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3 Mar, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Three fun facts about Darlington:
1) It's NOT in Teeside, nor does it want to be
2) It has 37 pubs within half a mile of the town centre
3) Everyone there can do a Vic Reeves accent

Welcome HM Treasury... Image
Darlington is basically Britain's equivalent of Milwaukee. ImageImage
Don't ask about the football team... Image
Apologies for the spelling of 'teeside' in the earlier tweet. I of course meant to say Cleveland... Image

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