Ten and a half things you never knew about..........Colchester

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21: Its a little known fact that Isambard Kingdom Brunel grow his rather impressive sideburns in the world famous Colchester hairy chops Gentlemans club.

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McBobbin

Humpty Dumpty was in fact a cannon that fell off Colchester's walls during the English civil wall.  The locals mistook it for an egg.

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23. The town was virtually destroyed by Queen Bodicea in A.D 68 (The Iceni 1 Romans 0) and plans to re-build the town are currently under consideration. Delays have been blamed on government cuts.

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24. Colchester Zoo is the most successful breeding grounds in the world for the Humboldt Penguin. It is believed by experts that Colchester is at a perfect sea level for breeding.

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25. Colchester used to be known as Colditz but changed its name by deed poll following WWII

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26. Colchester looks down on Southend as culturally inferior, in much the same way that a slug looks down on a dead slug.

Dave2l

Premature but already got my headline for this game on my charlton blog. 'The only (away) in essex'