An Oscar for Olivia
By Jackie Money
@olliesmum (828)
Norwich, England
February 25, 2019 10:23am CST
I was so pleased to see that the gorgeous Olivia Colman won an Oscar this year.
I might be a tad prejudiced though as she's from my home county of Norfolk. But surprisingly we have quite a glut of famous people emanating from Norfolk including Horatio Nelson. And we also find that stars tend to be attracted to this backward little area of England ... Martin Shaw (from The Professionals/Judge John Deed) who's a patron of our local animal sanctuary, Steve Coogan and Stephen Fry.
Olivia has got me fired up now to write about the history of my county and some the famous people that spent part of their lives here. Watch this space. By the way, I live close about five miles north of Norwich (shown on the map).
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Feb 19
Did you watch Olivia Colman in the Broadchurch TV series with David Tennant?
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@olliesmum (828)
• Norwich, England
25 Feb 19
Yes ... think she and David made an excellent team. Shame they're not making any more.
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@JudyEv (382307)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Feb 19
@olliesmum I wrote 'Norwich' but meant 'Norfolk'. I've fixed it now.
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@olliesmum (828)
• Norwich, England
26 Feb 19
I know I'm prejudiced but I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
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@olliesmum (828)
• Norwich, England
27 Feb 19
@JudyEv Well you got the right city for the county and, to be honest, I don't know many people across the world who know anything about Norwich or Norfolk. We just one of those quiet little corners of the island whose inhabitants don't shout a lot!!
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@olliesmum (828)
• Norwich, England
26 Feb 19
Wells next the Sea is quite beautiful and, as for Colman's mustard, unfortunately it's been bought out so I'm assuming the Colman family have nothing to do with it. The new company has closed down the factory so, yet another little bit of Norfolk history gone.
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@Fleura (35065)
• United Kingdom
26 Feb 19
@olliesmum You never know, maybe Brexit (if it ever happens) will encourage Britons to start up businesses again if it gets more difficult to obtain things from elsewhere.
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@olliesmum (828)
• Norwich, England
26 Feb 19
@Fleura I have to admit I don't care if we come out with no deal now ... I'm getting thoroughly pee-ed off with the whole thing.
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