Teesside - Interesting / Fun Facts

Hartlepool had/has the most pubs per person in uk, the headland is Andy capps stamping ground.
 
During the war they lit fires in buckets in straight lines on the top of the moors to fool the Germans it was the airport - they dutifully bombed it, the craters are still there. You can google the detail, but if you work for Siemens or Bosch I’d leave this one alone 🤐
 
The name Mydilsburgh is the earliest recorded form of Middlesbrough’s name and dates to Anglo-Saxon times

In 1801, Middlesbrough was a farm that was home to only 25 people.

The body of a Native American, Moses Carpenter, is buried in Linthorpe Cemetery. Carpenter was a member of the Mohawk tribe and was born in Ontario, Canada in 1854; his birth name was Ska-Run-Ya-Te. In 1889, he visited Middlesbrough as part of a travelling show, where he tragically died of a fever.

Middlesbrough has a town in America named after it. Middlesboro is the largest city in South East Kentucky.

Boro’s old Ayresome Park ground featured in the 35th edition of the Guinness Book of Records – not for football, but for being the home of the largest reported advertising hoarding, which was painted on the roof of the North Stand by sponsor Heritage Hampers
 
Centralscrutinizer said:
The name Mydilsburgh is the earliest recorded form of Middlesbrough’s name and dates to Anglo-Saxon times

In 1801, Middlesbrough was a farm that was home to only 25 people.

The body of a Native American, Moses Carpenter, is buried in Linthorpe Cemetery. Carpenter was a member of the Mohawk tribe and was born in Ontario, Canada in 1854; his birth name was Ska-Run-Ya-Te. In 1889, he visited Middlesbrough as part of a travelling show, where he tragically died of a fever.

Middlesbrough has a town in America named after it. Middlesboro is the largest city in South East Kentucky.

Boro’s old Ayresome Park ground featured in the 35th edition of the Guinness Book of Records – not for football, but for being the home of the largest reported advertising hoarding, which was painted on the roof of the North Stand by sponsor Heritage Hampers
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PS. this is why I'm not one of the people who're more efficient working from home :)
 
Ingleby_Flash said:
During the war they lit fires in buckets in straight lines on the top of the moors to fool the Germans it was the airport - they dutifully bombed it, the craters are still there. You can google the detail, but if you work for Siemens or Bosch I’d leave this one alone 🤐
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Really? Never heard that. Very cool
 
Cardiffdaffs said:
Home to some of the biggest music performers the world as ever seen

Paul Rodgers - Free
David Coverdale - Whitesnake
Chris Rea of course
Paul Smith of Maximo Park

James Arthur and Journey South for the younger ones

The man who wrote the film and Tv music for Baywatch, the Oprah Winfrey Show, Sesame St - Ron Aspery
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And Mick Moody - Whitesnake. He's a Berwick Hills lad.
 
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