My Town...

[RICHARD]

This is a thread about the things that your town is famous for.

The first part has to do with the town you were born in-name four things that the town is famous for and you find interesting.

Town-State/Country -Then your four facts.

[slick]

Vancouver, BC
- first and foremost and since he's been mentioned in another thread....James Doohan
- Stanley Park (opened in 1887)
- Expo '86
- 2010 Olympics

[Pam]

I was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania many many years ago.

Philadelphia is famous for:
1) The Liberty Bell
2) The Declaration of Independence
3) The Constitution
4) The Betsy Ross House
5) Rocky Balboa
6) Soft pretzels and cheese steaks!

[boomersooner]

Dallas, Texas/USA

in no particular order...just as I think of some...

1. Dallas Cowboys
2. JFK assassination (unfortunately)
3. cattle/wild west/cowboys
4. location of the Great State Fair of Texas
5. Southfork, home of J.R. Ewing
6. DFW airport....one of the biggest and busiest
7. Site of the annual Red River Rivalry between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the University of Texas Longhorns

[RICHARD]

Van Nuys, California!

Birthplace of Bill Johnson, Olympian.
Home to a Budweiser brewery.
Home to Van Nuys Airport, 3rd largest regional AP in the country.
Home to rocker Nikki Sixx!

LOL, I had to stretch things there!

[Karen]

Oxford, Massachusetts

Birthplace of Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross
Birthplace of Elliot Joslin, pioneer in diabetes treatment

other than that ...

Ummmm, had a huge flood-control project that works - the little league field within it has to wait for the waters to recede past home plate many years, but no homes are affected ...

It's where Dad lives!

[joycenalex]

hey richard, nice idea, thanks!

[Cincy'sMom]

Bowling Green, Ohio

-Scott Hamilton
-Bowling Green State Univeristy
-National Tractor Pulling Championships
-Home to the 1st Utility sized wind farm

[*LabLoverKEB*]

Bowling Green, Ohio

-Scott Hamilton
-Bowling Green State Univeristy
-National Tractor Pulling Championships
-Home to the 1st Utility sized wind farm

My mother went to BGSU! Sorry just thought I would let you know! lol

[RICHARD]

hey richard, nice idea, thanks!

LOL, some people have jumped the gun and started listing the "Four Facts about Where I Live!"

You can list the town where you were born and the town where you live!

[joycenalex]

[QUOTE=RICHARD;2032321]LOL, some people have jumped the gun and started listing the "Four Facts about Where I Live!"

*snicker* i never did follow directions all that well.....LOL

[Miss Z]

The town where I have lived all my life is Leyland:

1. The town was recorded in the Doomsday book and is thought to mean 'settlement on flat ground'.
2. It is the base for British Leyland Trucks, which during the mid-twentieth century was the fifth largest heavy goods vehicles producer in the world (or there-abouts, lol).
3. One of the churches, St Andrews (which, incidentally, is where I catch my school bus) is over 800 years old.
4. The Leyland brass band has on numerous occasions been the champion band of Britain.

I was born a few miles north of Leyland in a larger city called Preston:

1. It is the UK's newest city, being granted this status in 2002.
2. The site where Preston now stands was recorded as a Roman base, as the area is next to the large river Ribble which served as a passage for boats to bring military supplies to the foot soldiers.
3. The origins of the name are disputed, but it could be from 'Priest's Town', as for many centuries the Preston population was defiantly Catholic.
4. The Preston docks are the biggest man-made port in the UK.

It's really interesting reading about other people's towns.

[RICHARD]

I Live in Pacoima-Ca

-If you watch an infomercial, chances are you send a check or money order
here for your product!
-Ritchie Valens and Leo DiCaprio were born here.
-Pacoima means "running water" in an Natvie Indian dialect.
-The Los Angels County Fire Department has their fire operations base located here-A great thing for me because I love airplanes and helicopters.
-Pacoima is part of the valley where the Northridge earthquale hit.
-It's been the location of many many movies, Christine, Any Which Way but Loose -Tim Mcgraw and the guy from Friends filmed flicks here.
-Home of 'The Pink Motel', a pink painted motel, landmark and movie set!!

[Cincy'sMom]

I had actaully posted Birth town, where I grew up and current hometown, but then I reread directions, and deleted two...

So, I grew up in Findlay, Ohio...
-The dog park! (at least it is famous on PT)
-Flag City USA
-Ben Rothlisberger
-Marathon Oil
-Cooper Tire
-Ray Harroun (winner of the 1st Indy 500)
-Tell Taylor (song writer, "Down by the Old Mill Stream" was written about the Blanchard River in Findlay
-And one I just learned...Findlay was the city where Touch Tone phone service first debuted.



And now I live in Toledo, Ohio
-Jeep
-Glass industry: Owens-Corning, Owens-Illinois, Libbey Glass
-Tony Packo's
-Toledo Mud Hens
-Last two made famous by Toledian Jamie Farr, in his role as Klinger on MASH.
-Katie Holmes
-Terry Cook (Driver in the NASCAR Truck series)

[kitten645]

Manhattan, NY

Need I list? LOL

Claudia