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from the world’s end posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
The first four pubs in the "Golden Mile" pub crawl from The World's End are located in Welwyn Garden City.
Pub number one, The First Post, was filmed at Pear Tree. The interior of Pear Tree is also used for the interior of their next stop The Old Familiar.
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from the world’s end posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Letchworth Garden City and Welwyn Garden City combined to become the fictional town of Newton Haven for The World's End, the third movie in Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's so-called Cornetto Trilogy.
The last eight pubs from the "Golden Mile" pub crawl are located in Letchworth, although they all have made-up names that tie into the events of the movie, and a few of them, just in case you have the idea to attempt the pub crawl yourself, aren't actual pubs.
The United Kingdom's first roundabout in the movie though is real. It's Letchworth's Sollershott roundabout that dates back to 1909. Some vegetation had to be removed for the stunt at the end of the movie, but producers worked with the city to replant all the flowers and shrubs.
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from bonnie and clyde, american outlaws posted in history by donkeyoti
Bonnie and Clyde (and The Barrow Gang) robbed the Okabena Bank on May 19, 1933. Gunfire was exchanged, but they escaped with $2500.
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from bonnie and clyde, american outlaws posted in history by donkeyoti
For twelve days in 1933, neighbors witnessed suspicious activity at this apartment above the two-car garage on the corner of 34th St and Oak Ridge Drive in Joplin, MO. The Barrow Gang (Bonnie Parker, Clyde Barrow, brother Buck Barrow and his wife, Blanche Barrow) played cards and drank here between robberies in Missouri and the surrounding states. Clyde accidentally set off his Browning automatic rifle here while cleaning.
On April 13, 1933, a group of five law enforcement officers surrounded the building, thinking they were about to break up a bootlegging ring. Bonnie and Clyde and the Barrow Gang shot their way out, killing two officers.
Behind they left most of their possessions, including an undeveloped roll of film that produced the iconic cigar-smoking Bonnie photos.
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from wrestlemania, hulk hogan, mr. t posted in pro wrestling by pete_nice
On March 20, 1994, Wrestlemania returned to Madison Square Garden for its tenth installment.
In Wrestlemania X, the singles match for the WWF Championship saw Yokozuna defeating Lex Luger by disqualification, and then Yokozuna lost to Bret Hart.
Wrestlemania 10 also had the first ladder match in Wrestlemania history, with Razor Ramon defeating Shawn Michaels.
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