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Post by Spruance on Feb 22, 2007 13:41:12 GMT
It is often easier to advise people on Gardening Matters, if you know which part of the country they live in. This is even more significant for those members living outside of the UK. I realise that some people (myself included) choose to include their location in their profile, but a good number of others do not.
I'm not taking about house number and post code here, but something like North East or South West etc.
It woud also be interesting to see what sort of geographical range of members we actually have.
So to start things off, my home town of Boston is in Lincolnshire, which these days seems to equate to East Midlands.
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Post by fozzie on Feb 22, 2007 15:20:48 GMT
I'm in a town called Darwen, sunny Lancashire, well it is at the moment. Alias the North West.
Fx
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Post by lottielady on Feb 22, 2007 15:47:46 GMT
The Caribbean is just like Buckinghamshire  LLx |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2007 15:49:37 GMT
I currently reside in a small town near Burton-on-trent  |
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Post by Plocket on Feb 22, 2007 17:53:58 GMT
Erm..... Staffordshire ;D
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Post by skarloey on Feb 22, 2007 19:33:52 GMT
In between Chichester and Portsmouth right on the South coast, 2 minute walk from the sea but far enough not to get the sea spray! |
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Post by isabella on Feb 22, 2007 19:38:06 GMT
I'm in Surrey  |
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Post by paul r82 on Feb 22, 2007 19:50:26 GMT
Hetton le Hole, right on the Tyne and Wear - Co. Durham border.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2007 20:43:26 GMT
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Post by andy on Feb 22, 2007 21:14:50 GMT
Lewes, the very historic county town of East Sussex. 10 minutes from Brighton, 20 minutes from Eastbourne and 30 minutes from Gatwick airport. Famed for its very high profile murder cases at the crown court, Harveys best bitter, the world pea throwing championships and the incredible bonfire celebrations on Nov 5th. www.lewes.co.uk/www.harveys.org.uk/Residents include the oldest lady to give birth in the UK....she gave birth about a year ago aged 57, Oliver Cromwell, Tom Paine and Ann of Cleaves |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2007 22:04:02 GMT
What, she had triplets?  Sorry, couldn't resist  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2007 23:15:20 GMT
I'm in (not so sunny for the most of the time) Glasgow. 10 mins west of the city centre, and go another 10 mins further on and you get to the airport.
If you walk to the top of the road you can see mountains (the locals call them hills).
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Post by Chuckles on Feb 23, 2007 0:01:29 GMT
I'm about 4 miles out of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire so East Midlands I have always lived within a 10 mile radius of Melton, not well travelled |
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Post by Barbara on Feb 23, 2007 17:10:25 GMT
i am about a mile from manchester. famous for load's of stuff. some good some not so good  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2007 18:25:42 GMT
hi, iam in wakefield, west yorkshire
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2007 19:18:48 GMT
I currently reside in a small town near Burton-on-trent Swad perchance? I reside in........erm..............East Staffs..........where the oldest JCB factory can be found. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2007 20:08:26 GMT
Oh, tc! Don't tell anyone! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2007 9:09:21 GMT
I'm another one from the East Midlands, Nottingham to be precise |
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Post by Dutchy on Feb 24, 2007 9:23:33 GMT
Those in the UK need to be good swimmers to get to me.
I am 20 km south of Amsterdam in an area called the Groene Hart, that is the Green Hart for English speaking gardeners.
As for those not knowing the conditions around here.
Very wet winters with sometimes strong frost.
Summers usually the same but with strong heat instead of frost.
Soil type: something very useful for pottery and keeping Physiotherapists in the area employed.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2007 9:53:46 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2007 11:53:47 GMT
I'm in Ross-shire, Invergordon to be precise. Just a sleepy Highland town. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2007 17:55:35 GMT
Well, if you need to swim to get to Dutchy I think you should take the plane for me!
I live in the NW of Romania in a middle sized town. My garden is 20 km far away in other small town where I have a house. The garden is quite big, about 2000 square meters. A part of it has fruit trees mainly apple and an old, big walnut tree, other part is for vegetables. Any other free space is for flowers, perennials, annuals and about 150 rose bushes.
We have here nice springs and summers, sometimes hot, lovely autumns and winters quite cold with temperatures that can reach -20 C. Well, it seems that it was until now. If we had a cold winter last year with a lot of snow and the first when my climbing roses froze almost entirely this year the winter has been mild with only 3 insignificant snowfalls.
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Post by JennyWrenn on Feb 24, 2007 21:38:38 GMT
I am in Cheshire, about 40 mins from Manchester - some of the year I am in Wales and every one or two weeks of every year I am in Holland
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Feb 25, 2007 13:51:35 GMT
Well Spru...you, Chuckles and I are practically neighbours! I'm in Leicester, 3 miles outside the City Centre.
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Post by borderbabe on Feb 26, 2007 16:06:31 GMT
I'm just 10miles north of Portsmouth and about the same distance from Chichester. Both famous in their own way - one for its sailors and football team!! and the other for the Roman ruins - I'll leave you to work out which. Skarloey will know!!
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Post by Chuckles on Mar 16, 2007 13:31:47 GMT
Just bumped this up as Robin was asking were everyone was from and this has slipped over the page
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Post by MamIDdau on Mar 16, 2007 20:26:40 GMT
Yn harddwch gogledd cymru! I live near Conwy castle and the sea and rolling hills and the river Conwy and the A55... Bootiful!
I grew up in Altrincham near Manchester Airport and I lived in Bratfudd (Bradford) for just over 2 years whilst working in Leeds.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2007 13:54:04 GMT
I've just realised I haven't contributed to this thread yet ! I'm in Suffolk, close to the Essex border living in a smallish (but rapidly expanding  ) market town. It's quite a nice place to live, to be honest but is being spoilt by having houses built on every available piece of land around. They've even proposed 170 houses on greenbelt land, that will completely obliterate a view made famous by Thomas Gainsborough (our most famous resident - see link) in one of his paintings. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gainsborough Cheers FA x |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2007 17:33:52 GMT
HI Im in Galway in the west of Ireland.......rain and plenty of wind
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2007 19:10:45 GMT
I'm in Nottinghamshire so East Midlands. Amazing how wide spread members are on here.
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