History Back in time

[Logan]

I live in Redditch and this is back in time.
Feel free to add yours.

 

[Zigs]

Blimey Logan, if the silicosis didn't get you then you got boxed to death

Do you still have any of the old needles?

 

[Logan]

They still make needles in Studley but me myself i don't have any.

 

[Zigs]

Could be an interesting thing to collect Logan, it wouldn't be pointless

 

[Zigs]

I've moved about a bit but where I am now used to be one of the country's iron and coal production areas. We've got a couple of "Iron Pigs" - Blocks of iron from the foundries that probably used to belong to the village blacksmith. I'll take a picture of them tomorrow (although they're not very exciting.

I put a video together a while back based on a 100 year old travel guide to Kent...

 

[Zigs]

Found a pic of the Iron Pigs

The smaller one weighs about 5LB

 

[Logan]

That's a good video Zigs and the iron pigs.

 

[Logan]

What is a chipping anyway

 

[Zigs]

Very intersting Logan I love word stems.

 

[Anniekay]

Very intersting Logan I love word stems.

Me too !! I'm very interested in etymology... or is that entomology? NO, that's the study of bugs with the "n" in it .

 

[Zigs]

Me too !! I'm very interested in etymology... or is that entomology? NO, that's the study of bugs with the "n" in it .

I'm interested in both

I used to live in the West Country where there are quite a few Viking place names, the ending ey or ney, meaning island. Places like Godney, Muchelney and Thorney. Then when I moved to this end of the country there are more of them (Vikings got around a bit) Here we have Sheppey and Graveney

 

[Anniekay]

I'm interested in both

I used to live in the West Country where there are quite a few Viking place names, the ending ey or ney, meaning island. Places like Godney, Muchelney and Thorney. Then when I moved to this end of the country there are more of them (Vikings got around a bit) Here we have Sheppey and Graveney

I was brought up in a town called Billerica which, I suppose, was founded by people from the UK who came from Billericae, in 1655. We pronounce it Br' rica. People unfamiliar pronounce it
Biller- rica which grinds my grits !! (as they say in the South )

 

[Zigs]

I was brought up in a town called Billerica which, I suppose, was founded by people from the UK who came from Billericae, in 1655. We pronounce it Br' rica. People unfamiliar pronounce it
Biller- rica which grinds my grits !! (as they say in the South )

We know a song about that

 

[Sheal]

Here we have Sheppey and Graveney

I've been reading about Sheppey once known as Sceapig (Sheep Island). It was first invaded by Vikings (Danes) in 835 and was later used as a camp by them for over wintering. Kent, Essex and south east England suffered from their invasions.

 

[Zigs]

I've been reading about Sheppey once known as Sceapig (Sheep Island). It was first invaded by Vikings (Danes) in 835 and was later used as a camp by them for over wintering. Kent, Essex and south east England suffered from their invasions.

Co incidentally, Graveney which is on the marsh opposite Sheppey but no longer an island, has got a sheep shaped cut out board which the locals use to protest about anything they don't like

It's had slogans like "No Solar Farm at Graveney" and "No Battery Storage Here"

I often wonder what it's going to be protesting against next.

I bet a thousand years ago it used to say "Graveney sayes no to Viking invaderes"