Colchester
About Colchester
Colchester is a city in north-eastern Essex, England. At the 2021 census the built up area had a population of 130,245, making it the second-largest settlement in Essex, after Southend-on-Sea. It gives its name to the wider Colchester local government district which also covers an extensive surrounding area. The demonym is Colcestrian.
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There was someone who wrote in from Colchester and said that in the 1970s, children who lived near a railway line would go to the railway line and gather slugs and sell them to the workforce on the trains.
from 321: No Such Thing As A Frothy Beer, 2020-05-15 at 00:24:22 · read transcript
Other times Colchester came up
Were tied and he was tied it could have been one of the thieves I mean it's all made up isn't it well we don't know where she was born that's the thing and there's an old British legend that she was a British princess Yeah, yeah, yeah. The daughter of Old King Cole of Colchester. A very old soul, babe. Yes. Colchester has, on its coat of arms, it has the three nails that she discovered. Really? Is it? Yeah.
No Such Thing As Drinking A Sock Full Of Custard, 2025-05-22 · listen
Which is unique it's the only relic of the holy rope how interesting because I was taught at school that he was nailed and that the other were tied on were tied and he was tied it could have been one of the thieves I mean it's all made up isn't it well we don't know where she was born that's the thing and there's an old British legend that she was a British princess Yeah, yeah, yeah. The daughter of Old King Cole of Colchester. A very old soul, babe. Yes. Colchester has, on its coat of arms, it has the three nails that she discovered. Really? Is it? Yeah.
No Such Thing As Drinking A Sock Full Of Custard, 2025-05-22 · listen
It could have been one of the thieves. It's all made up isn't it? We don't know where she was born, that's the thing. There's an old British legend that she was a British princess, the daughter of old King Cole of Colchester. A very old soul fame. Colchester has, on its coat of arms, it has the three nails that she discovered. Really? Yeah. Wow. That's very cool.
584: No Such Thing As Drinking A Sock Full Of Custard, 2025-05-22 · listen
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