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There is a village in Essex named Ugley and a village in Hertfordshire named Nasty.
Some years back a remarkable event took place resulting in the Saffron Walden Local paper's
headline "Ugley Woman Marries Nasty Man".
Beat that.
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Local papers 'wedding' pages may challenge that....
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Just looked it up as it bought back memories.I remember cycling through Ugley Green in the mid 70's with the cycling club I was with at the time on the way to the place we stayed at for the weekend.Also remember Elsenham (to get to Ugley) which we passed through which had a railway level crossing and station if I recall correctly.Also at the time I remember they were building the M11.I've been up there rarely ever since.
At the time it was a really nice place.
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In Algeria there is a town called Tit.
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West Side Story wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2019 11:27 am In Algeria there is a town called Tit.
Yeah,sorry about posting my life story. :oops:
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Pity Me up in County Durham

Or my favourite place
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There's a village in Kent called Loose and they have a Loose Women's Institute.
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Forty-Niner wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2019 10:52 am There is a village in Essex named Ugley and a village in Hertfordshire named Nasty.
Some years back a remarkable event took place resulting in the Saffron Walden Local paper's
headline "Ugley Woman Marries Nasty Man".
Beat that.
That's incredible.

Funnily enough, in the neighbouring village of Erbum, just on the outskirts of the town of Tillet, is a cosy little boozer, The Cock Inn. A lady by the name of Lucy Lykes took over the hostelry. Her friend went on holiday shortly after and couldn't believe the address when she was writing out a post card to Lucy:

Lucy Lykes
The Cock Inn
Erbum
Tillet
Herts

The postcode was SG12 9EF but I've excluded that as it is not funny.

This is true, swear down.

Beat that.
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CreamofSumYungGai wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2019 2:05 pm
Forty-Niner wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2019 10:52 am There is a village in Essex named Ugley and a village in Hertfordshire named Nasty.
Some years back a remarkable event took place resulting in the Saffron Walden Local paper's
headline "Ugley Woman Marries Nasty Man".
Beat that.
That's incredible.

Funnily enough, in the neighbouring village of Erbum, just on the outskirts of the town of Tillet, is a cosy little boozer, The Cock Inn. A lady by the name of Lucy Lykes took over the hostelry. Her friend went on holiday shortly after and couldn't believe the address when she was writing out a post card to Lucy:

Lucy Lykes
The Cock Inn
Erbum
Tillet
Herts

The postcode was SG12 9EF but I've excluded that as it is not funny.

This is true, swear down.

Beat that.
Brilliant
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Don't forget, down in Kent near the town of Sandwich, is a village called Ham. I believe that there is a famous signpost.
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Forty-Niner wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2019 10:52 am There is a village in Essex named Ugley and a village in Hertfordshire named Nasty.
Some years back a remarkable event took place resulting in the Saffron Walden Local paper's
headline "Ugley Woman Marries Nasty Man".
Beat that.
Tis true. My old cycling club, the Victoria CC, had the newspaper cutting pinned up the the old club hut in Newport, Essex.
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East Surrey Orient wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2019 1:04 pm There's a village in Kent called Loose and they have a Loose Women's Institute.
Near Canterbury there is also a Rough Common Women's Institute
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There is a little village/town just outside derry in County Donegal
, that has a diving club , you know the full scuba experience .


Im posting the link to its website as i do not want the mods to ban me .

https://www.muffdivingclub.ie
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What has all this got to do with the Orient?

For those who wish to focus on football only, try the ‘other’ board.
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MungO wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2019 5:16 pm What has all this got to do with the Orient?

For those who wish to focus on football only, try the ‘other’ board.
Is that the one that has a Non Football Non Orient thread on page 1 of its index ?
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My village is called Suck my fat one.. Is my home. Mega :lol: :lol:
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