Bexhill - Home of Televison and other laughable claims

[The Spanish]

Following on from Gazwags post (not having a pop its just I AM SURE that Bexhill claims to be Home of Television on its sign), what other laughably grand claims are made by nondescript places in order to give them an air of importance?

I am sure once there was a sign at the meridian monument in Peacehaven claiming Peacehaven was the 'Home of Time' but I might have dreamt that.

'Newhaven Gateway to Europe' always cracks me up too.

Any more?

 

[Gazwag]

Following on from Gazwags post (not having a pop its just I AM SURE that Bexhill claims to be Home of Television on its sign), what other laughably grand claims are made by nondescript places in order to give them an air of importance?

I am sure once there was a sign at the meridien monument in Peacehaven claiming Peacehaven was the 'Home of Time' but I might have dreamt that.

'Newhaven Gateway to Europe' always cracks me up too.

Any more?

Its on the Welcome to Hastings sign not Bexhill which has "Home of British Motor Racing"

 

[The Spanish]

Its on the Welcome to Hastings sign not Bexhill which has "Home of British Motor Racing"

I stand corrected, sorry. Equally as silly though.

You would think Hastings had a bigger claim to fame than that.Why is Bexhill home of Motor Racing?

 

[Brighton Breezy]

I can confirm, having driven by both signs yesterday, that the Hastings sign boasts 'Home of television' and Bexhill is 'Home of British motor racing'.

 

[The Spanish]

I can confirm, having driven by both signs yesterday, that the Hastings sign boasts 'Home of television' and Bexhill is 'Home of British motor racing'.

alright Im f***ing sorry!

 

[Brighton Breezy]

I stand corrected, sorry. Equally as silly though.

You would think Hastings had a bigger claim to fame than that.Why is Bexhill home of Motor Racing?

A bigger claim to fame than being the birth place of tele? Not sure about that...

Hastings: The birth place of Jo Brand.

Not quite the same international kudos...

 

[Gazwag]

A bigger claim to fame than being the birth place of tele? Not sure about that...

Hastings: The birth place of Jo Brand.

Not quite the same international kudos...

Bexhill Birthplace of Eddie Izzard

 

[Gazwag]

Why is Bexhill home of Motor Racing?

In the May of 1902, the 8th Earl De La Warr worked, in conjunction with the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland, subsequently the Royal Automobile Club, to organise the very first automobile racing on British soil. Such was the occasion that thousands flocked to Bexhill to witness the unique spectacle. The very atmosphere reeked with the smell of paraffin with throbbing, puffing and snorting motors everywhere.


Away up Galley Hill at the far end of the course one could see a puff of smoke and a fair-sized speck emerge from it. A few seconds later a monster dashes past, causing the very earth to tremble.
Nothing could be seen of the drivers except a crouching figure with streaming hair, whose hands had a death-like grip of the steering wheel. Not only were straight sprint races run from east to west against the clock but cars raced side by side in the opposite direction, very much resembling the start of the Grand Prix races today.

that's why

 

[The Large One]

A bigger claim to fame than being the birth place of tele? Not sure about that...

Hastings: The birth place of Jo Brand.

Not quite the same international kudos...

And Graham McPherson.

 

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