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Ten and a half things you never knew about Wycombe

1. The Buckinghamshire area of Chepping was renamed Wycombe after a 1927 national survey for Brylcreem revealed the lowest sales of hair brushes in the country.

2. Wycombe shirts have traditionally been in quarters since being formed in 1887 by confectionary magnate Albert 'Bon Bon' Briers
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    3. 84% of the population is made up of strippers.
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    4. Wycombe is seen as a barometer area by food production companies.

    As a result the local supermarkets are all full of products that, in most cases, never see a full nationwide launch.

    currently the local branch of Somerfield is trialling a new dehydrated cheese product. The vivid yellow powder is mixed with water and then placed in a plastic ice cube tray. After setting in the fridge for 2 hours you end up with a mild cheese with a similar consistency to Edam. The powdered cheese has been in stock since the beginning of December and only three packets have been sold.
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    5. Wycombe's ground "Adam's Park" was named after a cranky council decision in 1987 to rename all popular parts of the area after former Mayor's / Mayoresses. Along with Adam's Park, Wycombe also includes a Michael's Mall, Simon's Station and a Gary's Garage. However none of these have proved anywhere near as popular as Maria's Mount....
  • 6. My mate darren lives there
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    7. It is tradition in Wycombe on a childs birthday to lift the birthday child upside down and give his head a few gentle bumps on the floor for good luck. The number of bumps should allegedly correspond to the child’s age plus one.
  • 8. Wycombe is 29 miles (47 km) west-north-west of Charing Cross in London; this figure is engraved on the Corn Market building in the centre of the town. I plan to start walking to the game, tonight.
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    9. It is a little know fact that popular kids tv drama Byker Grove, was filmed nowhere near Wycombe. Nor was Dallas or Slumdog Millionaire, but the beach scene in Buster was filmed in High Wycombe.
  • 10. Wycombe's top goal scorer of all time was Tony Horseman with 416 goals. Despite local folklaw Horseman was not part man part horse. He was in fact a hermaphrodite.
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    10 1/2. Wycombe was the stage for longest lawn bowls contest ever recorded. Arthur 'Jack Hammer' Fry beat Maureen Tomlins in a match that eventually finished after 4 days 18 hours and 37 minutes.
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    11 Its Abbey was built by (imported) tribesmen from Papua New Guinea, who, to keep themselves amused used to kick about gargoyle heads as they wandered across the roof to positions in the tower. This gave them nasty swelling on their bare feet. It is thought that this is the first recorded use of the term 'footboil', and the origin of the football Club's unusual nomenclature. Note The Abbey was destroyed to make way for the Eden shopping centre

    12. Its the only place in the world where the mayor is weighed at the start and conclusion of their tem in office. (sorry but this is also true!)
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  • Around 100 years or so ago, a guy called Miles was buried on the side of the road near the town hall in the centre of Wycombe...I've actually seen the granite headstone...It reads Miles 29 from London....very tragic, especially as he was so young.
  • Wycome has the highest case of people getting lost walking in the centre of town...there are so many that they are known as Wycome Wanderers.
  • wycombe has a very high concentration of norwich and leeds fans living in the area which is the only reason that they were able to sell out so easily in the away end.
  • Until the end of the 18th century, Poledance Town (as it was then known) had the largest hairbrush manufacturer in the World, manufacturing almost 4 million brushes a year of which 78% were exported. As the town grew it became a popular stopping off point between London and Birmingham, particularly for travelling salemen.

    Tony 'two prongs' Gusset was by 1795 holdng the patent on his thick/thin comb which enabled a quick comethrough of all hair types, depending on which way round the comb was held. When shown at Poledance Market (every Wednesday from 8am until 2pm in the town square) the owners of the Hairbrush factory were horrified by the possibility of this new fangled device taking away sales from their patented Poledance Brush - they almost lynched poor ''Two Prongs'.

    After several late night meetings, a new marketing campaign was conceived for the patented Poledance Brush, with a picture of a simple townsman with an afro shrugging his shoulders and saying "Why Comb?"

