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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: Bush Tucker Man on April 07, 2009, 15:19:29

Title: "How Do I Get To....."
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on April 07, 2009, 15:19:29

"Treacle Mine Road" (http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Discworld-streets-unveiled-by-Pratchett.5144648.jp)

The story was in yesterdays 'YP'


Not only, but also.....


Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1167987/A-magic-idea-Town-uses-Sir-Terry-Pratchetts-Discworld-inspiration-street-names.html)

'Auntie' Beeb (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7984118.stm)

Title: Re: "How Do I Get To....."
Post by: carbore on April 07, 2009, 16:19:48

Did you see

"Wincanton was officially twinned in 2002 with the fictional city of Ankh-Morpork from the novels, becoming the first UK town to link with a fictional place"

I cant wait for their MP to put in an expenses claim for visiting there.

Title: Re: "How Do I Get To....."
Post by: Disco Matt on April 07, 2009, 17:53:14

Quote from: carbore on April 07, 2009, 16:19:48

Did you see

"Wincanton was officially twinned in 2002 with the fictional city of Ankh-Morpork from the novels, becoming the first UK town to link with a fictional place"

I cant wait for their MP to put in an expenses claim for visiting there.

Providing they don't include "Visiting the Seamstresses' Guild" they should be ok!  :lol:

Title: Re: "How Do I Get To....."
Post by: Gordo on April 08, 2009, 15:22:42

There's a "Quidditch Lane" in Cambourne, near me - named not after the game in JK Rowling's books, but the word for a dry ditch.

Some of the people in the road have joined in the spirit of the books, with one house called "The Golden Snitch", and another called "Muggles".

Each to their own...  :roll:

Title: Re: "How Do I Get To....."
Post by: carbore on April 08, 2009, 15:50:42

Hmm Cambourne, so thats where all my missing post goes coz I live in Camborne.

Title: Re: "How Do I Get To....."
Post by: Gordo on April 08, 2009, 16:18:04

Possibly. I'll have a look in Morrisons next time I'm there - they print "Camborne" on their receipts.

(Why can't businesses spell? HSBC in St Neots puts "St Noets" on their statements!  :doh:)