Munkeh111 said:
highwaystar101 said:
I live in Birmingham, England, the greatest city ever. Even though we are the second biggest city in England, we are the best.
We are famous for such things like...
Aston Villa FC
Ozzy Osbourne + Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin
Judas Priest
Napalm death
Slade
J.R.R. Tolkien (he lived on the street next to where I live now)
Jasper Carrot
Rover cars
UB40
Duran Duran
Neville Chaimberlain
Sir Robert Peel (Inventor of the police force)
Tony Hancock
*Sigh* Cat Deeley
The moody blues
Ocean colour scene
The Twang
The streets
James Watt
Mathew Boulton
Extremely high crime rates
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes author)
Birthplace of tennis (apparently, I don't believe this)
Edgbaston cricket ground
Our dodgy accents
and so on
Also According to wikipedia Custard (the pudding) was invented here as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham |
But Sherlock Holmes lived in london! There is a plaque that I pass every day on Baker Street
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Sherlock Holmes is fictional, he didn't really live, let alone live in 341 Baker street or wherever.
