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Post by **A Gunslinger** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:03 pm

Menolly wrote:
A Gunslinger wrote:Yes, once for a wedding. I liked the campus and the historic district a lot! It was hotter than a pancake griddle there though...I got off the plane thinking my lungs would sieze up. Sheesh!
:::must not have been a wedding between January/February:::

Yeah. Unfortunately we don't have a large lake with coastline in the city. But, both the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico are only an hour away, depending on if you head east or west!

The Wedding was end of July! The benefit was the girls were not wearin' much. Rowrf!!!

Post by **CovenantJr** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:08 pm

Following on from my (and when I say "my", I mean "the ones I found on Google) pics of the castle, I'll revive Infelice's city webcam topic. If you click the Nottingham one, it is currently pointing towards the castle (a little blob on a hill). The camera moves regularly though, so the view probably won't last long.

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:13 pm

A Gunslinger wrote:The Wedding was end of July! The benefit was the girls were not wearin' much. Rowrf!!!

Do you mean the coeds out sunbathing at 'Broward Beach' on campus? Since it usually happens from Mid-March until right before Winter break, I understand that's quite the recruiting tool...

Post by **A Gunslinger** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:35 pm

Menolly wrote:
A Gunslinger wrote:The Wedding was end of July! The benefit was the girls were not wearin' much. Rowrf!!!
Do you mean the coeds out sunbathing at 'Broward Beach' on campus? Since it usually happens from Mid-March until right before Winter break, I understand that's quite the recruiting tool...

Naw the girls were EVRYWHERE! I swear I went through puberty all over again.

Post by **Sunbaneglasses** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 7:38 pm

To compare and contrast to Cov Jr's Nottingham I should post some pics of our Walmart, a random trailer park, and a few of one of our gorgeous strip pits.

Oh well, I still have Goober.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:11 pm

Oh, I forgot our notable people. Hmm....there aren't many....

But I suppose we have this bloke:

The only others I can think of are these:

Post by **stonemaybe** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:14 pm

Some nice bits of Cheltenham...

Famous Cheltonians include composer Gustav Holst, the explorer Edward Wilson (who joined Scott on his ill-fated Antarctic Expedition); physician Edward Jenner who invented vaccination; Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones; Duncan Boyes, and poet James Elroy Flecker.

I'm pretty sure that guy who invented the jet engine was from here too.

(Edit who the hell is Duncan Boyes?)

Post by **CovenantJr** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:32 am

Stonemaybe wrote:(Edit who the hell is Duncan Boyes?)

According to Wikipedia:

Duncan Gordon Boyes VC (November 5, 1846–January 26, 1869) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He won the award at Shimonoseki, Japan in 1864.

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:53 am

Is that Torvill (sp?) and Dean? I loved them!

Post by **CovenantJr** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:10 pm

Yep, that's right. One of them is from Nottingham, though I forget which.

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