What's your town's true motto?

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• 1. At 00:20am on 23 Sep 2008, jamjardog wrote:

  Potters Bar doesn't have a lot to recommend it, but has a good rail service, is close to several main roads and motorways, is not too far from Luton, Stansted and Heathrow airports, and has a tube station just down the road.
  
  maybe its slogan should be :
  
  Potters Bar - its easy to get away from
  
  Richard, Potters Bar, Herts
  
  Before moving South, I was born and brought up in the Black Country, not too far from a place called West Bromwich, so I have always been burdened with supporting West Bromwich Albion. Hence this motto :
  
  West Bromwich - home of heartbreaks

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• 2. At 00:24am on 23 Sep 2008, jamjardog wrote:

  PS - talking of West Bromwich Albion - see poem 432 for an ode to the Baggies

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• 3. At 4:26pm on 24 Sep 2008, srs456 wrote:

  slogan for West Bromwich should be
  
  West Bromwich - Once you've been, you'll never come again
  
  
  

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• 4. At 4:32pm on 24 Sep 2008, srs456 wrote:

  Seeing as Sandwell has been given one of only 3 'poor' ratings for litter in the borough, perhaps i should change it to
  
  West Bromwich - it's rubbish!

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• 5. At 7:24pm on 24 Sep 2008, TBeckett100 wrote:

  Happiness is Slough in a rear view mirror!

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• 6. At 7:24pm on 24 Sep 2008, bbrq255 wrote:

  Some wag had doctored Wandsworth's slogan, which is "Wandsworth - the brighter borough" to "Wandsworth - the blighted borough"

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• 7. At 7:25pm on 24 Sep 2008, TBeckett100 wrote:

  Happiness is Slough in a rear view mirror!
  
  Tom Beckett

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• 8. At 7:25pm on 24 Sep 2008, bbrq255 wrote:

  from the eighties: Keynsham: twin town, Beirut

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• 9. At 7:25pm on 24 Sep 2008, bbrq255 wrote:

  Staines - it's not as bad as Feltham

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• 10. At 7:26pm on 24 Sep 2008, jimbobfruitbat wrote:

  A classic from the 80's (a real one): Bradford - "A surprising place"
  
  Daniel Banche

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• 11. At 7:26pm on 24 Sep 2008, ammason999 wrote:

  HUDDERSFIELD - a great place to come from!
  
  Andy

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• 12. At 7:27pm on 24 Sep 2008, princessscotty-doo wrote:

  Hemmel Hempstaed twined with the burning dephts of Hell.

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• 13. At 7:27pm on 24 Sep 2008, Cattiecatkin wrote:

  I've never known anyone who was going to stay there everyone was only ever just passing through to better things or commuting so Swindon should be
  
  "The bowels of the country" ?
  
  

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• 14. At 7:27pm on 24 Sep 2008, stupendousRevJohn wrote:

  Years ago I remember an advertising slogan which surely applies well to the town,
  

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• 15. At 7:28pm on 24 Sep 2008, seapoorly wrote:

  Bexhill - Graveyard of the South

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• 16. At 7:28pm on 24 Sep 2008, johna4 wrote:

  Fleetwood's slogan is "Progress". Perhaps now it should be "Pierless"

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• 17. At 7:28pm on 24 Sep 2008, Johnminx wrote:

  I was brought up in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. I'm very fond of this ordinary little seaside town and always felt the slogan should be 'Burnham-on-Sea, the Last Resort'

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• 18. At 7:28pm on 24 Sep 2008, stupendousRevJohn wrote:

  Many years ago I remember an advertising slogan which I think applies well to the town: I TOLD 'EM, 'OLDHAM'.

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• 19. At 7:29pm on 24 Sep 2008, seapoorly wrote:

  Bexhill - Graveyard of the South
  
  Paul

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• 20. At 7:30pm on 24 Sep 2008, reggiewedgie wrote:

  worcester- twinned with tesco's!!!

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• 21. At 7:31pm on 24 Sep 2008, BeautifulDecayal wrote:

  Birchington is in Thanet and is FULL of oldies.
  
  So I reckon the motto should be:
  
  Birchington : Heaven's waiting room.

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• 22. At 7:31pm on 24 Sep 2008, tuttyvilnus wrote:

  Stanley,( Co Durham) The Town Time Forgot .

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• 23. At 7:33pm on 24 Sep 2008, jannismp wrote:

  dudley west midlands- IT'S DEAD IT'S DULL IT'S DUDLEY

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• 24. At 7:33pm on 24 Sep 2008, digiRosieB wrote:

  Borehamwood......Boring without the wood

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• 25. At 7:34pm on 24 Sep 2008, 14thGoatFromTheLeft wrote:

  Brechin, the perfect place tae get reekin!

