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

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  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    edited August 2011
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  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,091
    21: Its a little known fact that Isambard Kingdom Brunel grow his rather impressive sideburns in the world famous Colchester hairy chops Gentlemans club.
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    edited August 2011
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  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    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.
  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    edited August 2011
    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.
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,332
    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.
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,890
    25. Colchester used to be known as Colditz but changed its name by deed poll following WWII
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,194

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

  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,864
    Premature but already got my headline for this game on my charlton blog. 'The only (away) in essex'

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