What do you associate the United Kingdom with?

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What do you associate the United Kingdom with?

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I have an idea for a game, so we 'write' anything that we think about when someone mentions the country name. As the Enid Blyton Society is based in the United Kingdom, i thought we can start with that country. It will work like the other word games, you copy and add to the list, let's try not to duplicate words. I do not know if it will work but we can try. :). Ok will start with:

The Queen -
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The Queen - green fields -
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The Queen - green fields - cricket -
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The Queen - green fields - cricket - £ -
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The Queen - green fields - cricket - £ - London -
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he Queen - green fields - cricket - £ - London - afternoon tea -
Julian gave an exclamation and nudged George.
"See that? It's the black Bentley again. KMF 102!"

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The Queen - green fields - cricket - £ - London - afternoon tea - fish and chips -
'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.

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The Queen - green fields - cricket - £ - London - afternoon tea - fish and chips - The Cotswolds -
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The Queen - green fields - cricket - £ - London - afternoon tea - fish and chips - The Cotswolds - The White Cliffs of Dover -
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The Queen - green fields - cricket - £ - London - afternoon tea - fish and chips - The Cotswolds - The White Cliffs of Dover - Spitfires -
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The Queen - green fields - cricket - £ - London - afternoon tea - fish and chips - The Cotswolds - The White Cliffs of Dover - Spitfires - seaside
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The Queen - green fields - cricket - £ - London - afternoon tea - fish and chips - The Cotswolds - The White Cliffs of Dover - Spitfires - seaside - cup of tea -
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The Queen - green fields - cricket - £ - London - afternoon tea - fish and chips - The Cotswolds - The White Cliffs of Dover - Spitfires - seaside - cup of tea - crumpets -
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The Queen - green fields - cricket - £ - London - afternoon tea - fish and chips - The Cotswolds - The White Cliffs of Dover - Spitfires - seaside - cup of tea - crumpets - Enid Blyton -
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The Queen - green fields - cricket - £ - London - afternoon tea - fish and chips - The Cotswolds - The White Cliffs of Dover - Spitfires - seaside - cup of tea - crumpets - Enid Blyton - football -

(However, I'm not sure I would want to associate it with cricket, at the moment :D ;) )
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