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| Bluechip:
--- Quote from: dsquire on November 27, 2013, 12:26:38 PM --- --- Quote from: Fergus OMore on November 27, 2013, 11:42:47 AM ---So you( Simon) moved from the Derwent to-- the Derwent! :scratch: Cheers Norman --- End quote --- Norman :scratch: :scratch: :scratch: Cheers :beer: Don --- End quote --- Presumably because there are several rivers in UK called 'Derwent' ( I live about 3 miles from one ) Having ( maybe ) cleared that one up, ... Why has no-one mentioned 'Lickey End' yet ... :scratch: Bon appetit ... Dave BC |
| Fergus OMore:
Exactly! There are two rivers- actually there are more but heigh ho, called Derwent in England. There are actually two river Tynes- one in Scotland and one in England-perhaps 50 miles apart. The odd thing is that my family also came from the Cumbrian Cocker which flows into the Derwent and into the Durham Derwent- and flows into the Tyne- the south one- not the South Tyne which is part of the Tyne in England. Now , kind sir, you must memorise this carefully as Newcastle is actually the old castle and the Roman Wall- there are two- again some 50 miles apart , was built-- by the French. Of course the bridge which spanned the Tyne had--piles. You got all this? So what has this to do with model engineering, you may ask? Well, George Stephenson was born on the banks of the Tyne- the English one. So was Armstrong and quite a lot of engineers. Ryton where I was born was the place that Parsons played with his model turbines. A bit before my time- I think! |
| mattinker:
--- Quote from: Fergus OMore on November 27, 2013, 12:56:27 PM ---Exactly! There are two rivers- actually there are more but heigh ho, called Derwent in England. There are actually two river Tynes- one in Scotland and one in England-perhaps 50 miles apart. The odd thing is that my family also came from the Cumbrian Cocker which flows into the Derwent and into the Durham Derwent- and flows into the Tyne- the south one- not the South Tyne which is part of the Tyne in England. Now , kind sir, you must memorise this carefully as Newcastle is actually the old castle and the Roman Wall- there are two- again some 50 miles apart , was built-- by the French. Of course the bridge which spanned the Tyne had--piles. You got all this? So what has this to do with model engineering, you may ask? Well, George Stephenson was born on the banks of the Tyne- the English one. So was Armstrong and quite a lot of engineers. Ryton where I was born was the place that Parsons played with his model turbines. A bit before my time- I think! --- End quote --- Hi Norman, although well founded, your enigmatic prose is sometimes too enigmatic to be comprehensible without sub-titles! Regards, Matthew |
| awemawson:
Much of the Roman Wall was built by people from what is now Spain Andrew |
| Pete.:
--- Quote from: bp on November 26, 2013, 08:28:37 PM ---Some of the place names are delightful too. In 1970 I went to have a look at a "charming cottage" in Nether Wallop, there was also an Upper Wallop, Lower Wallop and of course Middle Wallop, there are probably more. --- End quote --- The film "Keeping Mum" starring Maggie Smith, Rowan Atkinson and Kristin Scott Thomas is set in the village of Little Wallop. It's a fantastic watch especially for our colonial cousins looking for a bit of stereotypical 'Britishness'. 'Would you like a cup of tea?' :) |
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