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Old Feb 12th 2010 | 3:25 am
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Ynyshir, Wales
Regina Beach, Saskatchewan

We were also looking at France but my OH had a job offer out of the blue so here we are.
 
Old Feb 12th 2010 | 3:27 am
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Bootle
Cumbria
Sydney
Perth
Toronto
Vancouver
Lower Canada
KRAP (The Kleptocratic Republican Anarchy of Bwana)
 
Old Feb 12th 2010 | 3:33 am
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OK here's mine:

Sorry changed my mind.

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Old Feb 12th 2010 | 3:42 am
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Some good ones, here are mine (although some places I only 'lived' for 6 months!):

London
Middlesbrough
Nuneaton
Kirton in Lindsey (Lincs)
York
Rheindahlen (Germany)
Monchengladbach (Germany)
Mount Pleasant (Falkland Is)
Minden (Germany)
Split (Croatia)
Tomislavgrad (Bosnia)
Krefeld (Germany)
Dusseldorf (Germany)
Sandhurst
Abingdon
Kupres (Bosnia)
Haverfordwest (West Wales)
Winchester
Hope (North Wales)
Newport (South Wales)

Hopefully in the next few years or so Fredericton or Halifax (thereabouts)!
 
Old Feb 12th 2010 | 5:03 am
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Wow some of you are veritible wanderers!!!!

Mine

Leicester
Kewstoke (W-S-M)
Leicester
Wells-Next-The-Sea
Drumheller AB
Stettler AB (my forever home!)
 
Old Feb 12th 2010 | 5:15 am
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As a former member of HM Armed Forces, all over
 
Old Feb 12th 2010 | 5:16 am
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Originally Posted by Souvy
Brighton (1963-1982)
Reims, France (1982-1984)
Various bits of London (1984-1997)
Epsom, Surrey (1997-1998 'ish)
Sloane Square (1998 'ish-2000)
Oakville, Ontario (2000-2004)
The Dark Side (2004 to date)
Oh my goodness, I think I've been following you around Souvy!!

Dorking to 1976
Algiers from 1976 to 1977
Luxeuil les bains France 1977 to 1986
Reims 1986 to 1989
Guildford 1989
Woking 1989 to 2000
Worthing (10 miles from Brighton) 2000 to 2007
Storrington 2007 to now
Nova Scotia hopefully late this year of latest next year!!
 
Old Feb 12th 2010 | 5:21 am
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worthing
calgary.

wow i should go lie down after that list!

oh can you count being 3 years in Cardiff for my training?

Worthing
Cardiff
Worthing
Calgary.
 
Old Feb 12th 2010 | 5:31 am
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Originally Posted by Piff Poff
OK here's mine:

Sorry changed my mind.
Chicken!

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Old Feb 12th 2010 | 5:34 am
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As a kid:

Oxford, England
Berlin, Germany
Boddam, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Dundee, Scotland

As an adult:

London - Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith, Kilburn, Camden, Fulham, Putney, Wimbledon
Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
Supsa, Republic of Georgia
Den Haag, Netherlands
Kenninghall, Norfolk, England
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Goeje-do, South Korea
Singapore
Calgary, Canada

then...??? (because we're not staying here!)
 
Old Feb 12th 2010 | 5:36 am
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Originally Posted by Alberta_Rose
worthing
calgary.

wow i should go lie down after that list!

oh can you count being 3 years in Cardiff for my training?

Worthing
Cardiff
Worthing
Calgary.
I new you were from West Sussex but hadn't realised you had been that close to me...
 
Old Feb 12th 2010 | 5:39 am
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Originally Posted by Alberta_Rose
worthing
calgary.

wow i should go lie down after that list!

oh can you count being 3 years in Cardiff for my training?

Worthing
Cardiff
Worthing
Calgary.
you keep going from wc to wc lol (now Canadians won't get that)
 
Old Feb 12th 2010 | 5:41 am
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Originally Posted by boo meringue
you keep going from wc to wc lol (now Canadians won't get that)
I'm not canadian
 
Old Feb 12th 2010 | 5:42 am
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- manchester (Dukinfield, Newton, Hyde, Ashton, Ardwick Cheetamhill)

- Lancaster

- Portsmouth

- Plymouth

- Rosyth (Scotland)

- Moscow, Russia

- Miami

- Vancouver

- Regina

- Vancouver

Best one..... VANCOUVER!
 
Old Feb 12th 2010 | 5:59 am
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Originally Posted by dboy
- manchester (Dukinfield, Newton, Hyde, Ashton, Ardwick Cheetamhill)

- Lancaster

- Portsmouth

- Plymouth

- Rosyth (Scotland)

- Moscow, Russia

- Miami

- Vancouver

- Regina

- Vancouver

Best one..... VANCOUVER!
how can you compare Vancouver to Regina
 


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