Cultural treasures from your hometown

[Smacktard]

This thread wasn't intended to be about prank phone calls but that's just how the wind blows sometimes buddy

 

[Ben]

James Acaster is from my home town, though 2 years older than me and went to a different secondary school so I don't recall ever running into him.

Said hometown started to see settlers around 700 BC, and was conquered by the Romans around 43 CE, so it's got some history.

 

[Smacktard]

That was a fun watch. What the hell was up with that one guy's hair, though? Reminded me of

 

[shortkut]

One of John F Kennedy’s childhood homes is in the neighborhood I grew up in

And the woman who owned Stella D’oro also living nearby (as was the factory)

Stella D'oro - Wikipedia

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[Ben]

That was a fun watch. What the hell was up with that one guy's hair, though? Reminded me of

What, you mean Noel Fielding?



He got it cleaned up a bit since his Old Gregg days.

 

[Crystal]

Technically he's from Burnley right up t'road, but Sir Ian MacKellan is a noted Boltonian. Educated at the Bolton School. Also plenty of footballers, Amir Kahn, Peter Kay...

 

[dimmerwit]

James Acaster is from my home town, though 2 years older than me and went to a different secondary school so I don't recall ever running into him.

Said hometown started to see settlers around 700 BC, and was conquered by the Romans around 43 CE, so it's got some history.

I saw Acaster live when he was first finding his fame. He was good even back then.

 

[dimmerwit]

Whilst I left when I was very young for Singapore and have little memories of the place, I was born in Locksbottom. The name is cultured enough. Luckily my passport says Farnborough.

 

[canadaguy]

Calgary's Gideon Keys - Calgary's Gideon Keys

gideonkeys.wikidot.com

 

[Ben]

I saw Acaster live when he was first finding his fame. He was good even back then.

All his jokes about Wicksteed Park are nostalgic for me since I spent a lot of time there avoiding peacocks.

Also I made Isis walk through the muddy part of the park on the way to the cinema one time. The Brigette Isis, not the terrorist one.

 

[canadaguy]

Also I don't know if anyone is familiar with the legends that are Terry and Deaner

 

[canadaguy]

Oh shit! Just remembered one that might jog some memories.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

fps doug is a fucking legend

Also, I like how it says "original" but it was NOT the original.

 

[canadaguy]

fps doug is a fucking legend

Also, I like how it says "original" but it was NOT the original.

I remember watching one of their videos once and they were filming outside my old high school and i was like WHAT THE FUCK

 

[Ben]

Oh shit! Just remembered one that might jog some memories.

Back when "pro gamers" were still using Dell keyboards like everyone else. Not an RGB light in sight.

 

[Crystal]

Back when "pro gamers" were still using Dell keyboards like everyone else. Not an RGB light in sight.

Pre-unicorn vomit!

 

[Crystal]

Facts about Bolton:





Shitty town indeed!

 

[dimmerwit]

Bolton is also a well known palindrome.

 

[Crystal]

Bolton is also a well known palindrome.

It don't work!

 

[dimmerwit]

 

[Ben]

The playground swing set was invented in Kettering, by Charles Wicksteed.

Obviously he didn't invent pendulum forces and swinging existed before hand, but the widely recognized equipment was his design.

 

[dimmerwit]

No wonder they named the park after him.

 

[Ben]

No wonder they named the park after him.

Pretty sure it's where his estate was, and they just filled it with playground stuff. Dunno if it was before or after his death, but it's was pretty legit to grow up next to.

I get why Acaster talks about it so much.

 

[dimmerwit]

Also, thanks for clarifying that you did not in fact marry a terrorist.

 

[Crystal]

Also, thanks for clarifying that you did not in fact marry a terrorist.

lol, out of context that would sound incredibly confusing. Blind Guardian marries Isis, German Power Metal combines with an Islamic terror organization to form...Powerism?

Valh'allah, deliverance.

 

[dimmerwit]

Al-Brideher

 

[Ben]

Also, thanks for clarifying that you did not in fact marry a terrorist.

I mean... For all intents and purposes...

Valh'allah, deliverance.

This was perfect.

 

[Ben]

Weird, I just saw this posted on r/casualUK



I haven't thought about Kettering as much as I have today in probably the last 20 years.

EDIT: Also unfortunate name. Musk is always on a Kett-fest lately.

