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Fulchester is a fictitious town where most of the comic strips in the humorous Viz comic are based, the town being based near Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a City status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Situated on the north bank of the River Tyne, the city developed from a Roman Empire settlement called Pons Aelius, though it owes its name to the Newcastle Castle built in 1080, by Robert Curthose, the eldest son of...
 judging by the dialects and cultural references. It was taken from the British
United Kingdom

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 television
Television

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 drama
Drama

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 Crown Court
Crown Court (TV series)

Crown Court was an ITV afternoon television courtroom drama that started in 1972, which was the same year the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in England and Wales....
. The name has sexual innuendo, reflecting the crude, toilet humour
Toilet humour

Toilet humour, or scatological humour, is a type of off-color humor dealing with defecation, urination, flatulence, vomiting and other bodily functions....
 style of the comic.

The Internet
Internet

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 domain
Domain name

The term domain name has multiple related meanings:* A hostname that identifies a computer or computers on the Internet. These names appear as a component of a Web site's Uniform Resource Locator, e.g....
 fuck.co.uk was originally registered by a UK ISP who claimed to be promoting the Fulchester Underwater Canoeing Klubb in order to satisfy UK domain name registration rules at the time (August 1996) which required a name application to be representative of the registrant's company name.






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Fulchester is a fictitious town where most of the comic strips in the humorous Viz comic are based, the town being based near Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a City status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Situated on the north bank of the River Tyne, the city developed from a Roman Empire settlement called Pons Aelius, though it owes its name to the Newcastle Castle built in 1080, by Robert Curthose, the eldest son of...
 judging by the dialects and cultural references. It was taken from the British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 drama
Drama

Drama is the specific Mode of fiction Mimesis in performance. The term comes from a Ancient Greek word meaning "Action " , which is derived from "to do" ....
 Crown Court
Crown Court (TV series)

Crown Court was an ITV afternoon television courtroom drama that started in 1972, which was the same year the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in England and Wales....
. The name has sexual innuendo, reflecting the crude, toilet humour
Toilet humour

Toilet humour, or scatological humour, is a type of off-color humor dealing with defecation, urination, flatulence, vomiting and other bodily functions....
 style of the comic.

The Internet
Internet

The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels. Typically, a computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast array of available server and other computers by moving information from them to the computer's local memory....
 domain
Domain name

The term domain name has multiple related meanings:* A hostname that identifies a computer or computers on the Internet. These names appear as a component of a Web site's Uniform Resource Locator, e.g....
 fuck.co.uk was originally registered by a UK ISP who claimed to be promoting the Fulchester Underwater Canoeing Klubb in order to satisfy UK domain name registration rules at the time (August 1996) which required a name application to be representative of the registrant's company name. fuck.co.uks creation happened within an hour of the controller of .uk domains dropping of rules relating to offensive words, and was the first properly offensive .uk name to be registered. Clearly hastily contrived and inspired by Viz comic, the registration was allowed.

Fulchester United
Fulchester United FC

Fulchester United FC is an amateur football club operating in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The club currently fields three teams, Fulchester United and Fulchester Athletic, both registered in the SDSA Mens Turf league and Fulchester Walking Wounded, registered in the SDSA Womens Boarded League....
 is also a real soccer club based in Saskatoon
Saskatoon

Saskatoon is a city located in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River, with a metropolitan area population of 233,923. Saskatoon is the most populous city in the province of Saskatchewan, and has been since the mid-1980s when it surpassed the provincial capital of Regina, Saskatchewan....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
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www.fulchester.com is an independent Viz enthusiasts' site.

See also

  • Melchester
    Roy of the Rovers

    Roy of the Rovers is a British comic strip about the life and exploits of a fictional Football named Roy Race which has run in various publications since 1954....
  • Fulchester United
    Fulchester United FC

    Fulchester United FC is an amateur football club operating in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The club currently fields three teams, Fulchester United and Fulchester Athletic, both registered in the SDSA Mens Turf league and Fulchester Walking Wounded, registered in the SDSA Womens Boarded League....


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