaise
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A fortune teller told my mother that she would die in an accident in Hull. She avoided the place her whole life and died of cancer in Lichfield, Staffordshire. Failed on both counts.
I guess it could be argued that the fortune teller did do her one favour - made her avoid Hull all her life. How is that dump our new city of culture FFS?