"Back in the day", yada yada yada, yes we all know there were more pubs than people, there was a pub every two houses, the largest number of pubs per square mile than anywhere in the known universe, there was a pub named after each and every one of us, and yet, YET we only ever went to same one every time. Monmouth has changed, it now only has 10 pubs. "Ten! Ten? It used to be ten pubs just in the top of town. There were ten pubs I'd walk past to get to my local." Yes, yes ... times change, we now have 10 pubs in Monmouth . Oh, and the Mayhill but that seems to be more a ghost pub, it can be seen but only in the dark and no-one will believe if you say you went in. Monmouth, a town in Wales (YES, it is in Wales ), a town that has a population of around 10,317 (as at 2021). A town who's 1980's population was, well, I don't know, despite a century of censuses being taken, it's impossible to find (1991: 8,206 | 2001: 8,877 | 2011: 10,508 | 2021: 1
Oh the shame... only 44. Why does the mind go blank when under pressure?!?
ReplyDelete... and it didn't accept Tibet!
ReplyDeleteI got 70. But I ran out of time before I got to the Americas (i.e., if I could type faster I would have had more)! :-)
ReplyDelete83. Quite scary how many we all missed. Doh!
ReplyDeleteWonder if we'd get more if we were still at school doing geography?
87. Woulda been 88 (and maybe a few more) if I could've spelt Philippines correctly.
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