what is yours famous for

wonder years | 23:27 Thu 03rd Jul 2008 | ChatterBank

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what is your town most reckonised nationaly for, not a preson, a building or some event, mine is hanging the monkey,

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monkeyeyes

I shan't be going there, then !!

~max~

The Troubles, I guess! :O(

Lakitu

^ LMAO!

I don't think it's famous for anything. Oh, apparently it's the oil capital of Europe, but that's hardly famous.

Granite, I suppose.

~max~

I have a strong suspicion that you weren't laughing at MY post, Lak! lol

mightyWBA

Is hangus the monkey still mayor of Hartlepool?

harryshaw

u live in hartlepool then monkey hanger
ours is william jobling
in a gibbet

guess wer i live ?????????????/

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i think you,d be okay monkey eyes, it was during the napolionic war a ship got washed up on shore and the only survivor being a monkey the people of hartlepool thought it was a french spy so they hung it, nowadays when we get called money hangers our usaul replie is watch yourself theres plenty of rope left!!!

JK04

Fishing!

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yes mighty wba hes in his second term now, wyx

joggerjayne

Gay culture

harryshaw

the jarra march
is famous wer i live too

palmers ship builders not here any more

got a statuette of him in our town

xxxxx

but the town is crap x

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harry shaw you also have my one true love kevan keegan i seen on the telly they,ve named a plane after him wyx

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them jarrow marchers were brillent fighting for what they belived in, and doing somthing about it that would make them go down in history,

ChuckFickens

errr my birth town.. probably best know for the prodigy where I live now, best known for the army prison or where most of the recently killed soldiers are from

pastafreak

Sir Francis Drake was playing bowls on the Hoe when he was notified of the approach of the Spanish Armada....and the Pilgrims set sail from here. And if not those......then -errrmmm-nothing really!