Subtitle: Postcodes (3)
NE6 is in the area between Newcastle and Wallsend. The former is known for a number of things, and the latter for being the end of Hadrian’s Wall.
The bit in between contains Byker, which is a well-known suburb and titular home of Byker Grove. The programme, in the manner of these things, was not made in Byker, but Benwell,a different suburb of Newcastle, and a different postcode – NE2. Oh, the magic of showbiz!
QLD 4209, being in Australia is, you would hope, a bit more exotic than the north-east of England. Reference to Google shows it to have a dual-carriageway and a cycle lane. They have wheelie bins by the roadside. And bungalows.
To be honest, I’d been hoping for something a bit more exotic – a dirt road maybe, and a shack.
The fact for the area is that it contains a town called Pimpama, which used to be a notable centre for the production of arrowroot. If they had “marketing” and focus groups in the nineteenth century they would, I suspect, have chosen a different name.
It’s next to the city of Gold Coast. You learn something every day, and today I’ve learnt that Gold Coast is a city. I’d always thought it was a description of the coast. To complete this segment, and take us back to Newcastle, Gold Coast became the sixth largest city in Australia in 2007, overtaking Newcastle, New South Wales.
NR29 is a Norfolk postcode, containing broads, marshes and some coastline. It’s only a couple of miles away from the Travelodge at Acle where we stayed for part of our recent trip.
The village of Rollesby is roughly in the centre of the area and has a rare round-tower church.
It may be my age, but I am more interested in churches with round towers than I am with the history of arrowroot in Australia.
Next: M32, KT18, BR6 and ME8.
Continuing fascination, Quercus. I’m with you on round towers/arrowroot
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The magic of blogging – Isn’t that the truth? To think that I can have a conversation with you and like you even though we’ll never meet and have only a few things in common – well, in this crazy, divided world of haters and nut jobs, I think that is a significant thing.
It’s a lesson that most people are easy to get along with. If we could harness that and use it in international politics the world would be a better place.
For the sake of balance Julia says I should point out that I’m a nicer person in print. 🙂
Wow. You seem a little cranky even in print. . .
Yes, that seems a fair interpretation. 🙂
Your conversations encourage us to like you, too, Jodie
Derrick, you are so suave. 🙂
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Aw, you guys. : )
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Thank you for another interesting tour.
Thank you for reading.
Who can resist a round tower? After all, they are much rarer than the square ones.
And much harder to build, I imagine. 🙂
Yes, I should think so.
I really like this sequence of posts. Great research and lovely trivia!
Thank you. It’s amazing how much there is to learn when you start looking. However, I’m going to return to chips and piers for a few days now. 🙂
I look forward to them!
I will try not to disappoint. 🙂
So – wait – are you looking up the zip codes of all the packages to see where they are going?
Sort of. I’m using the codes off the parcels we send to tour the country, and a few others.
Cool – Great way to learn
I’m learning a lot – that’s the magic of blogging.