Invasions and wombles

[iainbunt]

Quiz question I need an answer to. Which is the only UK place which shares a name with a womble to be invaded by a non-british force since 1066?

[rsd2525]

wellington

alderney

cairngorm take your pick, more likely wellington

[jake-the-peg]

Er Alderney is a Channel Island invaded by the Germans in WWII

More likely that!

[tubeway]

Wellington is not in the UK - but neither is Alderney. So it must be Cairngorm

[Johnmof]

Tobermory?

[rsd2525]

Wellington not in the UK?? there's a lot of people in 5 towns that dont agree ---- though i dont think that they have been invaded

[jake-the-peg]

Well unless there's a Womble called "Fishguard" http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/Wales-History/Fishguard.htm

I reckon it's Alderney and the subtlety of the status of the channel islands has escaped the question setter

[iainbunt]

My apologies, now I think about it IO think the correct wording of the questions was 'Which is the only place in the British Isles, which shares a name with a Womble, to be invaded by a non-British force since 1066?".

So I reckon the Alderney answer is right.

[Peter Pedant]

Alderney also had its own concentration camp during the war,

which a lot of people also forget

[jemarris]

I'm sorry, was there a womble called Alderney?

[brachiopod]

Was Alderney a Womble then? Never heard of that one in the 70's - or is this The All New Wombles Show or something?