Katy Posted 26 July 2005 Posted 26 July 2005 Heres some facts I pilfered from the 'This Is Leicestershire' website:- Discovery of genetic profiling by Sir Alec Jeffreys, at the University of Leicester, in 1984. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leicester is the home of Walkers crisps. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The home of the humble pork pie is Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, approximately 15 miles from Leicester. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We're also the location of choice for Next headquarters, in Enderby. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The popular 1970s code-cracking game Mastermind, is manufactured by Invicta, based in Oadby, Leicester. University of Leicester student Cecilia Fung appeared on the famous box, alongside Leicester hairdresser Bill Woodward. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Along Leicester's famed Golden Mile and throughout the city itself, there are literally several hundred Indian restaurants to choose from. The oldest of these is the Taj Mahal, in Highfield Street, off London Road.
Babylon Posted 26 July 2005 Posted 26 July 2005 Thomas Cook Daniel Lambert and of course... The Elephant Man (Michael Jackson owns his bones, strange but true)
Scow Posted 26 July 2005 Posted 26 July 2005 We're also the location of choice for Next headquarters, in Enderby. What a shame. <_<
Katy Posted 26 July 2005 Author Posted 26 July 2005 We're also the location of choice for Next headquarters, in Enderby. What a shame. <_< 144279[/snapback]
Knighton Matt Posted 26 July 2005 Posted 26 July 2005 Heres some facts I pilfered from the 'This Is Leicestershire' website:-Discovery of genetic profiling by Sir Alec Jeffreys, at the University of Leicester, in 1984. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leicester is the home of Walkers crisps. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The home of the humble pork pie is Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, approximately 15 miles from Leicester. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We're also the location of choice for Next headquarters, in Enderby. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The popular 1970s code-cracking game Mastermind, is manufactured by Invicta, based in Oadby, Leicester. University of Leicester student Cecilia Fung appeared on the famous box, alongside Leicester hairdresser Bill Woodward. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Along Leicester's famed Golden Mile and throughout the city itself, there are literally several hundred Indian restaurants to choose from. The oldest of these is the Taj Mahal, in Highfield Street, off London Road. 144212[/snapback] I think it used to be but like a lot of things production has now moved abroad. Invicta also used to manufacture a lot of the car red noses for comic relief but haven't really seen many of those in recent years...
Katy Posted 26 July 2005 Author Posted 26 July 2005 Heres some facts I pilfered from the 'This Is Leicestershire' website:-Discovery of genetic profiling by Sir Alec Jeffreys, at the University of Leicester, in 1984. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leicester is the home of Walkers crisps. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The home of the humble pork pie is Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, approximately 15 miles from Leicester. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We're also the location of choice for Next headquarters, in Enderby. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The popular 1970s code-cracking game Mastermind, is manufactured by Invicta, based in Oadby, Leicester. University of Leicester student Cecilia Fung appeared on the famous box, alongside Leicester hairdresser Bill Woodward. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Along Leicester's famed Golden Mile and throughout the city itself, there are literally several hundred Indian restaurants to choose from. The oldest of these is the Taj Mahal, in Highfield Street, off London Road. 144212[/snapback] I think it used to be but like a lot of things production has now moved abroad. Invicta also used to manufacture a lot of the car red noses for comic relief but haven't really seen many of those in recent years... 144307[/snapback] Invicta has changed its name now hasnt it?
Knighton Matt Posted 26 July 2005 Posted 26 July 2005 Heres some facts I pilfered from the 'This Is Leicestershire' website:-Discovery of genetic profiling by Sir Alec Jeffreys, at the University of Leicester, in 1984. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leicester is the home of Walkers crisps. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The home of the humble pork pie is Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, approximately 15 miles from Leicester. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We're also the location of choice for Next headquarters, in Enderby. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The popular 1970s code-cracking game Mastermind, is manufactured by Invicta, based in Oadby, Leicester. University of Leicester student Cecilia Fung appeared on the famous box, alongside Leicester hairdresser Bill Woodward. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Along Leicester's famed Golden Mile and throughout the city itself, there are literally several hundred Indian restaurants to choose from. The oldest of these is the Taj Mahal, in Highfield Street, off London Road. 144212[/snapback] I think it used to be but like a lot of things production has now moved abroad. Invicta also used to manufacture a lot of the car red noses for comic relief but haven't really seen many of those in recent years... 144307[/snapback] Invicta has changed its name now hasnt it? 144311[/snapback] No I don't think so maybe you're getting confused with the accountants Numerica next door, on the corner? (where incidentally I used to work hence my knwoledge of those next door - Invicta) Or maybe it has and I'm just wrong?
