This should do to remind the world how fantastic the Norwich area is
- Premier League Club
- Debt free club
- British owned club
- Team of mostly British born players
- Full stadium
- Current FA Youth Cup Final Winners
- Youth Academy system has achieved Elite status
- Club owns the stadium
- Club owns the training ground
- Only English club to have beaten Bayern Munich on their home ground AND knock them out of a competition
- Black manager
- Female majority shareholder
- A gay director
- First openly gay professional player
- Supported by Wolverine
- Oldest football song
- Local sponsor
- Best local radio commentary
- Least crime in the UK
- Least rain in the UK
- Best real ale pubs in the UK
- Best crisps in the world
- Best chips in the world
- Most complete medieval street plan in northern Europe
- Home and birthplace of Lord Nelson
- Julian of Norwich, c1342-1416, is on record as the first woman to write a book in the English language
- The Queen lives here and Queen drummer Roger Taylor is from the area.
- Best Comedians in the UK
- Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Author
- Naomi Watts Mum still lives here
- F1 Ayrton Senna, Emerson Fittipaldi, Martin Brundle, and Colin Chapman all lived in the area, and Jake Humphreys is moving back.
- Pocahontas lived in the area
- Howard Carter, archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamuns tomb
- Einstein went into hiding in Norfolk from the Nazis
- Thomas Paine, father of French and American revolutions
- TWO cathedrals AND a castle
- The oldest market in the country
- Best university in the UK for student experience and the most students staying on to live in the local area.
- Best inland boating in the UK
- Best wildlife in the UK
- Best clean sandy beaches in the UK
- Most ebay users in the UK
- We even have a ski slope
- Tories no longer in control of the county council
- Low unemployment
- Reasonable house prices
- International Airport
- Best English (and French) mustard in the world
- Best fresh mint in the world
- Most old churches in the UK but also the most atheists in the UK
- World Centre for climate change research
- We've got a puppet theatre
- We've got a World famous puppet man
- We're not Ipswich !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted By: Larry Hagman on May 14th 2013 at 00:04:39
Message Thread
- This should do to remind the world how fantastic the Norwich area is (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, May 14, 00:04:39
- county with the most round tower churches (n/m) (NCFC) - Cart Gap Disco, May 14, 10:10:47
- Best fresh seafood in the country! (n/m) (NCFC) - Kirrie, May 14, 09:31:15
- Former home of bleedin Watneys Red Barrel! (n/m) (NCFC) - Kirrie, May 14, 09:32:14
- Birth place of Olivia Coleman (n/m) (NCFC) - Kirrie, May 14, 09:28:57
- Myleen Klass comes from Norwich! (n/m) (NCFC) - Kirrie, May 14, 09:29:28
- Pochahontas married John Rolfe from Heacham and is on the village sign! (n/m) (NCFC) - Kirrie, May 14, 09:28:03
- Best chips in the world? Great Yarmouth chips are cooked in beef dripping (n/m) (NCFC) - UtterlyHuckerby, May 14, 09:07:16
- Abraham Lincolns was descended from a Norfolk family (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, May 14, 08:08:56
- Thomas Paine is more associated with Thetford (NCFC) - mr carra, May 14, 07:55:24
- Tonic Sol-Fa was invented here (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 14, 07:25:39
- Social reformer Elizabeth Fry (n/m) (NCFC) - Mozzer, May 14, 07:04:13
- born in Norwich and her (NCFC) - Mozzer, May 14, 07:06:16
- Inventor and entrepreneur, Sir James Dyson, was born in Cromer and broughtcated (n/m) (NCFC) - Mozzer, May 14, 07:00:26
- 'broughtcated' ???? not sure where that came ftom! (n/m) (NCFC) - Mozzer, May 14, 07:01:35
- Norfolk Broads are mentioned in the David Bowie song Life on Mars (NCFC) - Mozzer, May 14, 06:58:43
- Are you listening IKEA? (n/m) (NCFC) - inutero, May 14, 06:53:02
- Have we said Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni? (n/m) (NCFC) - Mozzer, May 14, 06:50:08
- I wouldn't necessarily call Aviva local (n/m) (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, May 14, 06:38:26
- Home and birthplace of Lord Nelson - FAIL (NCFC) - John in Texas, May 14, 03:59:17
- One of the greatest Britons of all time - centrepiece of Trafalgar Square (n/m) (NCFC) - Kirrie, May 14, 09:30:42
- My Mum's family all come from Burnham Thorpe! (n/m) (NCFC) - Kirrie, May 14, 09:25:07
- Burnham Thorpe is the place, (NCFC) - I Am Hoot, May 14, 04:38:32
- Alan Partridge (n/m) (NCFC) - I Am Hoot, May 14, 02:46:33
- Birth place of Anne Boleyn (n/m) (NCFC) - harry boulders, May 14, 00:28:34
- Home of Round Table (NCFC) - Old Splat, May 14, 00:19:38
- Best beach resort (NCFC) - andross, May 14, 00:09:51
- Rubbish (NCFC) - firjam, May 14, 06:25:18
- The beach is very nice (n/m) (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, May 14, 00:10:59
- Tbh I wasn't really taking the piss (NCFC) - andross, May 14, 00:23:23
- Norwich boobies! (n/m) (NCFC) - Wilts, May 14, 00:05:16
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