 

[Mark]

This song is about the neighborhood I spent the first decade of my life in:



I always thought it was wild that a popular (albeit, local) band wrote a song about the little neighborhood that I came from that's less than a half of a square mile in size.

Here's the block I grew up on:

400 S Parrish St · Baltimore, Maryland

maps.app.goo.gl

When the crack and heroin epidemic took hold of that area, we moved a little over a mile south down Washington Boulevard, the original route that connected Baltimore to DC.

In between those two neighborhoods, we had this building:

Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

As kids, the place was condemned, so we used to break in and play hide and seek in it. It was kinda creepy, some spots still had merchandise from the 70's and 80's in it, and others were obviously used as encampments for the homeless.

We also use to "borrow" golf carts from the neighboring (and extremely out of place) golf course to reenact CKY/Jackass bits with.

It may not be the epitome of "cultural treasure", but, we made the best out of our environment back then. I have a lot of good memories from the bad side of the tracks with what were good friends back in those days.

 

[dimmerwit]

Ramsay Street!

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That's me getting caught by Street View. I do remember the moment actually.

 

[dimmerwit]

(I guess I should clarify that Ramsay Street is the setting for the Australian soap Neighbours)

 

[Ben]

(I guess I should clarify that Ramsay Street is the setting for the Australian soap Neighbours)

Neighbours. Everybody needs good neeeeeeiiiighbours.

 

[Mark]

Ramsay Street!

The more notable one is South Carey Street around the corner. The sign used to read "S Carey" until gentrification took hold in the early 00's and it was renamed "So. Carey" to fit the "SoWeBo" trend that every developer was jumping on back then.



...I guess you can't sell rowhomes for half a million if everyone calls the street "Scary Street", which was absolutely an earned reputation.

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That's me getting caught by Street View. I do remember the moment actually.

My dude, that absolutely looks like a photo taken by a private investigator to ascertain what type of packages you were transporting.

 

[Mark]

(I guess I should clarify that Ramsay Street is the setting for the Australian soap Neighbours)

I did have to look up how you would connect that street to something in your realm, I ain't even gonna bullshit you.

 

[Ben]

My dude, that absolutely looks like a photo taken by a private investigator to ascertain what type of packages you were transporting.

My thing is, he isn't there on either before or after frame... Just that one peeking out the gate.




Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, dimmer wi[t] Toh (Yi Rd).

...I'll workshop the end there.

 

[Ben]

Also, the fuck is an illicit skate school?



And where do I get tickets?

 

[dimmerwit]

The camera car came up the whole street, pulled a u-turn at the top and then came back down. My guess is that it took most of the pictures from the bit where it was coming back down the street and I was already evading surveillance through my gate.

 

[Ben]

The camera car came up the whole street, pulled a u-turn at the top and then came back down. My guess is that it took most of the pictures from the bit where it was coming back down the street and I was already evading surveillance through my gate.

Bollocks, you hopped into the wheelie bin and I'll hear no other explanation.

 

[Mark]

Bollocks, you hopped into the wheelie bin and I'll hear no other explanation.

Plot twist: He IS the contraband.

 

[dimmerwit]

I bribed Sergey Brin to use the photos without me. He must have missed that one.

Fortunately my partners in the Maryland drug trade never noticed.

 

[Mark]

Fortunately my partners in the Maryland drug trade never noticed.

We don't ask unnecessary questions around these parts. That's how you end up having extra holes.

 

[Ben]

We don't ask unnecessary questions around these parts. That's how you end up having extra holes.

Don't let Ants know.

 

[Mark]

Don't let Ants know.

Poor Ants wouldn't make it past the airport, his colorful Hawaiian shirts would get him aired out by several gangs before he even made it to the city.

 

[Smacktard]

Also I don't know if anyone is familiar with the legends that are Terry and Deaner

I remember watching this movie in uni and wondering wtf I was watching. It's so good. I really should watch it again.

 

[Bandicoot]

Depeche Mode hail from my neck of the woods. Aaaaand that’s about it.

Oh, Chantel Houghton of Celebrity Big Brother fame, as well.

 

[Nae'blis]

The town where I live is mostly known (in Sweden atleast) for Nyköping's Banquet.

Nyköping Banquet - Wikipedia

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[Crystal]

The town where I live is mostly known (in Sweden atleast) for Nyköping's Banquet.

Nyköping Banquet - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

...men...always wanting what their brothers have... Tsk tsk.