Where I live; Facts, Places, History

Great thread! Enjoyed reading the info in and around where folk live. :)

I'm in the UK and for a number of years now, lived in various areas in and around an area called the 'Peak District'...

In 2021 it was the 70th anniversary of the designation of the Peak District as the UK's first National Park:

https://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/lea...ak-district-national-park/peak-district-facts

'The Peak District was the first of Britain’s 15 national parks and was designated on 17th April, 1951.
It covers 555 sq miles (1,438km) in the heart of England (that’s about the size of Greater London).
The Peak District reaches into five counties: Derbyshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Yorkshire and Greater Manchester'.

Lots of lovely pics of Peak District National Park areas here if anyone wants to view:

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/photos/peak-district-national-park?page=2
 

On the edge of the Peak District is the county of Cheshire where the Jodrell Bank Observatory is sited:

Jodrell Bank Observatory | UNESCO in the UK

'Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, England, hosts a number of radio telescopes as part of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester. The observatory was established in 1945 by Bernard Lovell, a radio astronomer at the university, to investigate cosmic rays after his work on radar in the Second World War. It has since played an important role in the research of meteoroids, quasars, pulsars, masers, and gravitational lenses, and was heavily involved with the tracking of space probes at the start of the Space Age.

The main telescope at the observatory is the Lovell Telescope. Its diameter of 250 ft (76 m) makes it the third largest steerable radio telescope in the world. There are three other active telescopes at the observatory; the Mark II and 42 ft (13 m) and 7 m diameter radio telescopes. Jodrell Bank Observatory is the base of the Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network (MERLIN), a National Facility run by the University of Manchester on behalf of the Science and Technology Facilities Council'.
 
Pepper said:
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I've never been to the Statue of Liberty.
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Back in 1990, I was on a chartered dinner cruise around the Statue of Liberty. I also went to the top of the (almost top) of the Empire State Building. I was in NYC the same weekend as the Macys parade. I was there to perform with an elite acapella group at Carnigie Hall. NYC was a exciting place to visit. I bought some really cool prints on the street that I later framed. I wouldnt want to live there though,especially now.
 

We have something called 'Well Dressing' - an ancient custom peculiar to England, and Derbyshire and Staffordshire in particular...

What exactly is well dressing and how is it done?​

Well dressing involves the decoration of springs and wells with pictures made from living plants and flowers, and usually happens in the summer and early autumn. Some villages allow visitors to watch the preparations:

Well Dressing and Well Flowering Customs in England
 
In 1908 the U.S. Senate passed a Resolution naming the 1774 battle of Point Pleasant West Virginia the first battle of the American Revolution, not in Massachusetts.
 
The coast round this area was the home to a large number of WW1 and WW2 bases. Aberdeen airport was once RAF Dyce and RAF Banff - at Whitehills was first an advanced training base and later, headquarters of the strike wing that attacked German shipping in the Norwegian fjords.
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A Bristol Beaufighter armed with anti-ship rockets.


Today, this area is popular for film makers and has featured in a number of Movies and TV series.
 

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