Richmond
Dec 29th 2008, 4:01 pm
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Richmond
Quotation from today's daily Mail:
An affluent commuter town better known for its scenic views of the Thames has inspired the greatest number of copies across the world.
Richmond-upon-Thames, the south-west London borough where Sir Mick Jagger resides, has given its name to 55 towns on three continents.
It has beaten London into second place in a league table compiled by The Times Universal Atlas Of The World, which identifies the top ten most influential British place names.
Obviously there is no Springfield in England !!
An affluent commuter town better known for its scenic views of the Thames has inspired the greatest number of copies across the world.
Richmond-upon-Thames, the south-west London borough where Sir Mick Jagger resides, has given its name to 55 towns on three continents.
It has beaten London into second place in a league table compiled by The Times Universal Atlas Of The World, which identifies the top ten most influential British place names.
Obviously there is no Springfield in England !!
Dec 29th 2008, 4:11 pm
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Re: Richmond
Quotation from today's daily Mail:
An affluent commuter town better known for its scenic views of the Thames has inspired the greatest number of copies across the world.
Richmond-upon-Thames, the south-west London borough where Sir Mick Jagger resides, has given its name to 55 towns on three continents.
It has beaten London into second place in a league table compiled by The Times Universal Atlas Of The World, which identifies the top ten most influential British place names.
Obviously there is no Springfield in England !!
An affluent commuter town better known for its scenic views of the Thames has inspired the greatest number of copies across the world.
Richmond-upon-Thames, the south-west London borough where Sir Mick Jagger resides, has given its name to 55 towns on three continents.
It has beaten London into second place in a league table compiled by The Times Universal Atlas Of The World, which identifies the top ten most influential British place names.
Obviously there is no Springfield in England !!
Dec 29th 2008, 5:49 pm
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Re: Richmond
Don't the Simpsons live in Sprinfield?
Dec 29th 2008, 6:01 pm
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Dec 29th 2008, 10:10 pm
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Re: Richmond
Quotation from today's daily Mail:
An affluent commuter town better known for its scenic views of the Thames has inspired the greatest number of copies across the world.
Richmond-upon-Thames, the south-west London borough where Sir Mick Jagger resides, has given its name to 55 towns on three continents.
A blue plaque has just been placed on the wall of a house in Richmond Hill Road, Richmond-upon-Thames, South West London, this being the family home of the actress Celia Johnson (1908-1982) on the occasion of the centenary of her birth. She is best kown for playing the part of a happily married woman having a clandestine affair with a married man after first meeting by chance in the refreshment room of a train station - Noel Coward's "Brief Encounter". I met a mate from uni purely by chance on the bridge across the Thames at Richmond-upon-Thames one Sunday afternoon in summer 2002. It is a really beautiful setting.
Obviously there is no Springfield in England !!
An affluent commuter town better known for its scenic views of the Thames has inspired the greatest number of copies across the world.
Richmond-upon-Thames, the south-west London borough where Sir Mick Jagger resides, has given its name to 55 towns on three continents.
A blue plaque has just been placed on the wall of a house in Richmond Hill Road, Richmond-upon-Thames, South West London, this being the family home of the actress Celia Johnson (1908-1982) on the occasion of the centenary of her birth. She is best kown for playing the part of a happily married woman having a clandestine affair with a married man after first meeting by chance in the refreshment room of a train station - Noel Coward's "Brief Encounter". I met a mate from uni purely by chance on the bridge across the Thames at Richmond-upon-Thames one Sunday afternoon in summer 2002. It is a really beautiful setting.
Obviously there is no Springfield in England !!
Springfield, Essex
Springfield, Greater Manchester
Springfield, Milton Keynes
Springfield, West Midlands
Springfield, Warwickshire
Scotland:
Springfield, Argyll and Bute
Springfield, Highland
Springfield, Morayshire
Wales:
Springfield, Caerphilly
Dec 30th 2008, 1:17 am
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Re: Richmond
Richmond isn't all it's cracked up to be. I just remember waiting for a bus outside Richmond station one night with friends and then getting mouthful of abuse from the "locals". There's poor white trash in suburban Richmond I tell you...
Dec 30th 2008, 2:42 am
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Re: Richmond
I used to live in Richmond and it is a crappy hole but some good looking totty there on weekends...
