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Shropshire

Shropshire
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About Shropshire

Shropshire is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales. It is bordered by Cheshire to the north-east, Staffordshire to the east, Worcestershire to the south-east, Herefordshire to the south, and the Welsh principal areas of Powys and Wrexham to the west and north-west respectively. The largest settlement is Telford, while Shrewsbury is the county town.

On the show โ€” 7 mentions total

It's in Shropshire. There's the Newton apple tree, which is both in the garden of where Newton lived, but they also took a cutting and made a, I guess a daughter or a son of, they say it's a clone.

from 541: No Such Thing As A Sycamore In A Silver Coat, 2024-07-25 at 00:43:00 ยท read transcript

Other times Shropshire came up

  1. I don't know why we're not talking about it more, because he was the champ. He didn't do much. Not after the age of about 130. He... This guy's clearly a fraud. I know, he lives in Shropshire. You're working for the KGB, I can tell. He got married at the age of 80. He had a couple of children. He had an affair over the age of 100.

    396: No Such Thing As The Echidna Prince Charming, 2021-10-22 ยท listen

  2. He didn't do much, not after the age of about 130. this guy was clearly a fraud And how dead I know he lived in Shropshire You're working for the KGB I can tell He got married at the age of 80 He had a couple of children He had an affair over the age of 100 Fathered a new child with that affair At the age of.

    No Such Thing As The Echidna Prince Charming, 2021-10-22 ยท listen

  3. This vicious beast that was slain by Guy Earl of Warwick, who was one of these pre-medieval British heroes. Yeah, it was just this cow, and it produced an everlasting supply of milk, and eventually got annoyed that people would be like milking it and milking it, milking it, ran away from its farm in Shropshire. Eventually Guy Earl of Warwick, who seems like a sort of St. George of the 10th century, went out and had to slay the cow.

    No Such Thing As The Loch Ness Monster, 2014-04-18 ยท listen

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