I’ve received a wonderful welcome from the people of Ashton-under-Lyne. What a pleasant name this town has! I took a little time last evening to look into its origins, apparently the first part of the name may refer a ‘settlement by ash trees’, but the ‘under-Lyne’ bit appears to be anyone’s guess. If you’ve any ideas, do let me know – I’m a curious penguin.
Ashton-under-Lyne is the birthplace of England’s 1966 World Cup final hero Geoff Hurst – the man who scored the hat-rick in your victory over Germany. I say your victory, but in fact I consider myself to be an honorary English-penguin. I always support England during the World Cup, you see football in Antarctica has never really recovered from the underpitch heating debacle back in 1997 - very embarrassing.
As ever we’ve been urging those smokers among the townspeople to contact the NHS and kick the habit. They’re extremely capable here, last year 1,839 people became smokefree with help from Tameside and Glossop PCT Stop Smoking Service. Incredible!
If you want to quit smoking, but you weren’t in Ashton-under-Lyne today, do call my Penguin Stop Smoking Hotline on 0800 032 7252.
I’m off to Bury shortly, where I expect I’ll try Black Pudding. Is it fish?
Hey-ho!
Ashton-under-Lyne is the birthplace of England’s 1966 World Cup final hero Geoff Hurst – the man who scored the hat-rick in your victory over Germany. I say your victory, but in fact I consider myself to be an honorary English-penguin. I always support England during the World Cup, you see football in Antarctica has never really recovered from the underpitch heating debacle back in 1997 - very embarrassing.
As ever we’ve been urging those smokers among the townspeople to contact the NHS and kick the habit. They’re extremely capable here, last year 1,839 people became smokefree with help from Tameside and Glossop PCT Stop Smoking Service. Incredible!
If you want to quit smoking, but you weren’t in Ashton-under-Lyne today, do call my Penguin Stop Smoking Hotline on 0800 032 7252.
I’m off to Bury shortly, where I expect I’ll try Black Pudding. Is it fish?
Hey-ho!
It's called Ashton under Lyne as the town sits just below the river Lyne.. Quack
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