Where is Old Trafford?
Dec 1st 2005, 4:45 pm
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Re: Where is Old Trafford?
Originally Posted by britontour
Nice one 
if only to let them know that London is not the only place in England.
if only to let them know that London is not the only place in England.
Dec 1st 2005, 4:51 pm
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Re: Where is Old Trafford?
Originally Posted by Partystar
Yeah, ain't that the truth. People always ask where I'm from. I guess hoping that I'll say London, cuz they know of that place. When I say 'near Oxford', I'd have thought people would have known that one too, I thought it was world renowned, but obviously not.
Dec 1st 2005, 4:59 pm
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Re: Where is Old Trafford?
Originally Posted by Partystar
Yeah, ain't that the truth. People always ask where I'm from. I guess hoping that I'll say London, cuz they know of that place. When I say 'near Oxford', I'd have thought people would have known that one too, I thought it was world renowned, but obviously not.
Dec 1st 2005, 5:09 pm
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Re: Where is Old Trafford?
Originally Posted by britontour
Your quite right I lived quite near to Oxford too so I normally just say Oxford for the same reason but its not as well known as you might think. "Oxford, is that in London?"
Dec 1st 2005, 9:50 pm
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Re: Where is Old Trafford?
Originally Posted by Partystar
Yeah, ain't that the truth. People always ask where I'm from. I guess hoping that I'll say London, cuz they know of that place. When I say 'near Oxford', I'd have thought people would have known that one too, I thought it was world renowned, but obviously not.
Dec 1st 2005, 9:56 pm
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Re: Where is Old Trafford?
Originally Posted by Bob
coming from Oxford, say the same, had a few people ask where in London that was...but at least it's fairly close to London, compared to Manchester...though when someone asked if that really was the place with the university or was that cambridge...well I did kind of smirk and said there was more than one university in England
Dec 1st 2005, 10:20 pm
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Re: Where is Old Trafford?
Originally Posted by Partystar
Yeah, really! People are baffled (including me) when I tell them there are 45 colleges in Oxford!
Dec 1st 2005, 10:42 pm
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Re: Where is Old Trafford?
Originally Posted by britontour
Don't tell them that, when they ask if I went to school at Oxford I always say yes, not the Oxford of course but one of the other ones, I'll let them work that one out
Feb 24th 2006, 12:44 pm
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Re: Where is Old Trafford?
Not far from The Willows, home of the Original Red Devils whom Utd stole the nickname from.
Feb 24th 2006, 1:02 pm
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Re: Where is Old Trafford?
Nothing like digging up an old thread on a Friday.
Feb 24th 2006, 1:05 pm
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Re: Where is Old Trafford?
Originally Posted by anotherlimey
Nothing like digging up an old thread on a Friday.
Feb 24th 2006, 1:14 pm
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Re: Where is Old Trafford?
Originally Posted by Partystar
hahaha, that's funny, I do the same thing! I went to North Oxfordshire college, I've mentioned it before (it's really not something to be very proud of!) & they asked me if it was 'the' college, I said yes, it was, because it is 'the' college that I'm talking about, the North Oxfordshire college! Ahhh the comfort of a technicality!!!
Feb 24th 2006, 2:47 pm
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Re: Where is Old Trafford?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
lol I remember my aunt telling everyone that her grandaughter was going to 'Oxford' turns out it was Oxford Poly.
Feb 24th 2006, 2:58 pm
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Re: Where is Old Trafford?
Originally Posted by Bob
Mate went to Brookes and when he went out to China to see some relies, they were all so impressed and didn't realise it was a seperate uni either
Feb 24th 2006, 5:16 pm
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Re: Where is Old Trafford?
Originally Posted by Partystar
That's the point where you think, oh it's just too complicated to explain!!!