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Discussion in 'Watford' started by colognehornet, Jun 26, 2013.

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  1. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    yes...and tihs is a current news item....... why is this one significant?
     
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    Is it the one that holds the record in Wales for the numbers it has caught?
     
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  3. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    The very one!
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    yorkshirehornet, Dec 12, 2024
  4. oldfrenchhorn

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    Who waited 67 years to go from 7 to 8?
     
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    No stiff fingers, obviously.
     
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  6. oldfrenchhorn

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    Musical news item.
     
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    oldfrenchhorn, Dec 13, 2024
  7. yorkshirehornet

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    Anything to do with number of times in the top ten? ....at Christmas?
     
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    yorkshirehornet, Dec 13, 2024
  8. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    Andy Williams?
     
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    yorkshirehornet, Dec 13, 2024
  9. oldfrenchhorn

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    Sorry, no. This is about a retired reverend who lives in the East Yorkshire village of Kilham, near Bridlington,
     
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  10. J T Bodbo

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    Yes. He passed his piano grade 8 exam.
     
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  11. oldfrenchhorn

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    You have it.
    Man, 88, passes grade 8 piano with distinction, 67 years after taking grade 7
    Over to you.
     
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  12. J T Bodbo

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    Thanks. Sorry for the delay. Difficult time. Later today.
     
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  13. J T Bodbo

    J T Bodbo Well-Known Member

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    An easy one , although I am happy to be proven wrong.
    There are 4 football stadiums -all home to active football clubs in England, that are less than 6 miles from each other. They are...
     
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    Man United and Man City

    Bristol City and Bristol Rovers

    Arsenal and Spuds

    Aston Villa and WBA

    Which make 8 rather than 4
     
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  15. J T Bodbo

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    No. Sorry if I didn't make it clear. All 4 clubs are less than 6 miles frm each other. Pairs of clubs are all over the place !
     
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    QPR, Brentford, Fulham and Chelsea?
     
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    I said it was easy ! Over to you. ( I wonder how many Glasgow clubs might fit into a circle of 6 miles ? I thought of trying to research it, but most of the club names give littlle clue as to where tey are. I'll do it when I've had too much Xmas pudding.)
     
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    There are only 4 professional clubs in Glasgow - Celtic, Rangers, Partick Thistle and Queens Park.
     
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    How are Toxicodendron radicans, a Burmese cat and a city in Essex linked?
     
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  20. yorkshirehornet

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    Anythig to do with Procul Harum? From Southend......and named after a cat apparently? and one of tiher first ever songs was poison ivy?
     
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