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1 - Longest unbeaten run |
| Nottingham
Forest were undefeated in 42 consecutive first division matches
from November 20, 1977 to December 9, 1978. |
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- Largest trifle |
| Students
at the Clarendon College of Further Education, Nottingham, made
a sherry trifle weighing 3.13 tonnes (6,896 lb), including 91
litres (20 gallons) of sherry, at the Forest Recreation Ground,
Nottingham, on the 26th September, 1990. |
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- Biggest square |
| Nottingham
boasts the biggest market square in England at 5.5 acres. |
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- Oldest and biggest fair |
| The
Goose Fair visited Nottingham for the 708th year this October
and is the biggest and oldest travelling fair in the country |
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- Oldest pub / oldest inn |
| Ye
Olde Trip To Jerusalem pub on Castle Road has been serving the
locals since 1189 A.D, making it the oldest inn in the country.
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem claims to be the oldest pub. |
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- Smallest cinema |
| The
Screen Room cinema on Broad Street, Nottingham, has just 21
customer seats and claims to be the smallest in the world. |
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- Most people in a car |
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In October 1985 students at the University of Nottingham managed
to fit 27 people into a Ford Sierra car. |
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- Most sports facilities |
| Nottingham
has more sports facilities per head of the population than anywhere
else in Europe. |
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- Oldest club |
| Nottingham
is home to the oldest football club in the country, Notts County,
formed in 1862. |
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- Deepest toned bell |
| The
Little John bell, which hangs below the dome of NottinghamÂ’s
Council House clock, is the deepest toned bell in Britain and
weighs 10.5 tonnes. |
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- Largest rangoli |
| A
local artist broke a world record by creating a huge traditional
Indian picture made of lentils, rice, pasta and fruit on Nottingham's
Old Market Square to help launch the second Artsparks Festival
in February 2003. [] |
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- Most pubs |
| Nottingham
has the highest number of pubs per 1000 people in Britain according
to Men's Fitness magazine's Second Annual Survey (2003). |
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- Most points in a rugby union career |
| William
Henry Dusty Hare (b. November 29, 1952) scored 7,337 points
in first-class games from 1971–89, comprising 1,800 for Nottingham,
4,427 for Leicester, 240 for England, 88 for the British Isles,
and 782 in other representative matches. |
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- Most senior soccer apperances |
| Peter
Shilton (UK) made a record 1,390 senior appearances, including
a record 1,005 League appearances: 286 for Leicester City (1966–74),
110 for Stoke City (1974–77), 202 for Nottingham Forest (1977–82),
188 for Southampton (1982–87), 175 for Derby County (1987–92),
34 for Plymouth Argyle (1992–94), 1 for Bolton Wanderers (1995)
and 9 for Leyton Orient (1996–97); 1 League play-off, 86 FA
Cups, 102 League Cups, 125 internationals, 13 Under-23s, 4 Football
League XIs and 53 various European and other club competitons. |
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- Most beer mats flipped |
| Nottingham's
Mat Hand flipped and caught a pile of 112 beermats on May 9,
2001, at Waterstone's Bookshop Gallery, Nottingham, UK. It took
Matt over 4 hours and 129 attempts before he broke the previous
record of 111. |
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- Longest ever table tennis rally |
| Nottingham's
Mat Hand completed the longest ever table tennis rally - lasting
a whopping five hours, eight minutes and 22 seconds - at the
Bonington Gallery on Tuesday, 9th December 2003. |
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- Grape Eating |
| Nottingham's
Mat Hand also holds the official Guinness World Record for grape-eating
– he managed to devour 133 grapes in 3 minutes on November 8,
2001 – and on the same day took the record for pea eating, cocktail-sticking
211 peas, one at a time, into his mouth in 3 minutes. |
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- Most wickets in first class cricket |
| England's
Wilfred Rhodes took 4,187 wickets (at an average of 16.71 runs
each) playing for Yorkshire and England between 1898-1930. Rhodes
had a right hand bat batting style and slow arm left orthodox
bowling style. He made his test debut in 1899, against Australia
in Nottingham. |
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