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    #11
    Originally posted by bogeyman View Post
    People are always banging on about Slough.

    While it might not be the most salubrious town in England, it is certainly a lot better than many comparably-sized towns in the West Midlands, Lancs, Yorks, Essex etc.

    Slough gets a bad rap. It's all that Betcheman bloke's fault.

    It's not as though Harlow or Huddersfield has Windsor Great Park next door to it.
    Probably true appart from Slough being a bit of crime hotspot, car jackings etc.
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      #12
      Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
      Wasn't it because he owned a Cadillac Fleetwood?
      Yes, I'm pretty sure that was why.

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        #13
        Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
        Wasn't it because he owned a Cadillac Fleetwood?
        Originally posted by Fleetwood View Post
        Nothing at all. I named myself after a Cadillac Fleetwood that I used to own.

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          #14
          Fleetwood's a nice place. Not interesting, just nice. Especially if you like fresh fish and don't mind drizzle.

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            #15
            Originally posted by bogeyman View Post
            People are always banging on about Slough.

            While it might not be the most salubrious town in England, it is certainly a lot better than many comparably-sized towns in the West Midlands, Lancs, Yorks, Essex etc.

            Slough gets a bad rap. It's all that Betcheman bloke's fault.

            It's not as though Harlow or Huddersfield has Windsor Great Park next door to it.
            One of the shopping centres in Slough has an up to date rewrite of the Betjeman poem in it, extolling the virtues of Slough and how it is fit for humans now.
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              #16
              My great-great-grandfather was the first person to own a bicycle in Fleetwood!

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                #17
                The NHS Pension place in Fleetwood is a bit of a tulip hole!

                There's two things that smell of fish in Fleetwood. One is fish, the other is not fish!

                PS my boat is pictured on Fleetwood Lake.
                I couldn't give two fornicators! Yes, really!

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                  #18
                  I quite like the seaside in winter.
                  When I worked at CSC they used to have their 'Christmas do' at the winter gardens in Blackpool in January- great fun.
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                    #19
                    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
                    My great-great-grandfather was the first person to own a bicycle in Fleetwood!
                    And five minutes later he was the first person to have a bicycle nicked in Fleetwood, right?

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
                      Wasn't it because he owned a Cadillac Fleetwood?
                      I wonder why he didn't call himself Cadillac then?

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