Groucho's Fact Hunt

hibbo'sclass · October 26, 2016

marnie said:
Arise Sir Tony of Hibbo lol

Sleeps peacefully.

marnie · October 26, 2016

hibbo'sclass said:
Sleeps peacefully.

Knight knight lol

summerisle · October 26, 2016

Originally, photographers used to ask people who were being photographed to say 'prunes'. The origin of to say 'cheese' started in Japan.

gorgeousgeorgeEFC · October 26, 2016

Liverpool is twinned with Cologne in Germany, another city that was devastated during WWII.

summerisle · October 26, 2016

gorgeousgeorgeEFC said:
Liverpool is twinned with Cologne in Germany, another city that was devastated during WWII.

I've got a book that was published between the Wars ; it compares the battlefields of WW1 to what they looked liked when photographed at the time of publication(late twenties I think). Very Interesting to see the transformation.

Anyway, in the book it mention Birkenhead being twinned with a French town which was in the battle zone during the War. Off hand I can't remember the name, at the time I tried to find out more details but nobody from the local archives could find any information.
I'll see if I can find it if anybody is in the slightest bit interested.

silent bob · October 27, 2016

summerisle said:
I've got a book that was published between the Wars ; it compares the battlefields of WW1 to what they looked liked when photographed at the time of publication(late twenties I think). Very Interesting to see the transformation.

Anyway, in the book it mention Birkenhead being twinned with a French town which was in the battle zone during the War. Off hand I can't remember the name, at the time I tried to find out more details but nobody from the local archives could find any information.
I'll see if I can find it if anybody is in the slightest bit interested.

Gennevilliers? Or something close to that spelling.

summerisle · October 27, 2016

silent bob said:
Gennevilliers? Or something close to that spelling.

Damn, have to go in the loft now. lol

silent bob · October 27, 2016

summerisle said:
Damn, have to go in the loft now. lol

Could be worse, im in work!

Gladystweet · October 27, 2016

summerisle said:
I've got a book that was published between the Wars ; it compares the battlefields of WW1 to what they looked liked when photographed at the time of publication(late twenties I think). Very Interesting to see the transformation.

Anyway, in the book it mention Birkenhead being twinned with a French town which was in the battle zone during the War. Off hand I can't remember the name, at the time I tried to find out more details but nobody from the local archives could find any information.
I'll see if I can find it if anybody is in the slightest bit interested.

Watch this mate. Some amazing and scary facts in this.

gorgeousgeorgeEFC · October 27, 2016

silent bob said:
Gennevilliers? Or something close to that spelling.

Either Gennevilliers or Lorient.

silent bob · October 27, 2016

gorgeousgeorgeEFC said:
Either Gennevilliers or Lorient.

I discounted Lorient given its location on the Brittany coast.

Lune1878 · October 27, 2016

Sloths have one turd a week. This weekly event is called the 'poo dance'

summerisle · October 29, 2016

After the War Captain Mainwaring went to Switzerland to work in a cuckoo clock factory.

silent bob · October 29, 2016

In the mid to late 90s former Everton fitness coach Dave Billows was bit of a "face" on the local music scene, fronting a band called Kennedy.

summerisle · October 29, 2016

silent bob said:
In the mid to late 90s former Everton fitness coach Dave Billows was bit of a "face" on the local music scene, fronting a band called Kennedy.

Can't remember the late 90s, Dave Billows or 'Kennedy'.