Did my firefighting training at that firestation when I was in the Merchant Navy. How to put out oil fires with water. Scariest thing I've ever done - requires multiple changes of underwear!
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Not as bad as Birmingham.
When we had the G8 summit here (about 1998) somebody didn't like the look of the road verges for part of the route from the airport to the town centre.
Not wanting the world's finest (oh yeah!) to see the grass looking washed out through car pollution - the crazy feckers sprayed it green.
Took about two minutes for that to become common knowledge and made the city a laughing stock.