My Town in Pics
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Topic: My Town in Pics
Posted By: Tony R
Subject: My Town in Pics
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 20:26
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Ok, this has been done before, ages ago.
Lets's see pictures of your home town. Here's Bolton,UK. The Town Hall: 
A Pub I frequent: 
A local "mill" (factory): 
Bolton at night: 
And during the day: 
and of course Bolton Wanderers Premier Lge Football Team: 
Local people queing up to view the first ever color TV sold in Bolton (circa 1999) 
actually they are watching the football results at 5pm on a Saturday.. Anyone else? |
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 20:53
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The city I was born and live is well-known, I guess, but here are some different views:
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 20:56
Is that the great Brazilian City of Buenos Aires, Guigo?
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 21:00
 Anyway, Buenos Aires (Argentina) is a beautiful city too!  ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Tony R wrote:Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 01:16
Ventura CA-
I climbed that statue its right in front of city hall: 
sunset with the channel islands in the background: 
ventura harbor: 
a piece of town from a landmark on the hills: 
------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: kazansky
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 01:38
This is Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, also a place where i grew up
Above is probably the most famous shopping centre in Jakarta 
a glimpse of the city view 
this is the National Monument i must warn all of you though, DON'T FALL FOR THE PICTURE !, The reality is worse than that !  ------------- The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. |
Posted By: Joolz
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 02:32
OK, to counter all you city folks, here's some views of my home village ..... this one is an aerial view of my junior school (left of centre) in 1965 (just before I left)  and this is the church  |
Posted By: progadicto
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 02:33
It's a little  for me 'cos i see the beautiful pictures of your cities, but... Here's my: ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE... Not that beautiful but we have summer weather most of the year and the people is very nice here!!!A night view of the old pier...  Part of our central square and out cathedral...  Another view of our central square and the Big Ben imitation gifted by the UK government in 1910...  Our soccer stadium...  Our natural monument La Portada  Well, that's all... ------------- ... E N E L B U N K E R... |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 08:43
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Ok, guys. I'm affraid the place where I live isn't so exciting as the ones already posted... But here we go, anyway: The central place of the town  The remnants of a former linen factory (the table on the second pic says "Have a nice work")       In a part of the factory there's a supermarket now  The Town's museum (it was the factory owner's residence at the turn of the XIX and XX centuries)   One of the streets near the factory  ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Wilcey
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 09:10
My "home place" (where I used to live)
Where I live now..... 
(A little work has been done on the homestaed since this picture though 
It's not necessarily you where you live that counts, but how you live that is important...... and now, I am very happy!!! 
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Posted By: magnus
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 14:10
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Bodø is my hometown! The city seen from above:  The island Landegode, just outside Bodø, at dusk(or dawn?):  couldn't really find more nice pictures(right now at least) ------------- The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie 
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 15:46
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BTW, my town's name is Żyrardów. It derives from the surname of a french engeneer and inventor Philippe Henri de Girard who worked in the factory in the XIX century introducing his linen spinning machine.
------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 17:42
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What's the derivation of your town's name?
------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 18:08
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Melborune
Fed Square: 
A section of the MCG during a Cricket match. Pakistan against Australia, Australia won very comfortably. 
The city along the Yarra River at night: 
The view standing outside my house: 
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Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 18:15
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Some amazing photos guys. 
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 18:21
Which ones? ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 18:43
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My city is pretty lame compared to yours guys... It is a Montreal Suburb called Repentigny. Couldn't find a lot of photos on the internet. Here are the islands surrounding the town :  Here is one (if not the one) of the oldest churches in America. It's about 2 blocks from where I live :  And here is a windmill that's also really close to where I live :  And here is a view from above that shows the proximity to Montreal :  -------------  
RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 18:46
Oh, really? Have you seen mine? ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 18:47
What a great thread, here is my hometown The Hague:
   This is 10 minutes from my home: the beach-place Kijkduin, a few miles from Scheveningen.
  A more and more rare scene in Holland because of the global warming: snow!
 Het Buitenhof, the famous residence of our politicians.
 This is my view from our appartment on the 6th floot in Kijkduin (The Hague), Holland.
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 18:51
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I cant believe people dissing their home towns! Home is where the heart is....be proud of your heritage.  |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 18:52
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Since I was born in Montreal, I'll post some pics of the place where I was born too. Here is the town hall :  The Botanical Gardens in autumn :  University of Montreal (where I'm going soon):  Cool panorama :  Bell Centre, home of the Montreal Canadiens :  And finally, the Olympic Stadium :  -------------
RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 18:54
My town is actually really cool and I'm proud of it. I just can't show the good sides of it since there's about 3 pics on the internet. -------------
RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 18:56
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Tony, if you like at the pictures by Atkingani, everybody will be on the brink of degrading his hometown
By the way, the Montreal Olympic Stadium once hosted ELP while making their video Fanfare For The Common Man. But I prefer Quebec and Vancouver
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 18:57
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Aah, the Olympic Stadium, venue for that iconic concert by ELP. Fanfare For The Common Man (full version!) was a highlight on the Uk's Old Grey Whistle Test music programme that year.I will never forget those pictures... |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 18:58
| Ditto Erik! |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 19:02
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Incredible, we were on speaking terms !
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Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 19:04
How Could I forget these guys?
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Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 19:04
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Hey there, Bern. Those red trees are quite a sight. I grew up in a very, very little town called Llay - Llay, wich means "Wind wind". Yes, it is rather windy. I remember moving to this place, Quilpué (Place of turtledoves), and thinking that I was arriving to a futuristic land. I was very young, off course. Anyway, great pictures. As soon as I stablish myself in my new home, I'll try to post pictures of it. ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 19:25
I lived in Quebec City for 4 years and it's also my favorite town in Québec. It's also the most beautiful in my opinion. -------------
RIP in bossa nova heaven. |