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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 18, 2024 12:01:18 GMT
Fallujah - Iraqui city
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 18, 2024 16:24:08 GMT
Wichita Falls -- city in Texas near the Oklahoma border, home of Sheppard Air Force Base
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 18, 2024 16:47:32 GMT
Chihuahua- Mexican home of small dogs and cacti
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 18, 2024 20:25:03 GMT
Huahine - one of the islands of French Polynesia, traditionally governed by women
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 18, 2024 23:11:40 GMT
Huatulco -- town on the coast of Oaxaca
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 19, 2024 6:15:04 GMT
Vanuatu - Pacific republic, formerly known as New Hebrides
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 19, 2024 7:29:43 GMT
Van Diemen’s Land - the old name for Tasmania
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Post by whatagain on Jan 19, 2024 7:38:12 GMT
Menton. Geriatric town on the Med where they celebrate lemons.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 19, 2024 9:08:22 GMT
Tonypandy - former coal mining town in Glamorgan Wales. Famous for 1910 riots.
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Post by whatagain on Jan 19, 2024 9:21:44 GMT
Sandy ground. Great beach in St Martin close to Marigot. Good place for luxury restaurant and to get dope from what I heard.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 19, 2024 10:03:25 GMT
San Francisco - city by the bay where people leave their hearts. I still have mine though.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 19, 2024 11:38:20 GMT
Oran - second largest city of Algeria
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 20, 2024 4:02:01 GMT
Brandenburg -- state in state in northeastern Germany which encircles Berlin. It was completely dissolved in 1952 by the Socialist government of East Germany, but re-established on 3 October 1990 upon German reunification.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 20, 2024 5:27:38 GMT
Burj al-Arab - huge hotel in Dubai in the shape of a sail
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Post by mossie on Jan 20, 2024 8:10:41 GMT
Laramie - city in Ca,ifornia where the man came from
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 20, 2024 9:08:52 GMT
Ramsgate - Kent coastal town, home of my father, grandfather and great grandfather.
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Post by onlyMark on Jan 20, 2024 10:55:35 GMT
(Mick, I may have mentioned it somewhere but my family hail from Eythorne in Kent. Not too far away at all from Ramsgate. My great grandfather was an agricultural labourer in Sibbertswold (now known as Shepherdswell). He later he went to work for a Landowner, Mr Jollice, near Wimbledon as their Head Gardener. My grandfather was then born in Wimbledon.)
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Post by whatagain on Jan 20, 2024 11:58:05 GMT
Ramilies. I think in Belgium where the Brits gave a thrashing to the French. Once more.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 20, 2024 15:16:33 GMT
(Mick, I may have mentioned it somewhere but my family hail from Eythorne in Kent. Not too far away at all from Ramsgate. My great grandfather was an agricultural labourer in Sibbertswold (now known as Shepherdswell). He later he went to work for a Landowner, Mr Jollice, near Wimbledon as their Head Gardener. My grandfather was then born in Wimbledon.) I’m not familiar with Eythorne but I see it’s not far from Tilmanstone which I do know.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 20, 2024 15:18:08 GMT
Mill Hill - wealthy North West London suburb.
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Post by whatagain on Jan 20, 2024 15:28:24 GMT
Les Milles. Town close to Aix en Provence. A transit camp for thé Jews en route to AuschItz and death was installed there.
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Post by mossie on Jan 20, 2024 15:36:16 GMT
Ile deFrance Paris area
Re the East Kent people on here, Mick and Mark. I was bred and raised in Elham
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 20, 2024 17:02:01 GMT
Mile End - a part of London's East End
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 20, 2024 17:18:31 GMT
Lee Valley - Regional Park in London, Hertfordshire and Essex. Huge horticultural area after WWII.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 21, 2024 5:38:54 GMT
Nevada - American state specialised in five of the seven deadly sins (greed, envy, lust, gluttony and sloth)
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Post by bjd on Jan 21, 2024 7:21:15 GMT
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Range of mountains in northern Colombia not far from the Caribbean coast
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 21, 2024 13:21:27 GMT
Desborough- Northamptonshire town which was an industrial centre for weaving and shoe making in the 19th century.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 21, 2024 15:33:03 GMT
Destin -- city on a narrow peninsula in northwest Florida, USA. It is now known for tourism, condominiums, and Spring Break madness, but I remember it fondly from a road trip in the early '70s. Then it was gorgeous, deserted powdery white sand beaches, poky "motor courts", and no franchise eateries.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 21, 2024 17:15:19 GMT
Blaenau Ffestiniog - home of the heritage railway in Snowdonia National Park, Wales.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 22, 2024 4:45:24 GMT
Nausicaa - huge seaquarium in Boulogne-sur-Mer
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