Any AHers live near Washington (England not DC)?

[Swoop]

Cos I'll be working up that way for most of July........

[Maverick]

I don't live there but I'll be at Ft. Flagler state park June through July. It's on the west side of the Puget Sound near Port Townsend.

[AKH]

Eeeeee, is Fot Flagler nee ta Sun'erlan leek?

[Swoop]

Yeah...er....like I said, Washington in England (near Newcastle), not Washington DC USA.

[curry1]

Oh Yeah i live about 20 miles out from DC

[curry1]

just kiddin lol

[allaire]

Yeah...er....like I said, Washington in England (near Newcastle), not Washington DC USA.

Yeah and Maverick doesn't live near DC either. We have a Washington state as well as some states having a city named Washington.

[Swoop]

Apparently there's a lot of old TOwN's where people did lots of WASHING.

[minke]

Bit too far for me, live in north manchester and a real lazy driver

[saggs]

Apparently there's a lot of old TOwN's where people did lots of WASHING.

I'm actually kinda surprised to learn that there is a town in England called Washington.  

I would have thought that after the American revolution King George would have removed any and all reminders of Washington from England.  I'm pretty sure he wasn't to fond of that name.  

[Swoop]

Ah yes, but considering what the lad managed to do I think the population of Washington at the time would have objected to a renaming of their town.  George's ancestors hailed from Washington, England, in the first place ya know.

Local boy done good. 

[AKH]

We have two New Yorks as well

Swoop, if you get a chance, check out the North East Aircraft Museum between Washington and Sunderland.

http://www.neam.org.uk/