Settlement Association

[EbbwJunction1]

William Roache, the Coronation Street actor since its inception in 1960, has lived in Wilmslow for most of his adult life, though he was born at Ilkeston in Derbyshire in 1932.

 

[Springs Branch]

The trentbarton bus company is known for dreaming up imaginative names for its bus routes. Trentbarton's black cat route serves both Ilkeston and Mansfield.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Mansfield is the home of the Cantamus Girls Choir, twice World Choir Olympic Champions (2004 & 2006). In 1997, at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod, they won the Choir of the World title.

 

[Springs Branch]

Bethesda is also on the route of the A5 trunk road.

 

[johnnychips]

Coniston also once had slate quarries.

 

[Springs Branch]

At the other end of the scenic towns spectrum, Widnes was also within the county of Lancashire until 1974.

 

[johnnychips]

Liverpool is also on the north side of the River Mersey.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The Beatle were from Liverpool; there is a plaque on Hulme Hall in Port Sunlight commemorating the concert where Ringo Starr first performed with The Beatles.

 

[johnnychips]

Port Sunlight is famous for producing soap, as is nearby Chester, where Hollyoaks is made.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Lancaster is also a Fair Trade City.

 

[Springs Branch]

Bingley also has a pub called the Brown Cow.

 

[johnnychips]

Bradford once joined Bingley as the name of a building society.

 

[Springs Branch]

Loughborough University also has a highly-regarded Chemical Engineering department.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I feel the time is now ripe to make a somewhat tentative return to this quiz.....

Nottingham also was noted in having framework knitters in the Middle Ages.

 

[Springs Branch]

Burton-upon-Trent is also on the course of the River Trent.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Peebles also has an operational brewery.

 

[Springs Branch]

Clackmannan was also formerly the county town of one of the historic counties of Scotland.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stirling is another settlement in Scotland to have a noted building known as a tolbooth.

 

[johnnychips]

Stirling is known as ‘The Gateway to the Highlands.’ Chapel-en-le-frith is sometimes known as the ‘Gateway to the Peaks’.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Peak Dale also has a town band.

 

[Springs Branch]

Horton-in-Ribblesdale is also the location of a quarry operated by Tarmac Ltd.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Grimsargh also lies on the line of the Ribble Way long distance footpath.

 

[Springs Branch]

Westhoughton also has a cricket club.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Oldham also had connections to the Lancashire cotton spinning industry.

 

[johnnychips]

Wigan also has an ‘Athletic’ football team.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Caernarfon was also where the Romans built a military staging post during their conquest of Britain.

 

[Springs Branch]

Aberystwyth is also the site of one of Edward I's Welsh Castles.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ponterwyd also lies on the line of the Afon Rheidol.

 

[Springs Branch]

Wyre Piddle is also on the route of the A44 road.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Warkworth in Northumberland is another settlement where a hoard of medieval English silver coins was unearthed.