Settlement Association

[MK Tom]

Liverpool nearly got a tram rather like Bristol...

 

[gg1]

Bristol was once considered England's second city, as was York

 

[Tomonthetrain]

York has a train service, like Lye

 

[Eagle]

Really? Can't say I knew that! How would one spell Edinburgh in la Français then?

Édimbourg. (Also, it's le français, masculine. :P)

Like York, the name of London comes directly from Latinized Celtic. (Most other Romano-British settlements have had "-chester" or similar added to their original names.)
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EDIT Too slow, but I'm not deleting this post because it makes me sound clever

Connecting from Lye, Worcs please.

 

[Ivo]

I so wanted the turn on Everton! Mine!

From Lye to the similarly named Rye.

 

[Tomonthetrain]

Rye has a district council. like Ashford

 

[Ivo]

You bolded the wrong one

We're on Ashford guys.

 

[Eagle]

Assuming you mean Ashford, Kent... (can I request we state the county for ambiguous names?)

Paul O'Grady lives in Ashford. He was born in Birkenhead.

 

[Tomonthetrain]

Birkenhead has a ferry like Dover

 

[MK Tom]

Birkenhead has a heritage tram line just like Southampton is planned to.

Can we expand this to include Ireland?

EDIT was just beaten so we're on Dover.

 

[gg1]

Both Dover Sole and Pollock are types of fish.

 

[Mvann]

The ferry from holyhead goes to a eurozone port, as does dovers.

Beaten again.

 

[MK Tom]

Holyhead is the biggest town on an island, just like Newport, IOW.

 

[Mvann]

Market harborough has a prison on it's outskirts, as has Newport iow.

 

[Bedpan]

I think we should be on Pollock,but I have no idea where Pollock is - it doesn't appear on a Streetmap search. Maybe we should have a separate fish thread?

 

[Eagle]

I think we shopuld be on Pollock,but I have no idea where Pollock is - it doesn't appear on a Streetmap search. Maybe we should have a separate fish thread?

It's Pollok (no c), in Glasgow.

 

[Tomonthetrain]

Glasgow is the second city of its country, like Birmingham

 

[Minilad]

Birmingham is the largest city in the US state of Alabama
And the largest city in the US State of New Jersey is

Newark

 

[Tomonthetrain]

Newark has a gate, like Smethwick

 

[Mvann]

Dusty hare played for Leicester tigers and Newark rugby union club.

 

[MK Tom]

Leicester has a place in London named after it as does Oxford.

 

[Mvann]

Burton on Trent had a big brewery, as did smethwick.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stoke on Trent shares the same river in its name as Burton on Trent

 

[MK Tom]

Stoke on Trent has a smaller town physically attached to it rather like Chatham.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Plymouth has a naval base similarity to Chatham

 

[Mvann]

London made gin, as did Plymouth.

 

[MK Tom]

Cardiff is also a national capital.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Harlech has a castle as does Cardiff

 

[Eagle]

Harlech Television was based in Bristol.

 

[Tomonthetrain]

Bristol has a First Group prescence like Longbridge