What I learnt today

James Bond uses the same gun that Hitler shot himself with

A tale from where I live; I grew up across the road from the studios

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The Beatles, The Cure, The Who and Bray
SwenchJuly 22, 2016Uncategorized

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What do Bray and three of the biggest bands of all time have in common?

First up, if you don’t know it, a brief introduction is necessary: Bray/Bré is derived from the Irish word for hill. It is a large seaside settlement in North County Wicklow and the ninth largest town in Ireland. Aside from its famous seafront promenade that many have likened to Brighton, it has given the world Olympic boxing champion Katie Taylor, comedian Dara Ó Briain, and a string of musicians including Maria Doyle Kennedy, Hozier and Fionn Regan, but Bray’s musical heritage and history goes even deeper, as it can arguably claim to have inspired two of the greatest albums of all time; namely, Disintegration by the Cure, and Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club band by a certain Liverpudlian beat combo who changed the world.
In early 1987, Robert Smith and the Cure decamped to Bray to shoot a video for their single ‘Why Can’t I Be You?’ with director and Tim Pope in Ardmore Studios, which at the time was owned by American actress Mary Tyler Moore. (Article continues on link)

That the pronunciation of the word ‘lieutenant’ is a hot topic amongst my co-workers!

I thought you English types liked Leftentant. 

In Canada, older generations (mine included) use Leftentant and the younger ones tend to use Lieutenant. I’m guessing the latter is due to the influence of that big boy to the south of us. 😉

That you should wash your hands extremely well after handling chili peppers!

That my niece apparently loves One Direction.