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Post by kerouac2 on May 13, 2024 4:19:45 GMT
(The metro station is named after the battle of Stalingrad, not the city.)
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre - suburb touching southern Paris, named after an inn dating from the Napoleonic wars (Au Sergent du Kremlin)
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Post by whatagain on May 13, 2024 7:48:19 GMT
Berlin. Some have never known east and West Berlin.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 13, 2024 8:08:21 GMT
Berwick upon Tweed - Northumberland town popular with tourists.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 13, 2024 10:36:14 GMT
Wichita (Kansas) - largest city in the state, where Wyatt Earp was a policeman before moving to Dodge City
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Post by mickthecactus on May 14, 2024 8:06:18 GMT
Chichester - West Sussex cathedral town. The Romans were there.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 14, 2024 11:45:25 GMT
Cherbourg - French port city famous for an umbrella movie
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Post by mickthecactus on May 14, 2024 12:12:45 GMT
Cheriton- lovely little Hampshire village where I spent many a happy hour in the pub
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Post by kerouac2 on May 14, 2024 17:57:40 GMT
Heraklion - largest city and administrative capital of Crete
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Post by whatagain on May 15, 2024 15:54:12 GMT
La butte du lion. The lion’s mound I guess. An artificial hill at the location where the prince of Orange was wounded at Braine l’Alleud during the battle of Waterloo. A splendid point of view on the top.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 15, 2024 16:15:42 GMT
Buttermere - small lake in the Lake District. Beautiful area.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 15, 2024 16:42:27 GMT
Butte aux Cailles - picturesque neighbourhood in the 13th arrondissement of Paris
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Post by mickthecactus on May 15, 2024 17:01:42 GMT
Hampstead - wealthy area of NW London
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Post by kerouac2 on May 18, 2024 18:08:23 GMT
Chambord - site of a massive château built for François 1er in 28 years. He only spent 42 days there during his reign of 32 years.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 18, 2024 21:31:35 GMT
Hamburg -- major port city in northern Germany connected to the North Sea by the Elbe River
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Post by mickthecactus on May 19, 2024 7:19:07 GMT
Hambledon - rural Hampshire village where cricket is reputed to have started about 1750.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 19, 2024 15:48:49 GMT
Wimbledon -- district and town of south-west London
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Post by whatagain on May 19, 2024 20:48:23 GMT
Don. River or steamer in Russia.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 20, 2024 9:44:26 GMT
Doncourt - village with a tiny airfield where my grandfather organised a first flight for himself and my grandmother so they would know what it would be like when they took their first flight ever to Los Angeles two weeks later. 😆
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Post by mickthecactus on May 20, 2024 11:37:31 GMT
Doncaster- South Yorkshire city. Home to Kevin Keegan and Jeremy Clarkson amongst others.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 21, 2024 3:07:26 GMT
Bastia - city in Corsica
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Post by whatagain on May 21, 2024 9:08:12 GMT
Bastogne. Some battered bastards said something about squirrels there. Or nuts. Whatever.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 22, 2024 8:21:15 GMT
I have no idea what you’re talking about...
Fastnet Island - small island that is the most southerly point of Ireland.
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Post by bjd on May 22, 2024 17:45:36 GMT
Iceland Island country in the North Atlantic
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Post by kerouac2 on May 22, 2024 18:41:16 GMT
Kelaat-M'Gouna - Moroccan city of Berbers, south of the Atlas mountains
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Post by whatagain on May 22, 2024 19:49:45 GMT
I have no idea what you’re talking about... Fastnet Island - small island that is the most southerly point of Ireland. Mc Auliffe when asked to surrender his 101st para division at Bastogne answered with one word : Nuts. as well known here as the Merde supposedly said by Captain Cambronne when asked to surrender at Waterloo. the soldiers at Bastogne gave themselves the nickname of BBB. The ones in Bataan already called them the BBB in 1941. the battling bastards of Bataan.
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Post by whatagain on May 22, 2024 19:55:15 GMT
Mahatma Gandhi. Indian hero who liberated India and made it indépendant.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 23, 2024 2:48:00 GMT
Indira Gandhi - assassinated Indian prime minister
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Post by mickthecactus on May 24, 2024 6:49:42 GMT
Somehow the geographic game has become the famous people game....
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Post by kerouac2 on May 24, 2024 11:39:32 GMT
I was led into error again, I'll admit. So I'll take it back to my last correct response...
Kelaat-M'Gouna - Moroccan city of Berbers, south of the Atlas mountains
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Post by mickthecactus on May 24, 2024 13:12:07 GMT
Kelso - market town in the Scottish Borders area.
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