Cobbo Posted 26 July 2005 Posted 26 July 2005 Heres some facts I pilfered from the 'This Is Leicestershire' website:-Discovery of genetic profiling by Sir Alec Jeffreys, at the University of Leicester, in 1984. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leicester is the home of Walkers crisps. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The home of the humble pork pie is Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, approximately 15 miles from Leicester. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We're also the location of choice for Next headquarters, in Enderby. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The popular 1970s code-cracking game Mastermind, is manufactured by Invicta, based in Oadby, Leicester. University of Leicester student Cecilia Fung appeared on the famous box, alongside Leicester hairdresser Bill Woodward. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Along Leicester's famed Golden Mile and throughout the city itself, there are literally several hundred Indian restaurants to choose from. The oldest of these is the Taj Mahal, in Highfield Street, off London Road. 144212[/snapback] I think it used to be but like a lot of things production has now moved abroad. Invicta also used to manufacture a lot of the car red noses for comic relief but haven't really seen many of those in recent years... 144307[/snapback] Invicta has changed its name now hasnt it? 144311[/snapback] No I don't think so maybe you're getting confused with the accountants Numerica next door, on the corner? (where incidentally I used to work hence my knwoledge of those next door - Invicta) Or maybe it has and I'm just wrong? 144314[/snapback] Well I know Oadby Town no longer play at Invicta Park, although it is the same ground
Katy Posted 26 July 2005 Author Posted 26 July 2005 Heres some facts I pilfered from the 'This Is Leicestershire' website:-Discovery of genetic profiling by Sir Alec Jeffreys, at the University of Leicester, in 1984. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leicester is the home of Walkers crisps. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The home of the humble pork pie is Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, approximately 15 miles from Leicester. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We're also the location of choice for Next headquarters, in Enderby. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The popular 1970s code-cracking game Mastermind, is manufactured by Invicta, based in Oadby, Leicester. University of Leicester student Cecilia Fung appeared on the famous box, alongside Leicester hairdresser Bill Woodward. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Along Leicester's famed Golden Mile and throughout the city itself, there are literally several hundred Indian restaurants to choose from. The oldest of these is the Taj Mahal, in Highfield Street, off London Road. 144212[/snapback] I think it used to be but like a lot of things production has now moved abroad. Invicta also used to manufacture a lot of the car red noses for comic relief but haven't really seen many of those in recent years... 144307[/snapback] Invicta has changed its name now hasnt it? 144311[/snapback] No I don't think so maybe you're getting confused with the accountants Numerica next door, on the corner? (where incidentally I used to work hence my knwoledge of those next door - Invicta) Or maybe it has and I'm just wrong? 144314[/snapback] Well I know Oadby Town no longer play at Invicta Park, although it is the same ground 144337[/snapback] So im still none the wiser then
Jonbluefox9 Posted 26 July 2005 Posted 26 July 2005 My brother who's really into history had this book that had different names for people from different places in England throughout history. Apparently people from Leicester were known as Beanies because we lived on a stable diet of mostly beans?! I'll have to check up on that actually.
Guest Posted 26 July 2005 Posted 26 July 2005 Wasn't Leicester the first place to have traffic lights or parking meters or something?
Random Burglar Posted 26 July 2005 Posted 26 July 2005 Heres some facts I pilfered from the 'This Is Leicestershire' website:-Discovery of genetic profiling by Sir Alec Jeffreys, at the University of Leicester, in 1984. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leicester is the home of Walkers crisps. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The home of the humble pork pie is Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, approximately 15 miles from Leicester. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We're also the location of choice for Next headquarters, in Enderby. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The popular 1970s code-cracking game Mastermind, is manufactured by Invicta, based in Oadby, Leicester. University of Leicester student Cecilia Fung appeared on the famous box, alongside Leicester hairdresser Bill Woodward. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Along Leicester's famed Golden Mile and throughout the city itself, there are literally several hundred Indian restaurants to choose from. The oldest of these is the Taj Mahal, in Highfield Street, off London Road. 144212[/snapback] I think it used to be but like a lot of things production has now moved abroad. Invicta also used to manufacture a lot of the car red noses for comic relief but haven't really seen many of those in recent years... 144307[/snapback] Invicta has changed its name now hasnt it? 144311[/snapback] No I don't think so maybe you're getting confused with the accountants Numerica next door, on the corner? (where incidentally I used to work hence my knwoledge of those next door - Invicta) Or maybe it has and I'm just wrong? 144314[/snapback] Well I know Oadby Town no longer play at Invicta Park, although it is the same ground 144337[/snapback] So im still none the wiser then 144391[/snapback] They play at Topps Park...fantasticallly sponsored by the one and only Topps Tiles
Thracian Posted 26 July 2005 Posted 26 July 2005 Thomas CookDaniel Lambert and of course... The Elephant Man (Michael Jackson owns his bones, strange but true) 144254[/snapback] Lady Jane Grey Inventor of the Hansom Cab (Hinckley) The Attenborough Brothers (Wyggeston School) King Richard 111 was killed in Leicestershire
lush Posted 26 July 2005 Posted 26 July 2005 Along Leicester's famed Golden Mile and throughout the city itself, there are literally several hundred Indian restaurants to choose from. The oldest of these is the Taj Mahal, in Highfield Street, off London Road. 144212[/snapback] 1808 saw the first ever indian restaurant in britain, brighton.
