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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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* Nottingham of course gives us one of fiction's most famous bad guys, the Sheriff of Nottingham. The title wasn't created until 1449, long after the start of the Robin Hood story but it still exists and was recently held by a woman, Jeannie Packer (who referenced Robin Hood on her biography page). |
* Nottingham of course gives us one of fiction's most famous bad guys, the Sheriff of Nottingham. The title wasn't created until 1449, long after the start of the Robin Hood story but it still exists and was recently (relatively speaking) held by a woman, Jeannie Packer (who referenced Robin Hood on her biography page). |
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** Her successor doesn't, but the page describing the office of the Sheriff of Nottingham does briefly mention its role in the legend of [[Robin Hood]]. |
** Her successor doesn't, but the page describing the office of the Sheriff of Nottingham does briefly mention its role in the legend of [[Robin Hood]]. |
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* In ''[[The Third World War]]'', Birmingham gets nuked. |
* In ''[[The Third World War]]'', Birmingham gets nuked. |
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