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Eynsham Red Nov 2022 6:29pm, 2 Nov 2022 9,128 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red I stayed at a campsite in Gillingham this summer, but that one is sounded with a hard G and is near Beccles.
ChrisHB Nov 2022 7:09pm, 2 Nov 2022 22,023 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB I now know there are three Gillinghams, of which two have railway stations.
GordonG Nov 2022 7:51pm, 2 Nov 2022 9,417 posts	Quote Pin GordonG that on curved roof tiles, the middle bit of the tile (i.e. the middle of the curve) is called the nose
macca 53 Nov 2022 7:53pm, 2 Nov 2022 30,676 posts	Quote Pin macca 53 That Countdown was a copy from an original French format
JK chameleon Nov 2022 7:57pm, 2 Nov 2022 17,109 posts	Quote Pin JK chameleon That Countdown was a copy from an original French format Yes, I've watched an episode of that (Les chiffres et les lettres? Something like that) and it was an incredibly dry, dull affair. Each round the letter selection alternated between conson, voyel, conson, voyel, snore.
Fields Nov 2022 8:22pm, 2 Nov 2022 7,260 posts	Quote Pin Fields That Countdown was a copy from an original French format C’est Nombrewang!
GregP Nov 2022 9:24pm, 2 Nov 2022 140,200 posts	Quote Pin GregP
Cerrertonia Nov 2022 12:09pm, 3 Nov 2022 17,847 posts	Quote Pin Cerrertonia Great Britain won the first World baseball championships, beating the USA in 1938.
Ocelot Spleens Nov 2022 4:04pm, 3 Nov 2022 35,068 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens Of course we did, we invented the sport.
Cerrertonia Nov 2022 4:24pm, 3 Nov 2022 17,849 posts	Quote Pin Cerrertonia The odd thing is that it was a 5 game series, with four of the games being played on former or current rugby league grounds. I wouldn't have thought the pitches would've been particularly suitable for baseball. Britain's manager was Canadian and was inducted into the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1956.