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Post by lugg on Jul 28, 2021 19:57:35 GMT
Llandudno town in North Wales that a couple of decades back needed some regeneration but now it is a thriving seaside town. During the first Covid lockdown many pics were posted of wild Kashmiri goats who came down from the Great Orme and wandered the town at will.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 29, 2021 3:29:16 GMT
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Post by tod2 on Jul 29, 2021 7:53:01 GMT
Crikey Bixa - what a scarey place!
Swakopmund - Is a coastal city in Namibia, west of the capital, Windhoek. Its sandy beaches face the Atlantic Ocean. Established by German colonists in 1892
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Post by mossie on Jul 29, 2021 9:00:22 GMT
Saxmundham - sleepy little Suffolk town
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 29, 2021 9:50:35 GMT
Munster - town in Alsace famous for its stinky cheese fromage de caractère
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Post by bjd on Jul 29, 2021 16:18:53 GMT
Munich (or München) -- city in southern Germany
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 29, 2021 17:41:53 GMT
Remich - Luxembourg tourist town along the Moselle which barely escaped flooding in the recent weather events although you can see the flood levels from the past marked on some of the buildings
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Post by tod2 on Jul 30, 2021 7:51:44 GMT
Michigan : is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. Its name derives from a gallicized variant of the original Ojibwe word meaning 'large water' or 'large lake'.
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Post by lugg on Jul 30, 2021 9:41:18 GMT
Chicago large city located on the shores of Lake Michigan
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 30, 2021 15:10:04 GMT
Lagos - largest city in Nigeria and second largest of Africa after Kinshasa, Congo. At the beginning of the century, Cairo was the biggest city.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 30, 2021 21:41:17 GMT
LaGuardia -- twentieth busiest airport in the United States, it covers 680 acres in Queens, NYC
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Post by mossie on Jul 31, 2021 7:06:52 GMT
Cardigan - town in west Wales, gave its name to a type of wooly jumper because it is open to winds off the cool Irish Sea
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 31, 2021 10:20:42 GMT
Scarsdale (New York) - town just north of NYC whose school system was rumoured to be a Communist hotbed in the 1950s
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Post by tod2 on Jul 31, 2021 13:39:53 GMT
Alicedale : is a railway junction on the main railway line between Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth. The town was named for Mrs. Alice Slessor, the wife of the engineer in charge of construction of the railways.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 31, 2021 20:29:01 GMT
Cedar Key ( Florida) - nature preserve sometimes mentioned on this site
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Post by bjd on Aug 1, 2021 14:11:30 GMT
Key Largo Island off the south coast of Florida and the name of a Humphrey Bogart movie
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 1, 2021 16:50:11 GMT
Argentina - South American country considered to be the one that most resembles Europe
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Post by bjd on Aug 1, 2021 18:33:30 GMT
Agrigento City in Sicily, Italy
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 1, 2021 19:26:23 GMT
Agra - Indian city where th Taj Mahal is located
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Post by whatagain on Aug 1, 2021 20:22:55 GMT
Gramont - or Geraardsbergen. Town in Belgium,not far from France.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 1, 2021 20:42:58 GMT
Ramatuelle - town in the Var department of France on the peninsula of Saint Tropez
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Post by whatagain on Aug 2, 2021 5:20:34 GMT
Appomattox.very small town where Lee surrendered to Grant in 1865. Marking the end of the confederation.
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Post by tod2 on Aug 2, 2021 7:40:00 GMT
Atteridgeville : is a township located to the west of Pretoria. The settlement was established in 1939, and is named after Mrs MP Atteridge, chairwoman of the Committee for Non-European Affairs on the Pretoria City Council at the time.
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Post by casimira on Aug 2, 2021 12:50:04 GMT
Scarsdale (New York) - town just north of NYC whose school system was rumoured to be a Communist hotbed in the 1950s I did not know that about Scarsdale. I know a lot of people from there. A most intriguing tidbit you posted there. Thanks.
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Post by casimira on Aug 2, 2021 12:53:07 GMT
Attica- village in NY. Home to Attica Prison where a major insurrection/riot took place in 1971
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 2, 2021 12:55:19 GMT
Battambang - second largest city of Cambodia
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Post by mossie on Aug 2, 2021 18:19:58 GMT
Cambridge - well known English university city
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Post by casimira on Aug 2, 2021 18:22:56 GMT
Banff- town in the Province of Alberta, Canada
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 2, 2021 20:00:28 GMT
Anfield -- suburb of Liverpool mostly notable for the giant Anfield stadium, the 7th largest football stadium in England
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Post by lugg on Aug 2, 2021 21:02:21 GMT
Macclesfield - Cheshire town in UK where some of my family live
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