Home town history - Page 2

kiwi · 06-28-2008, 11:36 AM

I grew up in Spring City, Utah. Never heard of it? Don't feel bad, neither have most of the people from Utah.

Nothing significant (aside from me) ever really came from there.

AngelsPeak · 06-28-2008, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by kiwi

I grew up in Spring City, Utah. Never heard of it? Don't feel bad, neither have most of the people from Utah.

Nothing significant (aside from me) ever really came from there.

Swift, is that you? Wow kiwi, arrogance much?

I like this thread idea and should be able to get some decent pictures of my city this weekend to share.

English-Emo-Boy · 06-28-2008, 11:56 AM

Hastings, Sussex.

The battle of Hastings in 1066
The Battle of Hastings was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman conquest of England. The battle took place at Senlac Hill, approximately 6 miles (10 Km) north-west of Hastings, on which an abbey was subsequently built.
The battle took place on 14 October 1066, between the Norman army of Duke William of Normany from France, and the English army led by King Harold II. Harold was killed during the battle; traditionally, it is believed he was shot through the eye with an arrow. Although there was further English resistance for some time to come, this battle is seen as the point at which William gained control of England.

and the birthplace of british television.

Himeko · 06-29-2008, 09:30 PM

Orlando, Florida.

Nothing really.

Except Walt Disney is living under Disney World, eating lost children.

In all seriousness, just the theme parks and such. Nothing historical really occurred there. I even checked wiki.

Bananas · 06-30-2008, 10:19 AM

I shall do Cardiff, Wales. as my home town is a little too small<< other than Anthony Hopkins went to school there and the birth place of Iolo Morganwg(who

).

Cardiff was a small town that grew around a Roman fort. Later they built a castle on the fort and the whole town was destroyed during the welsh uprising in the 1400s. It was just a small steadily growing town and other than that not a lot happen before 1780.
Along came the industrial revolution and Cardiff became one of the busiest and most rapidly expanding cities and largest exporter of coal in the world, it was the fuel of the British Empire at its peak exporting approximately 1 million tonnes of coal a month. During this period it also became the first place in the world to ever to process a cheque for more than £1 million.
Immigration was huge;
1801 - 6,364
1901 - 172,629
2001 - 292,150
with the immigration came immigrants from every corner of the world and it is a multi-ethnic city with over 100 languages spoken and a vast variety of different religious buildings.

With the decline of the British Empire, alternate fuel sources being found and coal being sourced elsewhere Cardiff went into a decline. Cardiff was bombed heavily during the war and never really recovered until the last 30 years where the city took on a massive rejuvenation including a barrage that has created the largest man-made fresh water lake in Europe. Cardiff is now a very popular tourist attraction and has millions of visitors every year.

Famous People include Roald Dahl(writer), Shirley Bassey(singer), Henry Morgan(Pirate), Charlotte Church(singer), Ivor Novello(entertainer) Tani Grey-Thompson (para-olympian), Ryan Giggs(Footballer)

We have the oldest Record shop in the world.
We have he 2nd largest stadium in the world that has a retractable roof.
We are also home to Dr Who and Torchwood.

Jeanie · 06-30-2008, 11:01 AM

Ann Arbor, Michigan, home of the University of Michigan.

President Kennedy unveiled the Peace Corps proposal at the University of Michigan in 1960. President Johnson first called for a "Great Society" as the commencement speaker at U of M in 1964. The first major meetings of the national left-wing campus group Students for a Democratic Society took place in Ann Arbor in 1960; in 1965, the city was home to the first U.S. teach-in against the Viet Nam war.

The rally to free John Sinclair (wiki him people), which included John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Bob Seger, Stevie Wonder, and Allen Ginsberg, was held at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor. Three days after the rally, Sinclair was released from prison when the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that the state's marijuana statutes were unconstitutional. These events inspired the creation of Ann Arbor’s annual pro-legalization Hash Bash.

