Outsiders' Opinion of Tipton
The Newcastle upon Tyne based adult comic Viz used Tipton as a perennial butt of jokes throughout the 1990s, involving a fictitious councillor, Hugo Guthrie. Guthrie may, however, have been based on the real inter-war figure of Councillor Doughty who forbade any more pubs to open until one was opened carrying his name — the pub carrying his name, the Doughty Arms, opened in 1923 but was renamed the "Pie Factory" in 1987. Also throughout Tipton there are quite a few swimming pools such as Tipton swimming club, Darlaston swimming baths and so much more.
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