i.e what has it given to the world
2006-12-01 08:14:05 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
carpet making..Kidderminster
2006-12-01 08:18:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Tallulah Bankhead, Helmut Bann, Poet - Larry Byrom, Steppenwolf guitarist - Jimmy Key, baseball pitcher -Craig Knowles, founder of Alabama Republican Party -
Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader - Don Mincher, baseball player - Paula Poundstone, comedienne - Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia - Wernher von Braun, Marshall Space Flight Center and the chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the superbooster that propelled the United States to the Moon, and last but certainly not least, U S Space & Rocket Center and Space Camp
2006-12-01 08:33:14 · answer #2 · answered by Smurfetta 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My city is most famous for the tallest tower in the world. The CN Tower! Yup! I'm from Toronto, Canada. This has showed the world that anything is possible as long as you have a goal and you don't give up. It shows how far man has gone. One day, there's probably going to be a tower even taller.
2006-12-01 09:09:01 · answer #3 · answered by carol. 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
da Bears! Also Michael Jordan, Al Capone, Second City (comedians went to Saturday Night Live), John and Jim Balushi, Hillary Rodham Clinton, lilacs, big-name candy companies, the John Hancock building, Sears Tower, Trump Tower (under construction), Navy Pier, the beautiful lakefront, the Loop, the El, pizza, and hot dogs.
2006-12-01 08:31:44 · answer #4 · answered by masha 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gladstone (UK Primeminister) had one of several Houses and spent a lot of time here.
Liverpool was the first city to have a sanitation act, to combat disease in the 1800's and the first Chief Medical Officer, Dr Duncan.
The Inventor of the Hovercraft. (with steering and control mechanisms, as we know it today)
Famous Actors, Actresses, Pop Stars, Bands and Radio DJ's
Writers, Playwrights and Comedians
Ship Building and Shipping Lines, Slavery (Passing Through), Titanic, Lusitania, The Ismay's lived @ 1 mile from my house and The Church I got Married in is dedicated to Thomas's Daughter.
Cotton Trade.
Our Main Municipal Park, was the inspiration for the Architect who designed Central Park NYC.
Best Sailing and Windsurfing in the UK.
Canal Boat manufacture.
One of the Best Football Teams in the Country and Europe!
Whole city used for International Film Making on a regular Basis.
3 Cathedrals within 18 miles.
One of the Best Zoo's and One of the Best Safari Parks and One of the Best Sea Life Centre's in the Country.
The Most Famous Ferries in the World!
CSA, Income Tax and Land Registry Offices based Here!
3 Universities within 18 miles - Liverpool University, Liverpol John Moores University, University of Chester.
School of Tropical Medicine, Vetenary School (University of Liverpool), Liverpool Dental School. Liverpool Royal Teaching Hospital. Alder Hey Childrens Hospital (Centre of Excellence.)
Walton Hospital Neurological Unit (Centre of Excellence)
Whiston Hospital Burns Unit (Centre of Excellence.)
The Village I live in was originally a Roman and Viking Settlement.
2 Miles up the road is a Norse 'Thing' or 'Ting' (Meeting place of the elders) and was the most important and largest outside of their home nation. Several of the places within 10 miles of my home, are noted as historical locations for famous Roman/Viking Battles.
Wirral was also a Royal Deer Hunting Ground (Restricted Access) at some later date in history.
In WWII we had the control centre for 'The Western Front' and Lancaster Bombers Took off from an Airfield Just 2 miles from me, to Bomb Germany on a daily basis. (Nothing Personal, I like German's.) We also had several munitians factories as well.
I could go on further!
2006-12-01 08:44:39 · answer #5 · answered by WavyD 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mintcake - yeah probably the worse thing to be famous for horrible sticky sweet stuff. Helped climbers though. Oh and K Shoes and Clarks shoes Thats Kendal
And where i am now - Sheffield the steel city
2006-12-01 08:16:57 · answer #6 · answered by mintycakeyfroggy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I live in Wantage which is famous for the birthplace of King Alfred the Great, and was the home of John Betjeman, Thomas Hughes, the Grand National winner 'Maori Venture' and of course, 'Best Mate'.
2006-12-01 10:46:55 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rice-a-Roni, Levis jeans, The Grateful Dead and much of both the Hippie and Beatnik movements. O.J. Simpson went to high school 3 blocks from me. Writers Jack London and Robert Frost. Lots of gold. Wonderful engineering feats (Golden Gate Bridge among them).
2006-12-01 09:18:35 · answer #8 · answered by Jason W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Samuel Crompton
2006-12-01 09:38:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Super furry animals, & Deiniol Morris who created the animation carechters GOGS.
Has the worlds largest slate quarry,& had an historic strike that lasted three years,suposed to be the longest ever strike in history.
2006-12-01 08:24:58 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the second-oldest German settlement in my state and the oldest Czech settlement. That, and the award-winning (I'm talking major awards here, not "best on the block") restaurant in town. Not bad for a place way out in the sticks, population 84.
2006-12-01 08:20:19 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