    The campaign was so successful, that in 1806, Tony Gusset forfeited his patent and drank himself to death. Poledance Town changed it's name to Whycomb (the modern name comes from an original misprint on the 1821 Ordenance Survey Maps) in honour of the sucessful campaing that saved the town.
  • According to scientists there are no snails to be found within a 3 mile radius of Adam's Park. there were rumours of one once but it turned out to be a slug with delusions of grandeur
  • Wycombe has the largest percentage of people in the population who enjoy mood altering substances, hence the name High Wycombe.
  • The camaraderie between Wycombe Wanderers fans is such that they're like a big happy family when they get together in Adam's Park. For this reason, they often refer to themselves as the Adam's Family.
  • The combined IQ all the WW season ticket holders is the same as the calorie content of a Big Mac sold in Wycombe Macdonalds. Which ia also the worlds busiest franchise outlet
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    The most infamous of all Buckinghamshire witches, Ann of Wycombe, was tried and found guilty of "...ye practicing of witchy-craft, and tyrning people into froggs" at the witches assizes in Buckinghamshire in the early sixteenth century. Her sentence was to be "burned until compleytly dead" within a large statue of a man, made out of straw.

    She was henceforth known as "Ye Wycombe Ann" and her story was adapted into a 1970s film of a similar name starring Edward Woodwoodwood and Brit Eckland.
  • The mayors of Wycombe and West Wickham once had a boxing match between eachother to settle a disbute into the towns name sounding the same
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  • I can exclusively reveal that the next series of Who do you think you are? will feature Bobby Charlton

    Apparently his ancestors, prior to the migration of later generations to the North East, came from an area in which dwelt an abnormally high number of folically challenged people. The place became colloquially known as Why comb and was later formally named Wycombe.
  • Haile Selassie I (Jah is great) lived in Wycombe while in exile and the town is now a major place of pilgrimage for many rastas.

    Other famous residents include Timmy Mallet and Stalin.
  • Wycombe FC are known as the Chairboys because their fans prefer to sit at matches.

    No abuse of seated fans politely asking one to sit down in an all seated stadium at Wycombe. Indeed the converse is true hence the nickname....
  • Wycombe Wanderers nickname of the "chairboys" is because the area is famous for it's chair making industry.
    They're also very good at passing stools.
  • During the 2008/09 season, Wycombe's goalkeeper Scott Shearer would use the wooded area behind the main stand to warm up. Shearer could often be seen climbing the tree's before kick off every home game. However, controversy brought this strange pre-match ritual to a stop, when striker John Paul Pittman etched 'JP WOZ ERE' into the goalkeepers favourite silver birch.
  • Wycombe Wanderers nickname 'The Chairboys' is actaully due to the fact that it was home to the 1st professional British musical chairs team.
    This team travelled around the world and once held the musical chairs world title until they were beaten in unusual circumstances after the German team placed a beach towel on the last remaining seat.
  • [cite]Posted By: Plaaayer[/cite]Wycombe Wanderers nickname 'The Chairboys' is actaully due to the fact that it was home to the 1st professional British musical chairs team.
    This team travelled around the world and once held the musical chairs world title until they were beaten in unusual circumstances after the German team placed a beach towel on the last remaining seat.

    The performance of the Wycombe Musical Chairs team, became the benchmark for others to beat.
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    [cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Plaaayer[/cite]Wycombe Wanderers nickname 'The Chairboys' is actaully due to the fact that it was home to the 1st professional British musical chairs team.
    This team travelled around the world and once held the musical chairs world title until they were beaten in unusual circumstances after the German team placed a beach towel on the last remaining seat.

    The performance of the Wycombe Musical Chairs team, became the benchmark for others to beat.

    The James song 'Sit Down' was written as a direct result of this game. He was a spectator and penned the song in his hotel room shortly after the game finished.
  • If you feel a bit thirsty and 'over do it', don't worry about getting the last train back to London.
    The John Lewis store in the town is famous for letting waifs and strays sleep the night in their beds department.
  • Their nickname "Chairboys" is not derived from the local chair making industry.

    It is in fact a local corruption of "Cheerboys" .......in Wycombe, one is frightfully well spoken, habitually raising a glass to toast friends, "Chairs, old chap!".
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