Osinn11 Posted August 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 I was born and brought up in Peterborough. All I can think off is the cathedralimage.jpg. I live in Whittlesey now it's quite a small town but it has the straw bear festival every January. I'm not to far from Stanford I like taking the dogs to burghly house gardens I wish we had more cool buildings like that around here! Straw Bear Festival? What is it all about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osinn11 Posted August 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 yup. outside the hall. kinda like.a.town hall i guess. a village is smaller than a town. may day is children dancing round a maypole with ribbons on it. ill dig out pics tomorrow. they have a big ceremony with a may king and queen from the school chosen by the kids.its a big deal in my village. Awesome! I wonder if it had something to do with maypoles. My wife and I had Maypoles at our wedding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osinn11 Posted August 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 This is just what people told me, but they say the basement is flooded with blood. Real blood :wacko: they can't pump the blood out no matter how hard they try so they just leave it there and tell people the basement is flooded to help with cooling... This place gets better and better every minute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelniki Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 I come from a little village called Cottingley, which is famous for its fairies. For anyone who doesn't know - in early 1900s 2 little girls photographed fairies at the bottom of their garden. These photos got interest from all over the world - even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was fooled by the photos. There has been many books written about it and at least 2 films - 'Photographing Fairies' and 'Fairytale-A True Story' which stared Mel Gibson, Harvey Keitel and Peter O'Toole amongst others. My village is next to Bingley which is famous for its Five Rise Locks on the Leeds to Liverpool canal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy31 Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 I wish we had more cool buildings like that around here! Straw Bear Festival? What is it all about? I wasn't quite sure what it was all about. I just read up on it. Apparently years ago a ,man was picked to be the straw bear he would dress up and knock on people's doors and dance for money,tabacco and beef. The last time he was seen was in 1909. Any ways after he did what he needed to do with the people. From what I could make out they used to burn him in the hope they would have good crops that year( no wonder he needed beer and tobacco ) It's celebrated every January (why in jan I don't know as its freezing lol) they have all Morris dancers and pole dancing. All sorts and the festival now It's good to take the kids to as most the kids activates are free we just have to buy the beer lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osinn11 Posted August 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 I come from a little village called Cottingley, which is famous for its fairies. For anyone who doesn't know - in early 1900s 2 little girls photographed fairies at the bottom of their garden. These photos got interest from all over the world - even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was fooled by the photos. There has been many books written about it and at least 2 films - 'Photographing Fairies' and 'Fairytale-A True Story' which stared Mel Gibson, Harvey Keitel and Peter O'Toole amongst others. My village is next to Bingley which is famous for its Five Rise Locks on the Leeds to Liverpool canal.images-9.jpeg ll050.jpeg I've never seen the photos of the fairies before. Pretty amazing for images from the early 1900's! The area arounf the locks looks very beautiful and peaceful. Are the locks still used today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osinn11 Posted August 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 I wasn't quite sure what it was all about. I just read up on it. Apparently years ago a ,man was picked to be the straw bear he would dress up and knock on people's doors and dance for money,tabacco and beef. The last time he was seen was in 1909. Any ways after he did what he needed to do with the people. From what I could make out they used to burn him in the hope they would have good crops that year( no wonder he needed beer and tobacco ) It's celebrated every January (why in jan I don't know as its freezing lol) they have all Morris dancers and pole dancing. All sorts and the festival now It's good to take the kids to as most the kids activates are free we just have to buy the beer lol Uh remind me never to be the Straw Bear. I wonder if it was an honor or a punishment to be chosen as the Straw Bear? Sounds like a very interesting festival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelniki Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 I've never seen the photos of the fairies before. Pretty amazing for images from the early 1900's! The area arounf the locks looks very beautiful and peaceful. Are the locks still used today? Hi the photo's were impressive - you can find the full story by Googling it or looking on our villages web site - cottingleyconnect.org.uk or cottingley.net and its even on Wikipedia (what isn't - just checked and the locks are on there too) As for the locks yes they're still in use every day there is also the less known about three rise locks further down. It is a very busy area but very tranquil - one of my face places I even saw a kingfisher two week ago for the first time ever. I have been walking along the canal since I was a little kid and I've always wanted to see one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamirNYK Posted September 2, 2013 Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 I come from a little town called Ozalj in northwest Croatia. It's a small town now, but it used to be an unofficial capital of Croatia back in the 17 century when nobel families Zrinski and Frankopan lived there. They lived in a castle which is the greatest monument we have. Another great thing in Ozalj is Munjara. It's one of the oldest hydroelectric plants in Europe, built in 1907. These would be the most important things from Ozalj, but of course there's a bunch of great stories about the town and a few famous people (world wide John Malkovich's grandparents) etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osinn11 Posted September 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2013 Wow Ozalj looks beautiful. Love old castles...aren't any of those around here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BrittanyNicole Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 I live in San Antonio, Texas, Michelle Rodriguez from the Fast & Furious movies is from Bexar County, which all of San Antonio is basically considered Bexar County. Oh, and of course the Alamo. This is a HUGE tourist city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrittanyNicole Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 They say Tommy Lee Jones was born here, but I don't know if that's true. I know he has a house here in the city though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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