by BillinghamPoolie » Tue Dec 11, 2012 1:34 pm
Dirt
Visiting during the 18th century, Daniel Defoe noted that the town was eminent for "good bleaching of linen, so that I have known cloth brought from Scotland to be bleached here". However he also disparaged the town, writing that it had "nothing remarkable but dirt" (the roads would typically be unpaved at the time).
I like the comfort zone. It's where all the sandwiches are.