Southampton
About Southampton
Southampton is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. It is located approximately 80 miles (130 km) southwest of London, 20 miles (32 km) west of Portsmouth, and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Salisbury. Southampton had a population of 253,651 at the 2011 census, making it one of the most populous cities in southern England.
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There was a factory in Southampton which made, I think, most of the Spitfires, and it was bombed in 1940 by the Luftwaffe, and it was not just bombed, it was flattened, and this was a disaster.
from 483: No Such Thing As Rivets On A Tombstone, 2023-06-16 at 00:32:35 · read transcript
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When they do, they use their trunks as snorkels. If you look at the photo, it looks exactly like an elephant trunk. Do you guys remember that story in 2011, where police in Southampton went on the alert because there was a tiger sighting in one of the fields? Then there was a gust of wind that blew it over, and it was a cuddly toy. There was a lion's gear in the 70s in Britain, which turned out to be a paper bag.
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There were two lookouts, official lookouts on the Titanic. They were called Frederick Fleet and. Reginald Lee. This actually might be the whole cause of the Titanic sinking to a degree. The ship's second officer was a guy called David Blair, right? He was only on board from Belfast where it launched to Southampton. Then it was going Southampton to New York. Yeah. He got off at Southampton. Okay.
No Such Thing As A Suspicious Duffel Bag, 2022-12-02 · listen
It's not just, it's happened more than twice, famously the first time it happened, we've all heard of that one, 2008, Carnegie Science Center, there was a Titanic exhibit that was in Pittsburgh, they had to temporarily close due to flooding, so that stopped them. There was a Titanic musical which was in Southampton, which had to be stopped after the replica Titanic hit the iceberg and plastic fell off the wall, that was the actual iceberg, yeah.
395: No Such Thing As A Kryptonite Drill, 2021-10-15 · listen
We've all heard of that one. 2008, Carnegie Science Center, there was a Titanic exhibit that was in Pittsburgh. They had to temporarily close. due to flooding. That stopped them. There was a Titanic musical, which was in Southampton, which had to be stopped after the replica Titanic hit the iceberg and plastic fell off the wall. That was the actual iceberg, yeah. Everyone, all the audience saw, wow, that's an amazing effect.
No Such Thing As A Kryptonite Drill, 2021-10-15 · listen
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