Forest Hillbilly
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The first bridge made of iron , during the Industrial Revolution, was coincidentally erected in a town called Ironbridge. Spooky. 😎
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?The first bridge made of iron , during the Industrial Revolution, was coincidentally erected in a town called Ironbridge. Spooky. 😎
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.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?
😉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.
It's like when Lou Gehrig died of Lou Gehrig's disease. His parents were tempting fate there.The first bridge made of iron , during the Industrial Revolution, was coincidentally erected in a town called Ironbridge. Spooky. 😎
Apparently the structure was originally called “Great big metal thing that joins two places together”
Does the town of Intercourse, Pennsylvania count? Maybe someone can confirm or deny.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.
It was named after an 80s Hen night.Does the town of Intercourse, Pennsylvania count? Maybe someone can confirm or deny.
Glad it wasn't Iron Knob, South Australia.It was named after an 80s Hen night.
Memorable, even if a little painful.Glad it wasn't Iron Knob, South Australia.