A variation of fun facts in the English Language are the many place names in the UK with funny names.
On the border with Essex and Hertfordshire in England is a village called Ugley.
Practically every village or small town in the UK (Eng Scot Wales) has a branch of an organisation called the Women's Institute. It's where the local ladies meet socially, invite speakers to talk about any subject under the sun, have competitions, make jam, make cakes, have weekly sales of all produce - locally grown fruit, vegetables, home made cakes and all sorts of goodies or whatever..whatever...
Each village Institute is called the (*name of village*) Women's Institute.
The film Calendar Girls was based on a real life WI branch in Yorkshire where they decided to raise money for a cancer charity after the husband of one of the ladies died from cancer. They made a calendar in which each month showed a photograph of a lady member posing in the nude with strategically placed items like buns with a cherry on the top in just the right position to spare the lady's modesty.
It was a great success and that WI branch raised ££££££££££kkkk for the charity even when they were invited to Hollywood, USA.
The village of Ugley has a branch of the Women's Institute.
It's the Ugley Women's Institute and is one of the most well known in the country for some reason.
Members of the Ugley Women's Institute were invited to appear on GMTV one day and they were all very attractive ladies indeed. So what's in a name...
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/s2.cfm?id=72192003
http://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/uttlesford/tourism/parishes/ClubsNSocietiesDetails.cfm?Club_ID=253
The UK as plenty of weird and funny place names (I know of several - Pratts Bottom and Six Mile Bottom).
A village called Uckington where they keep having to replace the welcome signs because of prats painting in an F.
http://www.ttforum.co.uk/ttforumbbs/viewtopic.php?t=29758&start=0
On the border with Essex and Hertfordshire in England is a village called Ugley.
Practically every village or small town in the UK (Eng Scot Wales) has a branch of an organisation called the Women's Institute. It's where the local ladies meet socially, invite speakers to talk about any subject under the sun, have competitions, make jam, make cakes, have weekly sales of all produce - locally grown fruit, vegetables, home made cakes and all sorts of goodies or whatever..whatever...
Each village Institute is called the (*name of village*) Women's Institute.
The film Calendar Girls was based on a real life WI branch in Yorkshire where they decided to raise money for a cancer charity after the husband of one of the ladies died from cancer. They made a calendar in which each month showed a photograph of a lady member posing in the nude with strategically placed items like buns with a cherry on the top in just the right position to spare the lady's modesty.
It was a great success and that WI branch raised ££££££££££kkkk for the charity even when they were invited to Hollywood, USA.
The village of Ugley has a branch of the Women's Institute.
It's the Ugley Women's Institute and is one of the most well known in the country for some reason.
Members of the Ugley Women's Institute were invited to appear on GMTV one day and they were all very attractive ladies indeed. So what's in a name...
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/s2.cfm?id=72192003
http://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/uttlesford/tourism/parishes/ClubsNSocietiesDetails.cfm?Club_ID=253
The UK as plenty of weird and funny place names (I know of several - Pratts Bottom and Six Mile Bottom).
A village called Uckington where they keep having to replace the welcome signs because of prats painting in an F.
http://www.ttforum.co.uk/ttforumbbs/viewtopic.php?t=29758&start=0