Stratford
About Stratford
Stratford is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is situated on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Housatonic River. The town is part of the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region and the Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was settled by the Puritans in 1639.
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That borough, Newham, is the most physically inactive borough in the whole of the UK. Oh, wow. That's good. Yeah. That's where I live. Is it? I live in Hackney, but I'm literally, I'm 10 minutes away from Stratford. 39.17% of people in Newham take no exercise at all. Where's Newark? Stratford's... Is 10 minutes away from where you live? But I've never heard... He couldn't be asked to go there.
from No Such Thing As The Kevin Olympics, 2014-11-28 at 00:25:45 · read transcript
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His father was also called George Gilbert Scott and was also an architect, right? Wow. His son, Richard, was another architect. Richard Gilbert Scott, also an architect, died in 2017. There was an Elizabeth Gilbert Scott or Elizabeth Scott, who was the cousin of Giles and did the Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford. His whole family of Scots and Gilbert Scots. They've just done so much. Yeah. George Gilbert Scott Jr., the son of the first George Gilbert Scott, died in the Midland Hotel at St Pancras, which his own father had designed.
372: No Such Thing As A Dinosaur For Goldilocks, 2021-05-07 · listen
His father was George Gilbert Scott, also an architect. His father was also called George Gilbert Scott and was also an architect, right? Wow. His son, Richard was another architect, Richard Gilbert Scott. also an architect, died in 2017. There was an Elizabeth Gilbert Scott, or Elizabeth Scott, who was the cousin of Giles and did the Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford. This whole family of Scots and Gilbert Scots. They've just done so much. Yeah.
No Such Thing As A Dinosaur For Goldilocks, 2021-05-07 · listen
Alton Towers? Is that there? No, it's in a completely different place. It's hundreds of miles away. Gaskell grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon. home of Shakespeare So is this a layline You guys weren't quick enough So is this an argument for laylines In terms of literary creativity? There's certainly something going on isn't there? Certainly I think Do you know she gave us the word squiffy To mean drunk? Really?
No Such Thing As A Tuna Macchiato, 2025-05-15 · listen
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