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    Station association

    Kempton Park station also opened in 1878.
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    Settlement Association

    Correct. The adjacent village of Hatton is in Derbyshire, with the River Dove the county boundary between the two. William Cook, born in Trowbridge in 1905, was involved with the development of the British nuclear bomb at Aldermaston in Berkshire.
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    Settlement Association

    Polesworth, Warwickshire is on the route of the Coventry Canal.
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    Minor Famous People Spotting

    Many years ago me and a mate were on holiday in Scotland. As we were walking along the main street in Callander, then tennis player Steffi Graf and her dad were walking across the road. A few years ago me and the Memsahib were in the Proper Tea shop near Manchester cathedral. In walked Yvette...
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    Rolling stock game

    Class 700 to Royston.
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    Rolling stock game

    Class 170 to Nuneaton.
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    Settlement Association

    Neroche Forest near Taunton in Somerset was also the location of a Royal forest.
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    Settlement Association

    Crondall, Hampshire was another location where a hoard of coins and other artefacts were found.
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    Settlement Association

     Chawton, Hampshire is also on the route of the A31 road.
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    Settlement Association

    Mulbarton Wanderers Football Club is a football club based in Mulbarton, Norfolk. The men's first team are also currently members in the Eastern Counties League.
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    Settlement Association

    The Church of St Laurence in Corringham, Lincolnshire also contains a stone coffin. Nothing much is known of this one either.
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    Accommodation suggestions and reviews

    The Brittania group has never inspired me with confidence, but that may just be through my personal experience. A short walk from Glasgow Charing Cross there is an Ibis and Novotel (both Accor group). The stay in the Ibis was for a forum meal in the city. It was a pleasant couple of nights stay...
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    Newcastle to Belfast via Cairnryan

    Then you have achieved a result. :lol:
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    A career as a signaller

    We don't have sprogs, so childcare, school runs etc aren't an issue for us. The wife also works on the railway, working shifts. These are permanent late turns. In my role as a relief there are weeks where we hardly see one another. Some may say that's a good thing. One grace is that our rest...
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    Settlement Association

    Redmile, Leicestershire was also the site of a fuel storage depot. This was part of the Government Pipelines and Storage System (GPSS) network.
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    Settlement Association

    Long Clawson, Leicestershire is also associated with cheese making. The creamery in Hartington village, often called the cheese factory, was founded by the Duke of Devonshire in the 1870s; it was one of the three sources of Stilton. The factory was closed in 2009 after being sold by Dairy...
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    Settlement Association

    Chesterton, Warwickshire also has a tower mill. A tower mill is a type of vertical windmill consisting of a brick or stone tower, on which sits a wooden 'cap' or roof, which can rotate to bring the sails into the wind.
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    Rolling stock game

    Cl.375 to Rochester.
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    Settlement Association

    Eastbourne in Sussex also hosts a tennis tournament.
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    Settlement Association

     Wysall, Nottinghamshire also has a church dedicated to the Holy Trinity.

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