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My five favourite placenames.
by sallyontour @ 26/10/2007 - 12:57:20

1. Wanneroo - to which the answer is, of course, "No thanks, I'm trying to give them up". This is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia which is otherwise uninteresting.

2. Hinton Blewitt. Just who was Hinton and what was it he blew? I think we should be told. This is a small village in the Mendip Hills, Somerset.

3. Wyre Piddle. Why not? In the Cotswolds I believe.

4. Barrow Gurney. Again in Somerset. I just like saying it. Immortalised in the song "Drink up thy Zider" by the Wurzels.

5. Nempnett Thrubwell. Which got an honourable mention in the song "Up the Tump" by the Wurzels as the place the moon shines bright on (also in Somerset, as I would hope you've worked out for yourselves).

What are your favourites?

Off topic slightly, there is a district of Bristol called Stockwood. It has always been my dream to hold a pop festival there. Think about it.

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kevinwilsonkevinwilson pro
2007-10-26 @ 16:40

i like the stockwood idea - you could do a poster promoting the 'festival rock' there.

RunDontWalkRunDontWalk pro
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2007-10-27 @ 01:30

Have a great weekend sweet heart.

ianrthorpeianrthorpe [Member]
2007-11-06 @ 15:52

Preston Gubbals - near my childhhod hime in Shropshire. Dunno why except its so Shropshire.

avriloavrilo [Member]
2007-12-11 @ 23:25

Parc y Boti. As you can guess, that's in Wales.

Cwmbach.
(Baby cwmbach) that song, you know.....

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sallyontoursallyontour pro
2007-12-11 @ 23:48

Parc y Boti. Love it. Bet there's loads of good'uns in Wales.

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TheBozzerTheBozzer [Member]
2007-12-12 @ 04:01

Withering-Slodbury-on-Severn, Piddling Marsh, Crumpton Abbey-By-Fleet, and Tettering Haveing. If they don't exist, they should.

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sallyontoursallyontour pro
2007-12-12 @ 17:16

You could be right. There is a Chipping Sodbury near Bristol.

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EsspeeEsspee pro
2008-01-03 @ 00:39

Leeds Castle in Kent??
Thong in Kent.
River Wantsum (?)
Penistone in Yorkshire, never noticed cos pronounced Penniston, my other half commented about it!!!
Ermmmmmmm.....
Let me think,,,,,,,,,,,

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sallyontoursallyontour pro
2008-01-03 @ 16:51

Very good, love River Wantsum, lmao

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PrincessFionaPrincessFiona [Member]
2008-01-03 @ 16:16

Ooh Stockwood Pop Festival!!

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2008-01-05 @ 19:37

Amerillo

AndrewsBlogAndrewsBlog [Member]
2008-01-28 @ 16:21

What about Pink Green to the south of Birmingham?

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sallyontoursallyontour pro
2008-01-28 @ 16:31

I never heard of that one, where is that near? Where I am is south of Brum but it's not familar.

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AndrewsBlogAndrewsBlog [Member]
2008-01-28 @ 16:48

Somewhere off the A 435 near Redditch, only a small village I think.

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AndrewsBlogAndrewsBlog [Member]
2008-01-28 @ 17:11

Follow the link!

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/131497

A.

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sallyontoursallyontour pro
2008-01-28 @ 17:35

Thank you, you are too kind!

That's not too far from my boat either, fancy not seeing it before!

xx

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2008-01-29 @ 12:35

Wow you must wright a lot if you have this many comments.
Good for you!

mariaaverymariaavery [Member]
2008-02-19 @ 13:47

Hi dear Friend,
many thx for visiting of my blog and ur kind comment.yes ,i write Lyrics.
thx for accepting my invitation,too.
good luck.

mariaaverymariaavery [Member]
2008-02-19 @ 13:48

Hi dear Friend,
many thx for visiting of my blog and ur kind comment.yes ,i write Lyrics.
thx for accepting my invitation,too.
good luck.

JenniebabyJenniebaby [Member]
2008-03-13 @ 17:23

You'll be pleased to know that in/near Wyre Piddle is the island of Tiddle Widdle...

Came across it on a canal holiday once...

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sallyontoursallyontour pro
2008-03-13 @ 17:37

That's excellent - thank you! :))

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Heather [Visitor]

2008-05-17 @ 12:20

hi, I actually was born in the village if Wyre Piddle, as were about 6 generations of my ancestors! I still work in the village pub, the anchor, where we sell the local beer, form Piddle Breweries, it never fails to amuse when people visiting the area get embarassed to ask for "a pint of piddle".
Although we are close to the Cotswolds, we are not actually part of them, we are in fact in the Vale of Evesham, on the banks of the river Avon, about a mile away from the nearest town of Pershore.

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