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Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune Posted Feb 23, 2010
Darts or dart boards?
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hygienicdispenser Posted Feb 23, 2010
Scotch eggs, licqourice allsorts, sherbet fountains, haggis.
I reckon the date is later than any guesses so far. I'm going to go for 1965.
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pebblederook-The old guy wearing surfer beads- what does he think he looks like? Posted Feb 23, 2010
Kendall Mint cake, which means the factory must be in Cumbria circa 1934 (probably 3:15 on a Thursday in April, but I may be wrong?)
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Whisky Posted Feb 23, 2010
This isn't something to do with your latest PR entry is it Icy?
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hygienicdispenser Posted Feb 23, 2010
Cumbria's the closest, and we've had Carlisle, Clydebank and Coventry, so that narrows it down quite a bit. I suppose it might even be a place that doesn't start with a C.
Blackburn.
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Superfrenchie Posted Feb 23, 2010
Ah, typically British...
lemon curd?
marmalade?
mincemeat?
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Icy North Posted Feb 23, 2010
Blackburn is as near as damn it - it's in nearby Great Harwood, but you can have the points for that
Just the product to go, then...
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hygienicdispenser Posted Feb 23, 2010
I reckon you could go into the 70s and they wouldn't look much different.
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Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune Posted Feb 23, 2010
Hm....
Edible things from near Blackburn.
Nope, cant think of anything...
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hygienicdispenser Posted Feb 23, 2010
And I do know what was made at Great Harwood, so I'll shut up.
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pebblederook-The old guy wearing surfer beads- what does he think he looks like? Posted Feb 23, 2010
Didn't they make Black Puddings that were famously so black that even the white bits were black?
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Icy North Posted Feb 23, 2010
Neither of those, sorry.
I'm looking for something which is three quarters of an inch long...
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