Well, well, great rivia fact of the day, TVM. And I was thinking the same re Barclays

How about John Sell Cotman, or is he not famous enough?

Posted By: Old Git on March 17th 2006 at 10:51:38

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so it seems the four most famous people connected with norfolk are (General Chat) - bellamys_knee, Mar 17, 10:21:49
- Where's Admiral NELSON ? (n/m) (General Chat) - oh arr, Mar 18, 00:48:58
  - Where's Thomas Paine? (n/m) (General Chat) - oh arr, Mar 18, 00:49:25
    - Where's Edith Cavell? (n/m) (General Chat) - oh arr, Mar 18, 00:49:53
      - Where's Coke of Holkham Hall & four field rotation etc. ? (n/m) (General Chat) - oh arr, Mar 18, 00:50:49
        
        Where's Sir Robert Walpole? Prime Minister 1721-1742 (General Chat) - oh arr, Mar 18, 01:02:21
- Princess Diana went to school in King's Lynn (n/m) (General Chat) - Chief Bushkisser, Mar 17, 11:12:55
  - Riddlesworth. (General Chat) - BeverlyHills0201, Mar 17, 11:14:17
    - and Silfield School in Lynn (General Chat) - Chief Bushkisser, Mar 17, 11:20:06
      - Well, I stand corrected. (General Chat) - BeverlyHills0201, Mar 17, 11:20:38
    - also Kings Lynn (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 17, 11:18:57
- I'd have thought Robert Walpole deserved a fair shout at it too. (n/m) (General Chat) - BeverlyHills0201, Mar 17, 10:38:29
  - And Edith Cavell (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 17, 10:41:25
    - And Anna Sewell. (n/m) (General Chat) - BeverlyHills0201, Mar 17, 10:42:10
      - Who? Did she start Sewells the Baker in Unthank Road? How about Elizabeth Fry? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 17, 10:44:46
        
        Black Beauty, innit. (General Chat) - BeverlyHills0201, Mar 17, 10:47:37
        
        Barclays on Bank Plain was Gurneys, then taken over by Barclays... (General Chat) - Declan, Mar 17, 13:58:39
        
        Well, well, great rivia fact of the day, TVM. And I was thinking the same re Barclays (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 17, 10:51:38
        
        No idea who he is...... (General Chat) - BeverlyHills0201, Mar 17, 10:55:35
        
        Cotman is the most famous product of Crome's School! Coke and Townsend - excellent call (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 17, 10:58:34
        
        She made camp... (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, Mar 17, 11:02:01
        
        I've made camp all over the UK. (General Chat) - BeverlyHills0201, Mar 17, 11:05:04
        
        Buried in Quidenham if you choose to believe the tale...... (General Chat) - BeverlyHills0201, Mar 17, 11:00:36
        
        A riveting rivia fact indeed. (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, Mar 17, 10:54:35
        
        I'm going on holiday to the Italian Rivia. Does Anne Boleyn count as Norfolk? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 17, 10:55:41
        
        Doubt it... (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, Mar 17, 10:58:17
        
        Didn't she write Black Beauty? (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, Mar 17, 10:47:35
- depends which paper you read (General Chat) - Canaria_Mediocris, Mar 17, 10:36:07
- That's because (General Chat) - Inbred Yokel, Mar 17, 10:33:04
  - dont judge us all by you own low binner standards (n/m) (General Chat) - bellamys_knee, Mar 17, 10:39:17
  - Fact source? (General Chat) - BeverlyHills0201, Mar 17, 10:35:41
    - plausible but perhaps misleading? (General Chat) - CWC, Mar 17, 10:50:52
  - Oh, they'll bite at that, no trouble. Good shot. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 17, 10:34:02
    - There's only one Tony Martin... (General Chat) - Duke McBushy, Mar 17, 10:35:23
    - What's your firewall trouble AB? I thought you WERE the firewall? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 17, 10:35:00
      - ... (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 17, 10:38:54
        
        Coo-err (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 17, 10:42:00
    - thanks (n/m) (General Chat) - Inbred Yokel, Mar 17, 10:34:59
- at least the Singing Postman's dead! (n/m) (General Chat) - mr carra, Mar 17, 10:27:09
  - Wasn't he from Suffolk anyway? (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 17, 10:31:06
    - ... should have been drowned in a vat of Ovaltine .... (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 17, 10:32:10
      - Correct to both the above (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 17, 10:35:23
- Pat Butcher and her stinking gym kit live in a place beginning with M on the coast... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 17, 10:26:25
  - really? is it mundesley? (n/m) (General Chat) - bellamys_knee, Mar 17, 10:27:20
    - I used to go there for the odd hol, when I was a wee-un.. (n/m) (General Chat) - ArchBishop Crazypaws, Mar 17, 10:31:41
    - Yep, that's the place... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 17, 10:30:45
      - its auite worrying how you knew that... do you read heat or summin? (n/m) (General Chat) - bellamys_knee, Mar 17, 10:34:29
        
        Nope... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 17, 10:39:22
- ok i need to re word this (General Chat) - bellamys_knee, Mar 17, 10:25:43
- Nigel Worthington lives in Norfolk (n/m) (General Chat) - Furry Nuttykins, Mar 17, 10:25:35
- Martin shaw lives in Norfolk (General Chat) - Duck, Mar 17, 10:24:41
  - as does John Major... (n/m) (General Chat) - Beth Nal Green, Mar 17, 10:25:53
- Lord Horatio Nelson? (n/m) (General Chat) - Beth Nal Green, Mar 17, 10:23:31
  - Famous but not famous because he comes from Norfolk... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 17, 10:33:56
- Stephen Fry (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 17, 10:23:30
- Stephen Fry... (n/m) (General Chat) - Duke McBushy, Mar 17, 10:23:04
  - Martin Brundle (General Chat) - Chief Bushkisser, Mar 17, 10:56:27
    - Came second by the closest ever margin though. (n/m) (General Chat) - BeverlyHills0201, Mar 17, 11:01:18
  - Well done (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 17, 10:23:51
    - Thanks. (n/m) (General Chat) - Duke McBushy, Mar 17, 10:26:11

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