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2 unusual facts about Bunter


Bunter

Mervyn Bunter, butler to Lord Peter Wimsey, a fictional character created by Dorothy L. Sayers.

Billy Bunter, a fictional character created by Charles Hamilton (using the nom de plume of Frank Richards).


Bürgstadt

Mainly Pinot noir and Pinot noir précoce are grown in the vineyards there in bunter soil, out of which very good red wine is made.

Clouds of Witness

The novel was adapted as a television miniseries in 1972, starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter and Glyn Houston as Bunter.

Eddie Barlow

He was nicknamed "Bunter" because of his supposed resemblance to Billy Bunter.

Home and Colonial Stores

A local woman tells Lord Peter Wimsey and his servant Bunter that groceries sold at the "Home and Colonial" are "better and half a penny cheaper" than those provided by the village's unaffilated grocer.

Mary Cadogan

She was interviewed for Gyles Brandreth's programme on the centenary of Billy Bunter that was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2008.

Papplewick Pumping Station

Papplewick Pumping Station, in the Nottinghamshire village of Papplewick, was built by Nottingham Corporation Water Department between 1881 and 1884 to pump water from the Bunter sandstone to provide drinking water to the City of Nottingham, in England.

Roden, Bavaria

The community is rich in woodland (roughly 1 000 ha) at the seam between the Spessart’s mostly bunter-based geology and that found on the Fränkische Platte (a flat, mostly agricultural region), which is mostly Muschelkalk-based.

Steinfeld, Bavaria

Steinfeld lies between Lohr am Main and Karlstadt on the Fränkische Platte (a flat, mostly agricultural region), in the zone where the geology changes from bunter- to Muschelkalk-based.


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