Into the Opera

This Train is for Cockfosters

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May 10th 2006
I may have an odd accent - it’s a not quite New Zealand slash American-Australian-Canadian-South African or the opinion of whoever I am talking to at the time - but that is nothing compared to the myriad of odd names the United Kingdomites have dreamed up for the cities and towns across their fair land. In the last few days I have been through Blubber Houses, Ramsbottom and Killinghall to name a ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » West Yorkshire

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more