Do you know your geography.?

[dinny]

Time for O ....I think

Oslo.......Capital of Norway...Oslo is considered a global city and ranked "Beta World City" in studies performed by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network in 2008.
It was ranked number one in terms of quality of life among European large cities in the European Cities of the Future 2012 report by fDi Magazine.
For several years, Oslo has been listed as one of the most expensive cities in the world along with such other global cities, as Zurich, Geneva, Copenhagen, Paris, and Tokyo.
In 2009, however, Oslo regained its status as the world's most expensive city

[jembo]

I think we could have exploited the Ns a lot further,there must be hundreds more,still whatever rocks your boat.


Omagh Co Tyrone. N.Ireland,

from the Irish: Omaigh,meaning "the virgin plain" is the county town of Tyrone. It is situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule. A Franciscan friary was built on the site of the town in about 792AD. Omagh was founded as a town in 1610 and it served as a refuge for fugitives from the east of Tyrone during the 1641 Rebellion. In 1689,the same year as the Battle of the Boyne,James II arrived at Omagh en route to Derry. Supporters of William III ,Prince of Orange burned the town.

On the 15 August 1998 Twenty Nine people were killed by a large car bomb and the attack was described as N.Ireland's worst single terrorist atrocity

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Orlando Florida, in Orange county. It is the home of theme parks. Walt Disney started the ball rolling in 65 with Walt Disney World resort.

It has a 15 billion dollar tech industry employing 35000 people.It is nicknamed " The city beautiful" It gets about 51 million tourists every year, mostly from the US. It is 3rd on the list of most dangerous citys to live in the US.

[jembo]

Ogmore-by-Sea.

In Welsh: Aberowr meaning mouth of the River Ogmore is a seaside village in the Vale of Glamorgan,Wales. The rocky shoreline is well known as a climbing location.Just like its counterparts in Cornwall,Ireland and Brittany,the west facing beach and coast was notorious as a graveyard for ships during strong on-shore winds(ie.south-westerly winds from the Atlantic). Many ships were destroyed on Tusker Rock,a brutal reef slightly out to sea. Also prevalent at Ogmore was organised shipwrecking; similer to tales in Cornwall where lanterns would be tied to a pole at night on the clifftop and passing ships would mistake the flicking light as a lighthouse and be lured to destruction.

[dinny]

Ovens................Village in Co Cork......Population 1,700.....an increase of over 60% from the 2002 census...so it's a happening place

[jembo]

Oldcastle,Co Meath.
(Irish: An Seanchaislean) is a town in Co Meath.It is located in the north-west on the County near the border with Cavan.

In recent years the town has grown mainly due to an influx of workers from Eastern Europe to work in the several industries,furniture,bedding and victualling located in the area.

The area was the birthplace of Saint Oliver Plunket,the last Irish Catholic martyr to die in England. Parts of the Plunket estate was given to the Naper family following the Cromwellian wars. St Oliver Plunket, a 17th century Archbishop of Armagh was hung,drawn and quartered in Tyburn.London in 1681 on false charges.

[dinny]

Oulart.......Village in Co Wexford.....The Battle of Oulart Hill took place near Oulart during the 1798 rebellion. With a population of less than 200 , it's GAA Club ...Oulart the Ballagh...They have won the Wexford Senior Hurling Championship on six occasions, most recently in 2010

[jembo]

Otterton Devon

The village is located on the east bank of the River Otter and is about a mile inland of Ladram Bay, on the Jurassic Coast. It was first settled by the Saxons and was by 1000 AD the centre of one of the major rural communities in Devon.
The village includes attractive cob and thatched cottages and is the location of Otterton Mill craft centre. There is a nice restaurant and the fresh bread is still made at the mill.

[jembo]

Ottery St Mary,
known as Ottery is a town in East Devon UK on the river Otter. The place name "Ottery St Mary is first attested in the doomsday book of 1086 and takes it's name from the river Otter. It is the birthplace of the Romantic Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Notable buildings in the town include the Tumbling Weir and St Mary's church which has been refered to as "a miniature Exeter Cathedral and like the Catherdral is cruciform in plan,with transeps formed by towers.

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Osaka which means " large hills" is in the Kansai region of Honshu. It is the commercial centre of Japan and also one of the major command centres of the Japanese economy. They have a great love affair with their culinary delights.

One of the favourite sports is baseball, there are 4 pro teams there.

[jembo]

Oakham,Massachusetts

is a town in worcester County USA. It was first settled in 1749 and was originally named Okehamptom after a town in Devon UK, but the name was changed for a unknown reason. The population in 2010 was 1,902.

[jembo]

Okehampton is a town in West Devon UK on the northern edge of Dartmore. It was formed by the Saxons and the earliest written record of the settlement is from 980 AD as "Ocmundtune",meaming settlement by the Ockment river.
It was recorded as a place for slaves to be freed at cross roads. The town grew on the medieval wool trade.
Okehampton Castle was established by the Norman Sheriff of Devon, Baldwin Fitzgilbert.
In 1539 the Barony was in the hands of the House of Courtenay untill Henry VIII seized the lands and had Courtenay,1st Marquess of Exerer executed for treason.

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Ontario, is the largest and most populous provence of Canada. Her coat of arms has the words, translated into english "Loyal she began, thus she remains. They have the union jack canton in the corner of their flag. Ontario is the largest manufacturing provence, and biggest producer of cars in Nth America. One of it's cars is the Acura ZDX.

[jembo]

Old Lyme,Connecticut

is located in New London County USA. The main street of the town is a historic district. The town has long been a popular summer resort and artists colony and is named after Lyme Regis,England. It's neighboring town Lyme is the namesake for Lyme disase.

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Watched a program about Lyme and that terrible disease that originated from there.

Oldham in Greater Manchester. In the 19th century it was a boomtown for textiles, at its peak it was the biggest cotton mill spinning town in the world.

Notable people include Paul Scholes, Churchill, Louise Brown the worlds first invitro fertilisation baby,