Odd factoids

[Bonefish Blues]

Bradford was founded by the Bradford and Bingley building society.

Correction

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Bingley is a typographical error. It's original name of Blingey was based on the habit of local chav's to wear a lot of chunky, Savillesque jewelry.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Halifax was built by the Halifax building society as a rival, when they saw Bradford being built.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

In the days when money was still transported by rail, the powers that be, built 'Bank Quay' station in Warrington to deposit the wages of the workers on the canal, which originally used to lap around the edge of platform 1

 

[Drago]

The word anal comes from the word canal, and does so because of the amount of turds floating in them.

 

[postman]

Leeds and Liverpool towns were so poor at one time they could not afford their own canal so they shared one.Seeing how successful that was Bradford then asked Leeds if they could share an Airport.

 

[Drago]

Liverpool football club is owned by Philip Schofield.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Queens of the South remain the only professional LGBTQ+ football team in existence

 

[PeteXXX]

The Queen of the South's manager drivers an LGBGT.

 

[Drago]

Queens of the Stone Age are a breakaway band, formed after the Queen of the South's bassist and vocalist fell out.

 

[bruce1530]

Breakaway bands were invented in the 70s by Nestle, as a way to gain publicity for a new type of chocolate biscuit.

 

[Drago]

Chocolate biscuits is now considered a highly offensive 60s term, and rightly so. These days the term biscuits of colour is preferred.

 

[bruce1530]

Garibaldi biscuits are not actually biscuits. They are packers, used in the construction industry when installing double glazed windows. They were often found in the middle aisle in Aldi.

The Garibaldi was invented by a Milanese window fitter called Gary (a common Italian name) who of course was losing his hair. Subsequently the brand was bought by a discount German supermarket and renamed the GaribLidl

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Chocolate biscuits is now considered a highly offensive 60s term, and rightly so. These days the term biscuits of colour is preferred.

My Dad would have an absolute FIT if you said that to him! 😆

 

[Drago]

Lidl is named as it is due to a law in Germany that taxes companies based upon the number of vowels in their names.