What's your town's claim to fame?
All this week The One Show is looking at British places and their 'claims to fame'.
On Friday: Angellica steps off the train into the town of Stalybridge, on the trail of the UK's oldest brass band.
On Thursday: Carol Thatcher took to the waters en-route to the Cornish estate of Tregothnan where she visited Britain's only tea plantation.
On Wednesday: Angellica discovered the first flight that took place on the Isle of Sheppey in 1909.
On Tuesday: Carol travelled to West Auckland on the trail of their amazing football triumph.
On Monday: Angellica Bell visited The Watford Gap - the place where the first motorway service station was built.
We want you to take a photo of yourself either at, or illustrating, your town's claim to fame. Christine Dean sent in this photo (right) of a sign from her home village of Heacham in Norfolk.Find out more about it in our gallery. Send in your photo here.
We're looking for photos that, if possible, contain both the claim to fame and yourself, dear viewer. The best photos will be featured on The One Show and in a gallery on this website.
Tell us about your village / town / city's claim to fame, below. Add your comment.
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Didcot- It has two power stations and they are iconic to Oxfordshire and the south.
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My town is Colchester and the claim to fame is that it is the oldest recorded town in the UK
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Wolverhampton was the first place in England's to have automatic traffic lights!
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Apologies for the stray " 's " above, I was overcome with enthusiasm.
The lights that now stand in their place, are supported by "traditional striped poles" Photo here (Wikipedia).
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Driving 74 miles just to have dinner at a service station
It was Grim Down South
Jethro
Cheshire
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Northampton (my town) had shoe factories that made amazing shoes. The new Doctor Who come from Northampton, as does fellow actor Marc Warren. Faye, Northampton
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colourfulfairyfaye -Northampton was also the site of Errol Flynn's stage debut
Jethro
Cheshire
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Chard, Somerset is the birth place of powered flight! invented by John Stringfellow in 1848.
Simon Loader
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in reference to the comment above i live in Chard, Somerset.
Hope you mention this on the show, no where else can say there town is the birth place of powered flight.
visit:
http://www.chardmuseum.co.uk/Powered_Flight/
Simon
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Do islands count? The Isle of Coll is better known to young fans of "Katie Morag" as the "Isle of Struay" and as a haven for corncrakes (nice looking bird terrible voice) that's enough about me!
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My town of Ashington, in Northumberland, is the birth place of the very famous footballers, Jackie Milburn, Bobby Charlton, and his brother, Big Jack Charlton, ( beat that ) Vi.
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1.The City of Wells in Somerset is the smallest City in England.
It is also claimed that Vicar's Close, Wells is the most complete Medieval street in Europe.
2.Wells and it's Cathedral have been used for many TV and film shoots. (Elizabeth I, Elizabeth the golden age, Hot Fuzz, The Libertine, Dr. Who and the BBC drama 'He Knew He Was Right'.
3.Wells is the home of Mary Rand World record Breaking Long Jumper at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Wells has so many more claims to fame, It is a great place to live and visit.
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We live in Inskip, a small village in Lancashire, our claim to fame is that we had until recently the largest ship in the Royal Navy - HMS Inskip. Cool eh?
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Hi Renton fc in Scotland are regarded as having won the first ever world cup, beating WEST BROM!! in 1888. It was billed as the Championship of UK and the World. Was Adrian there?? Regards Marion in Oban
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Jack Judge, who wrote Tipperary, was an Oldbury man, from the Black Country. My late father knew him. He visited Stalybridge on occasions. Tipperary is really a Blackcountry song. Jack used to drink in the Junction in Oldbury.
I can give more details to anyone who needs them, Cheers.
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The sheet music also shows a Harry Williams being credited with the song. Harry was friend of Jack Judge and was born in Erdington in Birmingham, Harry and his brother ran the Malt Shovel pub in Oldbury and Jack Judge's daytime job was as a stall holder in the local market. When money was hort Harry Williams used to lend cash to Jack Judge. Jack promised that if he ever wrote a best selling song he would put Harry's name on it. with the Royalties Harry was able to buy the Plough Inn at Meer End Kenilworth, which still exists but it is now called 'The Tipperary'
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In the early seventies Bill Caddick from Wolverhampton wrote and performed a song called 'Writing Tipperary', in three parts, the first giving historical background from 1910, then a different tune starting with 'Jack Judge went down to Oldbury town, for he like his pint of beer' and detailing the writing of Tipperary and then finishes with a rip-roaring rendering of the song itself. I have a live recording on tape somewhere of Bill singing it at the Black Horse Folk Club, Taunton, circa 1975.
Cheers, Pip Davey.
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George from Burnley writes
Our football team beat the mighty Baggies 3-1 in the FA cup this week. If Adrian and Frank Skinner are men, they will acknowledge, live on the show, that this is, indeed, a superb win.
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Walsingham in Norfolk has its fame for being England Nazereth, thousands visit the shrine every year and its a popular haunt, why not visit us.
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I am a member of a amateur dramatic group in Padstow Cornwall and we now own our own theatre called The Little Theatre it only seats 60 people could we possibly be the smallest theatre in the country thus making it our claim to fame apart from having Rick Stein who lives in Padstow
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Carol Thatcher visiting the Cornish estate of Tregothnan England's only tea plantation
was brilliant. I've always wanted to go to
Glenburn Tea Estate in the foothills of Darjeeling, but I can visit Cornwall for a whole lot cheaper.
Brilliant stuff Carol.
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I want to put in a bid for the city of Chester. We have a unique shopping experience on the Rows, our 2 tier shopping area.
We also have the oldest racecourse in the Roodee.
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Corby in Northamptonshire. Corby is known as little scotland due to the majority of residents coming to Corby. Corby is also known as the largest town in the UK (& Europe!) not to have a railway station, although a new station is toopen, hopefully this month. During WW2 corby manufactured the pipeline under the ocean to supply the D-day landings with fuel.
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How about Burnley in Lancashire. Our staple drink is Benedictine with hot water (which Stephen Fry calls sophisticated!). There's more of the stuff sold here than anywhere else in the world. In fact, the Miners Club on Plumbe Street shifts more of it that anywhere else in the world - put together.
It all goes back to WW1 when the Pals brigades of the East Lancashire Regiment was posted to Fechamp whilst fighting in the Somme. The injured soldiers were looked after by the monks who watered them with their liquor. It's said to have a lot of healing properties for common ailments and the soldiers liked it so much that when they returned home they brought it back with them.
It's a nice story I think. And even today with all this euro-fizz knocking about, old and young still keep the tradition going.
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I live in a town called Buxton in Derbyshire, our claims to fame are the Roman baths, Buxton water (you might have seen them drinking it on the tennis) and some bloke off Corrie lives here. I reckon we should also be known for our Crescent but for some reason Bath's is more famous even though ours is way better.
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My town's claim to fame is having a great football team, Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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