Domino's Pizza was founded in Ann Arbor, as was Borders Books.

Famous people from Ann Arbor include Bob Seger, astronaut Col. Jack Lousma, Iggy Pop, Don Dufek, Jim Harbaugh, Keith Bostic, Ken Burns, and myself.

Bananas · 06-30-2008, 11:08 AM

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, home of the University of Michigan.

How do you pronounce Ann Arbor? It is sounding weird in my head and I think I might be saying it wrong

Boredie · 06-30-2008, 11:13 AM

I grew up in Petah Tikva, Israel.
I'm quoting wiki, since it is quicker than if I start writing it up myself.
Translation of the name is "Openning of Hope" and it is regarded as "The Mother of Settlements".

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Petah Tikva was founded in 1878 by religious pioneers from Jerusalem, who were led by Yehoshua Stampfer, Yoel-Moshe Salomon, Zerach Barnett and David Gutmann as well as Lithuanian Rabbi Aryeh Leib Frumkin. It was the first modern Jewish agricultural settlement in Ottoman Palestine and has since grown to become one of Israel's most populous urban centres.
Originally intending to establish a new settlement in the Achor Valley, near Jericho, the pioneers purchased land in that area. However, the Turkish Sultan cancelled the purchase and forbade them from settling there, but they retained the name Petah Tikva as a symbol of their aspirations.
Undaunted, the settlers purchased a modest area (3.40 square kilometers) from the village of Mulabbis (variants: Mlabbes, Um-Labbes), near the source of the Yarkon River. The Sultan allowed the enterprise to proceed, but because their purchase was located in what was a malarial swamp, they had to evacuate when the malaria spread, founding the town of Yehud near the Arabic village Yehudiyya about 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the south. With the financial help of Baron Edmond de Rothschild they were able to drain the swamps sufficiently to be able to move back in 1883, joined by immigrants of the First Aliyah, and later the Second Aliyah.
During World War I, Petah Tikva served as a refugee town for residents of Tel Aviv and Jaffa, following their exile by the Turkish authorities due to their refusal to serve the Turkish army to fight the invading British forces. The town suffered heavily as it lay between the Turkish and British fronts during the war.
Petah Tikva became the school for thousands of pioneer workers, who studied the craft of farming there before they ventured out to establish dozens of settlements in all parts of the country. The agricultural schools are still active to this day.
Petah Tikva was also the birthplace of the Labor Zionist Movement, inspired and encouraged by the writings of A. D. Gordon who lived in Petah Tikva before moving to Degania in the Galilee.
In the 1930s, the pioneering founders of Kibbutz Yavneh from the Religious Zionist movement immigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine, settling near Petah Tikva on land purchased by a Jewish-owned German company. Refining the agricultural skills they learned in Germany, these pioneers began in 1941 to build their kibbutz in its intended location in the south of Israel, operating from Petah Tikva as a base.
In the early 1920s, industry began to develop in the Petah Tikva region. In 1921, Petah Tikva was given the status of a local council by the British authorities, and in 1937 it was recognized as a city. Its first mayor, Shlomo Stampfer, was the son of one of its founders, Yehoshua Stampfer.
After the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, several adjoining villages - Amishav and Ein Ganim to the east, Kiryat Matalon to the west, towards Bnei Brak, Kfar Ganim and Machaneh Yehudah to the south and Kfar Avraham on the north - were merged into the municipal boundaries of Petah Tikva, giving it a significant population boost to 22,000.

Jeanie · 06-30-2008, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Bananas

How do you pronounce Ann Arbor? It is sounding weird in my head and I think I might be saying it wrong

Ann AHR-ber

Ann like the woman's name, and Arbor as in trees.

oxyMORON · 06-30-2008, 12:24 PM

I don't want to go digging for history on Dallas. I guess the first thing that comes to people's heads is the old soap opera named Dallas and that President Kennedy was assassinated here.