lush Posted 26 July 2005 Posted 26 July 2005 The Elephant Man (Michael Jackson owns his bones, strange but true) 144254[/snapback] The elephant man was born in martin street off catherine street in belgrave. He didnt actually look very elephant to me, so what animal creature shall we now nickname MJ, seeing as he now owns the rights to the bones offf theee paaaassssstT, ooh scary indeed.
lush Posted 26 July 2005 Posted 26 July 2005 Thomas CookDaniel Lambert and of course... The Elephant Man (Michael Jackson owns his bones, strange but true) 144254[/snapback] Lady Jane Grey Inventor of the Hansom Cab (Hinckley) The Attenborough Brothers (Wyggeston School) King Richard 111 was killed in Leicestershire 144439[/snapback] Englebert humperdink
Alexikokopops Posted 26 July 2005 Posted 26 July 2005 Thomas CookDaniel Lambert and of course... The Elephant Man (Michael Jackson owns his bones, strange but true) 144254[/snapback] Not true, they were just rumours, his bones have remained in teh Royal London Hospital since his death. "Despite 1980s rumors, pop star Michael Jackson did not buy the Elephant Man's bones" "...and CT scans of Merrick's skeleton (kept at the Royal London Hospital since his death)."
lush Posted 26 July 2005 Posted 26 July 2005 Alex, i dont understand the proof of your links. Im now torn between wacko being himself and owning such things, and the likelyhood that your right. occams razor: the simplest explanation, tends to be the correct one. I`ll leave it upto you guys which ones ```seems``` to be the most likely.
Alexikokopops Posted 26 July 2005 Posted 26 July 2005 Alex, i dont understand the proof of your links.Im now torn between wacko being himself and owning such things, and the likelyhood that your right. occams razor: the simplest explanation, tends to be the correct one. I`ll leave it upto you guys which ones ```seems``` to be the most likely. 144513[/snapback] Well, the link I entitled "Despite 1980s rumors, pop star Michael Jackson did not buy the Elephant Man's bones" says in it "Despite 1980s rumors, pop star Michael Jackson did not buy the Elephant Man's bones" if you read the article. The second one also follows a similar pattern.
lush Posted 26 July 2005 Posted 26 July 2005 Alex, i dont understand the proof of your links.Im now torn between wacko being himself and owning such things, and the likelyhood that your right. occams razor: the simplest explanation, tends to be the correct one. I`ll leave it upto you guys which ones ```seems``` to be the most likely. 144513[/snapback] Well, the link I entitled "Despite 1980s rumors, pop star Michael Jackson did not buy the Elephant Man's bones" says in it "Despite 1980s rumors, pop star Michael Jackson did not buy the Elephant Man's bones" if you read the article. The second one also follows a similar pattern. 144515[/snapback] Yeah i get that mate, but ```who``` says it, and what proof do they have...
Alexikokopops Posted 26 July 2005 Posted 26 July 2005 ,Jul 26 2005, 4:43 PM] Alex, i dont understand the proof of your links.Im now torn between wacko being himself and owning such things, and the likelyhood that your right. occams razor: the simplest explanation, tends to be the correct one. I`ll leave it upto you guys which ones ```seems``` to be the most likely. 144513[/snapback] Well, the link I entitled "Despite 1980s rumors, pop star Michael Jackson did not buy the Elephant Man's bones" says in it "Despite 1980s rumors, pop star Michael Jackson did not buy the Elephant Man's bones" if you read the article. The second one also follows a similar pattern. 144515[/snapback] Yeah i get that mate, but ```who``` says it, and what proof do they have... 144526[/snapback] Ok. Wikipedia says his bones are in the hospital. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_London_Hospital Answers.com says Jacko didn't buy the bones. http://www.answers.com/topic/joseph-merrick Absolute Astronomy says his bones are kept in the hospital. http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclope...on_Hospital.htm Rotten.com (not exactly the most reliable, I know) says his bones are in the hospital. http://www.rotten.com/library/sideshow/elephant-man/ NationMaster.com says his bones are at the hospital, most noteably "Merrick's preserved skeleton is on permanent display at the Royal London Hospital. Singer Michael Jackson is reported to have attempted to purchase it for his private collection in 1985 but was refused." http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Joseph-Merrick That proof enough?
lush Posted 26 July 2005 Posted 26 July 2005 Ok.Wikipedia says his bones are in the hospital. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_London_Hospital Answers.com says Jacko didn't buy the bones. http://www.answers.com/topic/joseph-merrick Absolute Astronomy says his bones are kept in the hospital. http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclope...on_Hospital.htm Rotten.com (not exactly the most reliable, I know) says his bones are in the hospital. http://www.rotten.com/library/sideshow/elephant-man/ NationMaster.com says his bones are at the hospital, most noteably "Merrick's preserved skeleton is on permanent display at the Royal London Hospital. Singer Michael Jackson is reported to have attempted to purchase it for his private collection in 1985 but was refused." http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Joseph-Merrick That proof enough? 144535[/snapback] If they say so, then it must be true? The preist near me says theirs a god, so it must be true Who knows.
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