And then there's Holby City hospital on telly which is filmed in the West
country (Bristol).
Jennifer
--On 14 August 2006 23:38 +0100 Paul Cullen <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sometimes it's a case of an element used outside its natural habitat.
> Halifax building society ran a mortgage ad many years ago featuring the
> made-up village of Bigglesthorpe in Kent. Sounds fine if you're unaware
> that Kent is thorpeless.
>
> Paul (still wincing a decade later)
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>
>>>> [log in to unmask] 08/14/06 11:15 am >>>
> I was struck by Keith's comment on his site: "Made-up place-names in
> novels and films always sound wrong, even though they are made up of the
> right elements. Why is this?" I don't know the answer, but would anyone
> like to suggest an explanation of the village-name "King's Abbotts" which
> I once came across in Agatha Christie. I think?
>
> John Freeman
>
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