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the Omrud
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:49 am
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William <william@lowerknowle.com> spake thusly:
| Quote: | Don Aitken wrote:
At the beginning of the
20th century, the area now called South Lambeth (or Stockwell) was
known as North Brixton, because Brixton was a nice middle-class area.
Brixton's still pretty middle-class isn't it? At least, there's a lot
of BMWs about (big black ones mostly, with those one-way windows).
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I'm sure they are two-way windows - it's just dark inside so there's
nothing to see.
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Skitt
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:56 am
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tootsk wrote:
| Quote: | Depends what they're made from!
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Whatchou talkin' about, Willis?
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the Omrud
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:48 am
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Skitt <skitt99@comcast.net> spake thusly:
| Quote: | tootsk wrote:
Depends what they're made from!
Whatchou talkin' about, Willis?
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tootsk is replying to Weatherlawyer's question "What are wands
worth", but the dread Google interface has defeated him/her/it.
tootsk, I don't use gg but I understand there's a way of getting it
to quote the post to which you are replying. We would be grateful if
you would do this as it's difficult to follow replies with no clue
about what they refer to.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:40 am
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the Omrud wrote:
| Quote: | tootsk, I don't use gg but I understand there's a way of getting it
to quote the post to which you are replying. We would be grateful if
you would do this as it's difficult to follow replies with no clue
about what they refer to.
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See my .sig below for this information.
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Robin Bignall
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 6:27 am
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On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 22:55:05 -0000, "Mike Lyle"
<mike_lyle_uk@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
| Quote: | Philip Eden wrote:
"Weatherlawyer" <Weatherlawyer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1130951169.167151.214520@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
Harvey Van Sickle wrote:
On 02 Nov 2005, irwell wrote
Where is Tooting?
Greater London; south of Wandsworth.
What are wands worth?
Much Marcle
Where is the marcle legal tender?
Little hadham, but they've gone over to the Somerset mark. A
traditionalist local tells me it herts.
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sage
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 10:38 pm
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the Omrud wrote:
| Quote: | Tony Cooper <tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> spake thusly:
On Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:00:17 GMT, the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com
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irwell <hook@yahoo.com> spake thusly:
Where is Tooting?
A couple of miles from Tooting Bec.
Some time ago, my son dated an English girl who worked here for a time
as a nanny. When she went back to England, my son went over to see
her. She lived in XXXX Tooting. The XXXX was Upper or Lower or East
or something. Not just Tooting.
I can't find any XXXX Tooting, but it is not unknown for Londoners to
change the name of their district in conversation to refer to a more
salubrious adjoining region. So Battersea might be referred to as
"South Chelsea". East Tooting could be Streatham in disguise.
Of course, Tooting was the home of Wolfie "Citizen" Smith, of the
Tooting Popular Front. Come to think of it, I wonder if Ali G got
his idea of Staines from Citizen Smith.
And to help place Tooting, we can also mention that it's close to
Wimbledon (so Tooting could itself be described as "East Wimbledon").
Streatham? Don't you mean St. Reatham? |
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the Omrud
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 10:43 pm
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sage <sage@allstream.net> spake thusly:
| Quote: | the Omrud wrote:
And to help place Tooting, we can also mention that it's close to
Wimbledon (so Tooting could itself be described as "East Wimbledon").
Streatham? Don't you mean St. Reatham?
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To the continued annoyance of those around me, I refer to this place
as Stann's Square and the building at the end as Stann's Church.
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/ewm/ic1/93.html
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irwell
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:17 pm
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On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 15:43:17 GMT, the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com>
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| Quote: | sage <sage@allstream.net> spake thusly:
the Omrud wrote:
And to help place Tooting, we can also mention that it's close to
Wimbledon (so Tooting could itself be described as "East Wimbledon").
Streatham? Don't you mean St. Reatham?
To the continued annoyance of those around me, I refer to this place
as Stann's Square and the building at the end as Stann's Church.
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/ewm/ic1/93.html
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the Omrud
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:23 pm
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irwell <hook@yahoo.com> spake thusly:
| Quote: | On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 15:43:17 GMT, the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com
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sage <sage@allstream.net> spake thusly:
the Omrud wrote:
And to help place Tooting, we can also mention that it's close to
Wimbledon (so Tooting could itself be described as "East Wimbledon").
Streatham? Don't you mean St. Reatham?
To the continued annoyance of those around me, I refer to this place
as Stann's Square and the building at the end as Stann's Church.
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/ewm/ic1/93.html
Does Dean let you use his gate?
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Surely.
http://www.mspong.org/picturesque/manchester.html about half way
down.
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Joe Fineman
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| Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:07 am
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Harvey Van Sickle <harvey.news@ntlworld.com> writes:
| Quote: | On 02 Nov 2005, irwell wrote
Where is Tooting?
Greater London; south of Wandsworth.
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Not a private hansom Lie,
But a pair-and-brougham Lie,
Not a little-place-at-Tooting, but a country-house-with-shooting
And a ring-fence-deer-park Lie. -- Kipling
I say, is this Wembley?
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