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• 26. At 7:34pm on 24 Sep 2008, scarletmanuka wrote:

  You couldn't make this up. North Ayrshire's slogan is "Gateway to Arran." To me, this suggests that there's not much to be seen in Ayrshire...

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• 27. At 7:35pm on 24 Sep 2008, kate4124 wrote:

  Weston-Super-Mare
  Do you know where your kids are tonight?
  
  Kate Richer w-s-m
  

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• 28. At 7:35pm on 24 Sep 2008, congenialFrankie wrote:

  "Bridgwater - Home of Carnival" to be seen on Bridgewater's town signs.
  
  I wonder what Rio thinks of it.

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• 29. At 7:42pm on 24 Sep 2008, flynnpie wrote:

  gloucester- you were warned
  
  (dr foster)
  paula near gloucester

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• 30. At 7:42pm on 24 Sep 2008, Lexy1310 wrote:

  Having lived in Cumbernauld for many years I disagree strongly with Lucy's view of the town. She seems to have picked on all the worst parts of the town and her comment about having to take a car to buy a pint of milk is unfounded as there are at least 2 or 3 corner shops in each district.
  
  Cumbernauld was built with the pedestrian in mind with underpasses and bridges galore to prevent people crossing roads.
  
  Whilst I realise that everyone is entitled to their opinion, hearing that your town is rubbish on national television is a bitter pill to swallow and the full picture of Cumbernauld should have been shown.
  
  40 year resident of Cumbernauld

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• 31. At 8:02pm on 24 Sep 2008, petekin wrote:

  Looe in Cornwall
  
  If on holiday its the only place to go!

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• 32. At 8:06pm on 24 Sep 2008, lumsdennn wrote:

  Perth
  
  like mutton ? Like perth !

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• 33. At 8:07pm on 24 Sep 2008, telecon wrote:

  I think a great slogan for my town in beautiful North Wales should be....
  "Mold - it grows on you!"
  
  Great show!
  Regards.
  Chris Bishop

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• 34. At 8:07pm on 24 Sep 2008, apbbowler wrote:

  The county of Rutland with Oakham as it's county town has the motto
  'Multum in Parvo' translates as 'much in little'. this is very true as we are Englands smallest county.

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• 35. At 8:11pm on 24 Sep 2008, lumsdennn wrote:

  Dundee - the 365 day a year funeral

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• 36. At 8:34pm on 24 Sep 2008, minderarthurdaley wrote:

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• 37. At 9:09pm on 24 Sep 2008, spitzbergen wrote:

  Here in the North East of Scotland we have some cracking town mottos. Portknockie is "Aye Afloat!", Hopeman is "Come Awa' In" and Cullen is "Home of the Skink!"

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• 38. At 10:14pm on 24 Sep 2008, fastwelshdragon wrote:

  Power Station Talbot, instead of Port Talbot as this town is forever wanting to add new power stations to it.

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• 39. At 00:02am on 25 Sep 2008, MartinAitch wrote:

  I heard a while ago that Edinburgh and Glasgow tourist boards were competing for visitors so Glasgow came up with the slogan "Glasgow - why wait until one o'clock to hear a gun go off?"
  
  Also I once saw a rather home made looking sign by the roadside near Basildon in Essex that simply read "Southend and die"
  
  From Martin in Hertfordshire
  
  

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• 40. At 00:05am on 25 Sep 2008, nowarussianfan wrote:

  Longbenton(Newcastle upon Tyne)..........Home of the Findus Crispy Pancake! Sign on lampost on A189 Salters Lane.

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• 41. At 08:05am on 25 Sep 2008, RandN08 wrote:

  
  I think the slogan for my town should be:
  
  Basingstoke - Boringstoke
  
  From
  Nickie

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• 42. At 08:38am on 25 Sep 2008, angiejill wrote:

  Bicester - when there is nowhere else to run

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• 43. At 08:58am on 25 Sep 2008, wizzam wrote:

  Worksop - what ever you do don't stop!

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• 44. At 10:57am on 25 Sep 2008, AdmiralMudd wrote:

  Dear Team,
  
  I have a motto for my home town.
  
  Maidstone - Dump!
  
  
  Peter D Sinclair.

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• 45. At 12:31pm on 25 Sep 2008, 4Fbuilder wrote:

  Hi, great programe.
  
  Two town signs that spring to mind, many years ago whilst driving through Newhaven and there was a large sign stating "Newhaven for the continent" and someone had graffittied under; and Bexhill for the incontinent!
  
  And of course, we had for years, Hove. . . . actually.
  
  regards,
  
  Bob Youldon

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• 46. At 2:13pm on 25 Sep 2008, Fastknit wrote:

  The town of Reynoldsburg in Ohio, USA proudly announces itself on road signs as "REYNOLDSBURG, BIRTHPLACE OF THE TOMATO" I have actually been to their annual tomato festival.

