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Date of compilation | Title | Description | Links |
27/05/2019 | Whitherspoons? |
Each of the Wetherspoons pubs listed in the 15 questions are named after someone associated with the area in which they are located. Select the location of each pub from the 30 candidates given below. |
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Candidate locations... Birkenhead, Blackburn, Bristol, Bury, Cardiff, Carlisle, Dunstable, Edinburgh, Exeter, Gateshead, Glasgow, Gloucester, Greenock, Halifax, Hastings, Leeds, Lichfield, Morecambe, Norwich, Oxford, Portsmouth, Reading, Rochester, Sale, Sheffield, Stockton, Swansea, Wigan, Woking, Worcester |
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1. |
The Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Brunel born here in 1820 |
2. |
The Robert Peel
Peel’s father was local mill owner and MP here |
3. |
The W G Grace
Grace born here; played first 1st class match here |
4. |
The J P Joule
Joule lived here for last 17 years of his life |
5. |
The Alexander Graham Bell
Bell born here and made a freeman in 1920 |
6. |
The Gary Cooper
Cooper attended secondary school here |
7. |
The HERBERT WELLS
Wells lived here when he wrote War of the Worlds |
8. |
The John Masefield
Masefield was naval trainee here |
9. |
The Percy Shaw
Shaw lived and developed cat’s eyes here |
10. |
The John Logie Baird
Baird created the first television pictures here |
11. |
The William Morris
Morris set up his factory here |
12. |
The Eric Bartholomew
Bartholomew born and raised here |
13. |
The Aneurin Bevan
Bevan born 15 miles away |
14. |
The James Watt
Watt born here |
15. |
The Thomas Sheraton
Sheraton was born and lived here |