Plymouth
About Plymouth
Plymouth is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, England. It is located on Devon's south coast between the rivers Plym and Tamar, about 36 miles (58 km) southwest of Exeter and 193 miles (311 km) southwest of London. It is the most populous city in Devon.
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She had a lab in Plymouth with all of her fleas and stuff and it got bombed and she lost seven years of work.
from 361: No Such Thing As The Mosquito Effect, 2021-02-19 at 00:07:33 · read transcript
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Yeah, the system, the design was perfect. It was just the time that it was made. Exactly. It did work for seven months. It successfully carried people from Exeter to Plymouth, I think. There is a pub now in a place called Starcross called the Atmospheric Railway, which sounds all modern, but that was from, you know, the mid-19th century. Really? Yeah. You'd be expecting a really atmospheric pub.
147: No Such Thing As Burrito Party Boy, 2017-01-14 · listen
There was this guy George Parker Bidder who threw a thousand bottles into the North Sea in 1906 and he promised a shilling reward for anyone who found the bottle and then sent it back to him saying exactly where they'd found it. In fact, one woman found the last one in 2015 and she posted it back to the address and the company in Plymouth that was still monitoring it had to then track down a shilling and old shilling looking on eBay and old antique coin collectors to send her.
235: No Such Thing As Trousers For Spiders, 2018-09-21 · listen
I'm not sure whether that's in modern money or in 1930s money because that would presumably have bought America. One of the things he said was the entire city of Plymouth, that happens to be part of the Drake estate. Yeah, he said, I think he went up to £400 billion at one stage because he kind of just said different amounts all the time and he said that as soon as he got the money, obviously everyone would get the bit that they, you know, asked for, they would get a return on their money.
380: No Such Thing As The Virgin Mary Toast Reunion Tour, 2021-07-02 · listen
The details, the details were so convincing because he said it was worth about 100 billion pounds. I'm not sure whether that's in modern money or in 1930s money because that would presumably have bought America. One of the things he said was the entire city of Plymouth. that happens to be part of the Drake state. Yeah, he said, I think he went up to 400 billion at one stage.
No Such Thing As The Virgin Mary Toast Reunion Tour, 2021-07-02 · listen
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