Michael Portillo... Cudworth.

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  1. Mr Badger

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    On one of his train journeys across North America he stopped off at a place called Cudworth in Canada.
    I wonder if there's a connection?
     
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    Well if there is. I hope the inhabitants gave him a good shoeing....
     
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    Driving from Vancouver to the Rockies we passed a tiny hamlet called Darfield. If we'd blinked we would have missed it!
     
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    Probably no connection. (Certainly to your post). But I found it interesting once when researching my home village Jump. The same name Cropped up in America or Canada can't remember which. Appeared desolate.
     
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    Suspect there is some link then....
     
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    Funny bugger. Lol :) at least we had electric. Not sure about over there. :)
     
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    There is an estate in Camden with blocks of flats called Darfield, Thurnscoe, Warmsworth, Mexborough, Barnborough and Billingley - among others.
     
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    There's a Darfield in New Zealand not far out.of Christchurch. It was a Barnsley miner who founded that community and named it after his home village
     
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    My favourite place to pass through in the Rockies was Spuzzum. Population 92 (in 1982)
     
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    Ah, you mean similarities between Cudworth in Canada and Cudworth in Barnsley. I thought you meant the similarities between Cudworth and the word that describes Portillo, because they both start with the same first two letters.
     
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    I wonder if they pronounce it the same though?

    I remember passing through this place on tour

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    What about the US and Canada ones .
     
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    It would only take me a few seconds to pass through that place.
     
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    I'd come to a juddering halt soon after entering.
     
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    There was a place in North Wales that intrigued me. Llandudno Junction. Was it just the name of the station or the place name?
     
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    Appropriately....
     
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    The title is actually a little misleading. It’s a great song however
     
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    Why is Llandudno Junction Called Llandudno Junction?
    I wish there was a cooler answer for this. But alas, the village grew around Llandudno Junction railway station. This station is a junction for trains to Llandudno and the Conwy Valley Line.

    Hence, Llandudno Junction.

    There's the main Chester-Holyhead line and at Llandudno Juction there's a branch North to Llandudno (2 miles ) and a branch line South to Betws-Y-Coed.
     
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