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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 03 Apr 2020, 08:00
by plaques
No but you're getting the right idea. Think french. and where did Tripps go last year for another preceding word.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 03 Apr 2020, 08:37
by Gloria
Seaton Delaval Hall??

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 03 Apr 2020, 08:46
by Big Kev
Gloria wrote: 03 Apr 2020, 08:37 Seaton Delaval Hall??
I agree with Gloria

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 03 Apr 2020, 09:00
by plaques
Both Gloria and BigKev are on turbo charge Lots of images on google

First went to the Medievil Banquet Banquet years ago. My pal and his wife were promoted to Lord and Lady. A big mistake on their part, a raving dipsomaniac with a throat like a sink. Must have cost them a fortune for the free booze.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 03 Apr 2020, 11:21
by Tripps
Thanks for the link. Brings back some memories. Mrs Tripps was a nurse at Blyth, and they had a staff outing to Seaton Delaval Hall for one of their medieval banquets. She wasn't much of a drinker anyway, and didn't know that mead was alcoholic. She was quite giggly when they brought her home. :laugh5:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 05 Apr 2020, 04:01
by Stanley
It's an oldie. What can you tell me about this?

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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 06 Apr 2020, 03:11
by Stanley
That went well..... Should I come clean, give a clue or just post another image?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 06 Apr 2020, 07:26
by Gloria
Give us a clue Stanley, I've absolutely no idea.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 06 Apr 2020, 08:17
by Big Kev
Is it Bradford?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 06 Apr 2020, 08:19
by Stanley
Kev is on to it Gloria, yes Kev and I think you know it's Thornton.....

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 06 Apr 2020, 08:27
by Gloria
Still none the wiser.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 06 Apr 2020, 08:34
by Big Kev
I'm sure I know what, if I'm right there's a biblical reference...

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 06 Apr 2020, 08:42
by Wendyf
Ooh! As a someone born and bred not far away I should have known about that.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 06 Apr 2020, 08:53
by Gloria
??????

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 06 Apr 2020, 11:50
by Stanley
Gloria, Joshua marched the Canaanites round the city seven times on the seventh day......

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 06 Apr 2020, 11:56
by Gloria
The walls of Jericho?? Thornton, Bradford.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 06 Apr 2020, 12:00
by Stanley
YES!! I think Wendy and Kev were there as well.
Next for shaving?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 06 Apr 2020, 12:25
by Gloria
I'd not have got that in a month of Sundays without clues.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 06 Apr 2020, 12:28
by Wendyf
I guessed at Jericho when Big Kev gave us the biblical clue then googled it, no chance otherwise.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 07 Apr 2020, 03:37
by Stanley
Not a mystery object as such but a curiosity. The Walls of Jericho were only one strange name in that part of Bradford. The wider area was called Egypt and there was a row of houses called Botany Bay. If we had any casualty beasts at Yew Tree that had to be slaughtered they always went to Jerusalem Farm in the same area. So Egypt, Jericho, Jerusalem and Botany Bay all in the same area. It would make a good pub quiz question....

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 07 Apr 2020, 09:35
by Tizer
Here in Taunton we have an area near the town centre that is known as Tangier. Tradition states that Tangier is named after the Tangier Regiment, employed to round up Monmouth’s rebels in 1685. They were billeted or encamped in this area of Taunton. A late 17th century inn in the area was also called Tangier. The regiment got it's name from it's time in North Africa in the mid-1600s. Wikipedia: `The Tangier Garrison was the land force which oversaw the defence of English Tangier between 1661 and 1684 when it was evacuated. It was part of the English Army, the de facto standing army that Charles II established following the Restoration. Charles II received Tangier as part of the Marriage Treaty with Portugal in 1661. He appointed Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough as governor and, on 30 January 1662, the new garrison took up its duties.'

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 08 Apr 2020, 03:44
by Stanley
Do I remember an area in Oxford called Jericho? Heard in Inspector Morse episodes?
Try this....

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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 08 Apr 2020, 09:56
by Tizer
The name Jericho was sometimes used to denote a distant place, as we nowadays would say Timbuktu. In Oxford's case, the Jericho area was outside the city walls.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 08 Apr 2020, 11:19
by Stanley
Thanks Tiz, I didn't know that!

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 08 Apr 2020, 12:27
by chinatyke
Is it for wiping joints in lead pipes?