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This report cracked me up!
Have a look for the 'deliberate' mistake, the clue is in the title of this thread! pmsl



Thousands of holiday leaflets sent out to homes across the country have confused Great Yarmouth with the town of Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight.

In a leaflet accompanying its main holiday brochure, Warner Leisure Hotels gave trippers an extra reason to visit Norton Grange on the island - the 2010 Maritime Festival where shanty singers apparently mingle with colourful choirs along bustling South Quay.

Unfortunately for Warners the marmite festival is happening in the Norfolk resort and not 243 miles away on the Isle of Wight.

The company's website also elevates Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight to Great Yarmouth, describing it as once the centre of the greatest herring fishery in the world.

Its festival blurb is almost word for word as it appears on Great Yarmouth's official tourist site. It describes the festival as “a riot of colour and maritime music, featuring performances, shanty groups, folk bands, choirs and brass bands, traditional tall ships, expedition vessels. A steam drifter and lifeboats will be moored on South Quay to admire and go aboard

Hi Liz,
I chuckled when I saw this, I think it was on a news web page.
Can you imagine if there was a Marmite festival? lol
So much for research on the two places, don't they teach Geography in schools any more?
Sue

Didn't some 'plank in Birmingham UK use a silhouette of the skyline of Birmingham Alabama on a leaflet?

It does make you wonder!

edit - here it is - it was a recycling leaflet - so presumably created by admin - and approved by management!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1044201/Birmingham-council-uses-picture-city-skyline-leaflet-encourage-civic-pride--Birmingham-Alabama.html

I remember reading about the Birmingham fiasco - that was a real booboo wasn't it?

I quite like the idea of a Marmite Festival lol

Lizx