Hello,
Today
I would like to share with you a few facts about Aberdeen in the UK, where I was
born and also where I still live now. If you are from Aberdeen you may already know
some of these facts, but I was pleasantly surprised as I only knew a few of
these and I’ve lived here all twenty three years of my life! So here goes..
Did
you know that there are over 30 places throughout the world named Aberdeen?
Union
street is named to commemorate the Union of Britain and Ireland.
640,000
cubic feet of Aberdeen granite went into the construction of the Forth Rail
Bridge.
In
the late 19th century Aberdeen was the British centre for the
envelope production. The self-seal envelope was developed in Aberdeen.
Scientists
at the University of Aberdeen developed the world’s first underwater holographic
camera, which can take three- dimensional pictures.
Aberdeen
has the busiest civilian heliport in the world.
Star
Trek’s Scotty proudly proclaims himself as “an old Aberdeen Pub Crawler” in the
episode titled “The wolf in the fold”. The actor who played him, James Doohan,
has also been quoted as saying he based the character’s accent on an Aberdonian
he met whilst training in Catterick, Yorkshire, with the Royal Canadian Air
Force during World War 2.
I
hope you have enjoyed today’s fact file. You can see my last fact file here
about the creature the Octopus.
Thank
you for reading
Katy
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