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Some questions for the Brit's
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
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Norman
:scratch: :scratch: :scratch:
Cheers :beer:
Don
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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!
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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.
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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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