My home town/British terms on the Lexicon
catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk
catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk
Wed Apr 4 08:18:26 UTC 2001
--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., catherine at c... wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Neil Ward" <neilward at d...> wrote:
> > Wellingborough's greatest claim to fame is that it's in the exact
> centre of
> > England, i.e. the furthest from any piece of coast. It's a
market
> town and,
> > like most of the towns in the area, it's predominated by the boot
> and shoe
> > trade (my father is a cobbler).
I know! And my husband remains very loyal to those Northamptonshire
cobblers - for years has bought nothing but Church shoes!
Catherine
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