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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

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

 

Portsmouth

 

Bury

 

Bristol

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

 

Sale

 

Edinburgh

 

Dunstable

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

 

Woking

 

Birkenhead

 

Halifax

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

 

Hastings

 

Oxford

 

Morecambe

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

 

Cardiff

 

Greenock

 

Stockton