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Bill Walker said:
Roundabout surrounded by 5 roundabouts, known as the magic roundabout, Swindon UK.
It's hell !!

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I didn't know about it but went straight into into it about 20 years ago, I couldn't deal with it is, never seen anything like it before, it was completely unexpected.

Imagine someone from France or America approaching it, we drive on the left in the UK and Australia, they would surely find it harder than me.
As far as I know it's the only one in existence.
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Imagine trying to paint the St George cross on them!!!!!!
Should try it in rush hour, live on Channel 5 ;-)
 
Something I learnt, the difference between taveerns, Inns, and Ale Houses.

Taverns were medieval wine sellers. Cider and Perry too as they were classified as wines being from fruit. Taverns have Italian roots.

Inns - Where you stayed, they would have stables and rooms available. Explains why Premier Inn is a an Inn I suppose.

Ale house were just when anyone in your village was finishing their 'brew'. Housewives would put a sign in the window advertising they were selling the surplus.... The sign could be a red lion or a kings head etc, you would come to know the best places to get the best brew, and they became the public bars we have nowadays that are all closing down.
 
Bill Walker said:
Roundabout surrounded by 5 roundabouts, known as the magic roundabout, Swindon UK.
It's hell !!

View attachment 167341

I didn't know about it but went straight into into it about 20 years ago, I couldn't deal with it is, never seen anything like it before, it was completely unexpected.

Imagine someone from France or America approaching it, we drive on the left in the UK and Australia, they would surely find it harder than me.
As far as I know it's the only one in existence.
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There's one in Hemel Hempstead - there's a pub just off one of the arms we used to use for Away Trips to London. There's also a larger one in High Wycome at the bottom of Cryers Hill. Not aware of any others.

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High Wycombe
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Before he accepted the part of the evil scientist in “The Island of Dr. Moreau”, Marlon Brando insisted that a midget be cast in the film.

“I cannot work without a midget… I must have a midget,” Brando declared.

He insisted that the midget would be with him on set at all times, dressed identical to him. His demand was granted.

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Off-set, Brando became close friends with “his midget”… a little fellow called Nelson de la Rosa, who came from the Dominican Republic.

Brando would play chess with Nelson and they would play piano — one large piano for Brando, and a tiny one for his little side-kick.

Brando became almost impossible to work with, making increasingly bizarre demands and, having been emboldened by the fact that he received his pet midget, he insisted that “at the end of the movie, his character should remove his hat… and reveal to the audience he had been a dolphin all along.” This demand finally went too far, and was refused.

The film went on to flop — The Island of Dr. Moreau was incredibly badly received.

The character of Mini-Me In the Austin Powers films (Dr. Evil’s miniature sidekick) was inspired by Brando’s midget.
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
Something I learnt, the difference between taveerns, Inns, and Ale Houses.

Taverns were medieval wine sellers. Cider and Perry too as they were classified as wines being from fruit. Taverns have Italian roots.

Inns - Where you stayed, they would have stables and rooms available. Explains why Premier Inn is a an Inn I suppose.

Ale house were just when anyone in your village was finishing their 'brew'. Housewives would put a sign in the window advertising they were selling the surplus.... The sign could be a red lion or a kings head etc, you would come to know the best places to get the best brew, and they became the public bars we have nowadays that are all closing down.
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Inn signs were used because so much of the general public, at that time, were illiterate. When told to "Meet me at the sign of the King's Head", a person couldn't read a written sign but they could understand a picture.
 
Fiftyyearsandcounting said:
Inn signs were used because so much of the general public, at that time, were illiterate. When told to "Meet me at the sign of the King's Head", a person couldn't read a written sign but they could understand a picture.
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They were fucked when it came to the Friendship Inn, how do you paint that ?
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
Something I learnt, the difference between taveerns, Inns, and Ale Houses.

Taverns were medieval wine sellers. Cider and Perry too as they were classified as wines being from fruit. Taverns have Italian roots.

Inns - Where you stayed, they would have stables and rooms available. Explains why Premier Inn is a an Inn I suppose.

Ale house were just when anyone in your village was finishing their 'brew'. Housewives would put a sign in the window advertising they were selling the surplus.... The sign could be a red lion or a kings head etc, you would come to know the best places to get the best brew, and they became the public bars we have nowadays that are all closing down.
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Not all. The ones that no one goes to are.
 
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