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Title: Doughnut City Post by: Manky Monkey on June 25, 2018, 07:45:48 PM If you're old enough to remember the CB radio craze you might recall that Basingstoke's "handle" was Doughnut City. Apparently we had the highest number of roundabouts per head of population in the country.
Well, just to disprove all that FaceBook rubbish about councils banning displays of English flags, the local council have painted all the mini roundabouts in the town -& there are a lot of 'em -with the cross of St George to mark the World Cup, (apparently something to do with football). Presumably some council worker's on standby to scrub them all clean again when we lose :) Title: Re: Doughnut City Post by: oldmetalhead82 on June 25, 2018, 10:40:14 PM When i got married in 1979 we went to live in a place called Penistone and joined the CB club, Penistone was known as Genital City.
Title: Re: Doughnut City Post by: JayJay on June 26, 2018, 02:00:13 AM Genital City! ::) :D
I have to say Andy, that particular mini roundabout looks pretty pathetic. I hope they did a better job with the others. Are you sure it wasn't just a football fan with some red paint and a really gnarly paintbrush? ;D Anyway, I thought Milton Keynes had the most roundabouts. Well it definitely felt like it when I visited there once. I was nearly dizzy! :) Title: Re: Doughnut City Post by: Olds on June 26, 2018, 06:02:35 AM Basingstoke Council even rent out roundabouts !
"With over 40 roundabouts to choose from - all priced competitively according to location and traffic volume, there is one to suit any marketing budget." Title: Re: Doughnut City Post by: JayJay on June 26, 2018, 12:47:52 PM Well Milton Keynes might do that Olds, because their number of roundabouts is growing all the time! See below. ;D
"... And finally, the five UK cities with the most roundabouts are Milton Keynes, East Kilbride, Swindon, Basingstoke and Cwmbran. Milton Keynes has 130 roundabouts but the number is growing all the time." Source: 101 Facts about MK http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/About-us/101-Facts-about-MK (http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/About-us/101-Facts-about-MK) Title: Re: Doughnut City Post by: Manky Monkey on June 27, 2018, 03:45:19 PM http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/16314806.world-cup-mini-roundabouts-in-hatch-warren-get-in-the-spirit-of-footballs-coming-home/
Title: Re: Doughnut City Post by: Manky Monkey on June 28, 2018, 09:52:21 PM https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1781230588634190&id=153132638110668
Title: Re: Doughnut City Post by: poprodder on June 29, 2018, 05:58:23 PM loads done in our area but not by council.
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