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Stuff with Place-names intertwined

ex hibitionist said:
it may be more of a case that when they decided to build one the town with that name seemed a good place to start?
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I remember a visit to the Ironbridge museum many years ago when our daughter was very young and she switched off the power while a group of us were watching a short film. It all went black. Embarrassing. The place will forever be etched in my memory.
Anyway, the bridge came first in 17 hundred and something (can't remember the exact date) and the town, imaginatively named Ironbridge, developed around it.
 
Palace Old Geezer said:
I remember a visit to the Ironbridge museum many years ago when our daughter was very young and she switched off the power while a group of us were watching a short film. It all went black. Embarrassing. The place will forever be etched in my memory.
Anyway, the bridge came first in 17 hundred and something (can't remember the exact date) and the town, imaginatively named Ironbridge, developed around it.
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The people of Ironbridge had never been in contact with the outside world until the marvels of modern engineering. Yet, the indigenous population all died due to lack of immunity from the common cold. It was resettled during Victoria's reign and many of the survivors of Rourke's Drift settled there.
 
Crystal Clear

Whats my prize an FA Cup final ticket?
 
palace_in_frogland said:
Apparently the structure was originally called “Great big metal thing that joins two places together”
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imagine a town called 'railway Town'.........in Portlaoise, Ireland. A great long metal thing that joins two places together.

Remember Eagles........extra marks if the stuff seems to have feck-all to do with the place-name. So not Chicken-kiev nor Parma-ham. But yes for Beef-Wellington and Vichyssoise Soup cos when you visit the place the locals will look puzzled when you seek a shop full of it.

And another one : Savoy Cabbage.
 
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PalazioVecchio said:
imagine a town called 'railway Town'.........in Portlaoise, Ireland. A great long metal thing that joins two places together.

Remember Eagles........extra marks if the stuff seems to have feck-all to do with the place-name. So not Chicken-kiev nor Parma-ham. But yes for Beef-Wellington and Vichyssoise Soup cos when you visit the place the locals will look puzzled when you seek a shop full of it.

And another one : Savoy Cabbage.
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Does the town of Intercourse, Pennsylvania count? Maybe someone can confirm or deny.
 
I note Bombay mix and Bombay potatoes have disappeared from many Indian restaurant menus. Though a lot still have them, regardless that the place no longer exists. Probably the cost of printing replacement menus has something to do with it.
 
Forest Hillbilly said:
I note Bombay mix and Bombay potatoes have disappeared from many Indian restaurant menus. Though a lot still have them, regardless that the place no longer exists. Probably the cost of printing replacement menus has something to do with it.
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I've had Delhi belly and I've never been to India, nor have I ever met Montezuma but he has wrought his revenge on me several times.

Jacob's Cream Caracas
 
Mr Sheene, king of the world on two wheels
Mr Manilow, American crooner.

Two men , living worlds apart, and yet they are linked together by being named after an island in South wales
 
then there is Keith in Scotland. If there were a UK football tournament then Keith might play Barry, which would be a fair contest for both sides who usually are outnumbered 11 to one, two rush goalies great game, and no off sides of course. 🙂
 
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