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Interesting trivia thread

Duck n Dive

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His title was joint Prime Minister.

That was just to make him feel good.

The only thing they really let him do was go back on an election promise to ensure the libdems wouldn't get the votes next time round.

Some of those strategy wallas aren't daft :)
 

andyBeaker

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In 1904 there were seventy five factories and brands making bicycles in Coventry.

Approximately 75 more than there are today.
 

andyBeaker

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The first cars manufactured in Britain were Daimlers. Each one took three months to build. The Prince of Wales bought the first one.

When Ford started manufacturing in Britain their output was twenty an hour.
 

Minkey

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The National Trust was founded in 1895 by Ovtavia Hill (a woman who also set out to help poor and under privileged people), Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley
 

Duck n Dive

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The first cars manufactured in Britain were Daimlers. Each one took three months to build. The Prince of Wales bought the first one.

When Ford started manufacturing in Britain their output was twenty an hour.


Until the late 60s/early 70s when production returned to those figures :)
 

Minkey

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Windsor chairs were made in Wycombe and loaded on the barges and when they got to the docks then men on the barges said they had come from Windsor so they were called Windsor chairs
 

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Windsor chairs are depicted in pictures of the founding fathers in America when the declaration of independence was being drawn up in 1776
 

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The bikini used in the iconic scene in Carry On Camping when Barbara Windsor’s ‘bra’ shot off while she was exercising sold for £9500 at auction Recently.
 

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Vic Flick is one of the greatest guitarists of all time yet few have heard of him as he was never in a band or group, specialising in supporting an assortment of artists in the studio And working on film scores.

Amongst other iconic recordings he played the original James Bond theme on a Clifford Essex Paragon De Lux guitar.

He has worked with many popular recording artists, including Herman's Hermits, Nancy Sinatra, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones,[1] Cliff Richard,[1] Paul McCartney, Engelbert Humperdinck, Lulu, Shirley Bassey, Burt Bacharach, Petula Clark, Sandie Shaw, Crispian St. Peters, Hank Marvin, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, John Williams, Mark Wirtz, John Schroeder, Don Partridge, Typically Tropical and Don Lusher.] He played the 12 string guitar part on Peter and Gordon's 1964 # 1 record "A World Without Love".
 
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