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ÌýCricketers play long odds
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In 1911 Warwickshire County Cricket Club won the championship for the first time. Since then they've been top of the table four times, in 1951, 1972, 1994 and 1995; An average of a championship every 18 years.
ÌýHobbits in your street
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| Ìý |  | The local author J R R Tolkien
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Tolkien's Middle Earth is famously based on Warwickshire, but did you know the name "hobbit" comes from the folklore name Hob, still seen in street names in Balsall Common and Kenilworth?
Ìý| Ìý |  | The modern bike; A long way from the penny farthing
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Coventry was the first place a Boneshaker cycle was ever seen in England, brought here by James Starley in 1866. Soon after, he created the Penny Farthing and an industry was born.
Ìý| Ìý |  | Spike Milligan
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Pob was the first creation of Stratford based Ragdoll Productions and he entertained us with spitting and hollering from 1985. His guest list was rivalled only by Parkinson, as he welcomed an impressive cast including Brian Blessed, Roy Castle and Spike Milligan.
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