The Plaice to Know

Episode

415: No Such Thing As Tiddlywinks In The Wild West

2022-02-25 · 4 places on the map · episode transcript

  1. HarrogateOne-offUnited Kingdom

    Some of the treatments that you'd have — these are from the 20s in Harrogate Spa — the sulphur electric bath, sounds pretty good.

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  2. Princeton Consumer ResearchOne-offUnited Kingdom

    There's a man called Barry Druitt who genuinely works for a firm called Princeton Consumer Research, and he's spent 20 years smelling armpits. Cosmetics companies send this firm all their products, which have different…

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  3. Cambridge UniversityRecurringUnited Kingdom

    Cambridge University asked Prince Philip to defend his honour by playing them at Tiddlywinks, and Prince Philip wrote back saying, very politely, "I'd absolutely love to, bit busy, but perhaps I could nominate someone…

    mentioned at 00:32:34 · See it on the map →

  4. Cameron BridgeOne-offUnited Kingdom

    If you look at this 24-year-old whiskey from Cameron Bridge grain distillery, it has a picture of the Tiddlywinks champion on the label. Apparently it has waves of vanilla, peppery spiciness, and the taste of pencil…

    mentioned at 00:39:11 · See it on the map →

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