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There is actually a Roundworld {{wp|Grimethorpe|Grimethorpe}}, but it is located some distance (40km) from the conurbation of {wp|Greater Manchester|Greater Manchester}}, where (supposedly) the fictional Grimethorpe is supposed to be based.
There is actually a Roundworld {{wp|Grimethorpe|Grimethorpe}}, but it is located some distance (40km) from the conurbation of {{wp|Greater Manchester|Greater Manchester}}, where (supposedly) the fictional Grimethorpe is supposed to be based.


[[Category:Bromeliad|Grimethorpe]]
[[Category:Bromeliad|Grimethorpe]]
[[Category: Locations|Grimethorpe]]
[[Category: Locations|Grimethorpe]]

Revision as of 07:47, 21 July 2018

A town which is located somewhere in the North of England and has Blackbury has a close neighbour - both are served by the same local newspaper, the soaraway Blackbury Evening Post and Gazette. Grimethorpe, Blackbury and Newtown may all be part of the same conurbation - ie, three formerly separate towns which, like inkblots on filter paper, have spread out to overlap each other.

Johnny Maxwell and his family and friends live in this general area. There must be something in the air locally, as it is also remarkable for the presence of Mrs. Tachyon the very strange bag lady, and - were they to have sought fame, which they didn't - the Nome population hiding under the floorboards of Arnold Bros (est. 1905), a long-established local department store, which to them is a Paradise graciously conferred by the Gods. Until they have to leave it, that is...


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There is actually a Roundworld Grimethorpe, but it is located some distance (40km) from the conurbation of Greater Manchester, where (supposedly) the fictional Grimethorpe is supposed to be based.