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Вторник Ноябрь 22 - 07:04 Worcester is probably most famous for its beautiful cathedral (I used to be a tour guide there one summer), Worcestershire Sauce (which was made in Bromsgrove rather than Worcester itself), the hiding place of Charles I before he was captured and executed (hence it being known as the faithful city, as it was the last county to sign away the king's rights to the throne), the birth place of Edward Elgar the famous classical music composer, who now has his own statue, the Royal Grammar School (the sixth oldest school in the world) and Worcester City FC, the perenially underachieving football team, who once knocked mighty Liverpool out off the FA Cup in the late 1950s, shortly before one Bill Shankley took over.
In the book Engel's England, Engel described Worcester as having two notable features. Firstly in regards to the changes the council had made to the city centre architecture, "What on earth did you think you were doing?" and secondly he described it as the most boozy place he had ever visited, not once having gone to bed sober in all his visits there. I reckon he was spot on with both observations.
And there, my friends, you have Worcester in a nutshell, although there was also Chicken George, but we'd have to sit down and have beer to cover him.