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• 47. At 7:12pm on 25 Sep 2008, gibsonms wrote:

  Come to Woking - you must be joking!

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• 48. At 7:14pm on 25 Sep 2008, Reg_Appleyard wrote:

  The slogan for Bury St Edmunds is
  
  "If you're in Suffolk, come to Bury St Edmunds....not to praise him."

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• 49. At 7:15pm on 25 Sep 2008, chillam wrote:

  Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  
  Londons Big, but Biggars bigger
  
  From The Wales Family Abington

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• 50. At 7:16pm on 25 Sep 2008, Mark_LJ wrote:

  Never been kissed?
  
  Come to Glasgow.

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• 51. At 7:16pm on 25 Sep 2008, nannamad wrote:

  Slogan for Hyde, Cheshire
  "Come and find us"
  
  Margaret Firby
  Hyde
  Cheshire

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• 52. At 7:17pm on 25 Sep 2008, LondonTitus wrote:

  Croydon -
  Make it Office and Home - make it the Home Office.
  
  Tony Smith - Croydon

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• 53. At 7:17pm on 25 Sep 2008, SONNY0991 wrote:

  Gravesend, famous for where the plague ended. I think its slogan should be -
  
  Gravesend = Dying to get there!

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• 54. At 7:20pm on 25 Sep 2008, groovyvimtoo wrote:

  William from Newcastle:
  
  the motto for my home-town is:
  
  Newcastle, history in modern times..

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• 55. At 7:59pm on 25 Sep 2008, pottinger2008 wrote:

  John,
  
  Motto for my town
  
  Fishguard - A cod piece
  
  
  
  

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• 56. At 02:01am on 26 Sep 2008, happysingleton wrote:

  pick youself up come to winchburgh

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• 57. At 07:15am on 26 Sep 2008, ceebie wrote:

  
  Re no.50 above...I thought Glasgow's was 'Glasgow s miles better'.
  
  What about this for my nearest city, suitably superior for one of Surrey's two county towns!
  
  'Be Guildford beguiled'

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• 58. At 07:22am on 26 Sep 2008, ceebie wrote:

  
  Bradley Stoke, on the M4 close to Bristol, a recent housing development at the time of the last (early 90s) mortgage crisis became known as 'Stoney Broke'.
  Wonder what it's known as now?

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• 59. At 08:50am on 26 Sep 2008, thorpeness wrote:

  Oneof the oldest tags is surely 'Newport - home of the more wrench'

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• 60. At 09:49am on 26 Sep 2008, mrsmacfaebeith wrote:

  For a while there was a huge banner diaplayed on the former Eat Kilbride Development Corporation building which read "EK? OK!" With Scots gutteral being the way it is, it was slated considerably as is sounded like East Kilbride is Eekie okie.
  
  I always laugh when flying in and out of Prestick Airport, the management grooup decided a slogan for the airport might help boost visitor numbers. They should have been shot for picking "Prestwick Airport - it's pure dead brilliant" - which of course it is not.
  
  great show, hugs

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• 61. At 2:22pm on 26 Sep 2008, BacardiKid wrote:

  The slogan for Swindon (Wiltshire) should be:
  More Swine than Dons!
  It's a miserable town full of fat people with no manners!

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• 62. At 11:57pm on 26 Sep 2008, JustHanginAround wrote:

  For some time now on my e-mail signature I have been using the 08 symbol for Liverpool - Capital of Culture which has mysteriously been respelled to Capital of Clutter. I believe it's not so bad now but I still avoid going into the city if I can.

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• 63. At 00:03am on 27 Sep 2008, JustHanginAround wrote:

  Bacardikid. I'm surprised - I was in Swindon last week and I met some really nice people (and some of them were quite skinny). Maybe there's North Swindon and South Swindon!

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• 64. At 1:21pm on 27 Sep 2008, Welshdoug wrote:

  Caerphilly - "Bland and crumbly, just like the cheese..."

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• 65. At 4:39pm on 27 Sep 2008, Fawnia wrote:

  Ashford (kent) - the plight at the end of the tunnel!

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• 66. At 07:19am on 29 Sep 2008, jimbobfruitbat wrote:

  Feltham - At least it isn't called Staines
  
  Daniel

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• 67. At 3:51pm on 29 Sep 2008, redstokie wrote:

  the town of alsager was named after the miss's of alsager as their graves are in barthomly church graveyard but alsager is also in the doomsday book.so dont think the ladies one is right. i do know for a fact that alsager is in the doomsday book and to be honest it should stay there!!!

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• 68. At 10:38pm on 01 Oct 2008, Welshdoug wrote:

  I'm really surprised that none of it's residents has contributed
  "Llantrisant - the hole with a mint in it!" yet......

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• 69. At 00:01am on 03 Oct 2008, vegilante wrote:

  sidmouth, devon
  the home of motability. sun, sea and skiddies.

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