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Adam: The obvious biblical references apply, although i have a sneaking suspicion that my mother liked "Adam Faith" !

 

Elsdon: Northumberland border town near Otterburn, a Celtic tribal capital at the time of the roman occupation and later was centre to alot of border skirmishes and fighting with the Scots, also centre to the Border Reivers trade, crossing the border and stealing scots cattle.

 

Basically our family likes a fight and a steak!

 

A poem about Elsdon and what a traveller thought of it, they possibly could of tweaked the tourism customer service aspect...

 

Hae ye ivver been at Elsdon ?

 

The world's unfinished neuk

 

It stands amang the hungry hills,

 

An' wears a frozen leuk.

 

The Elsdon folk like diein' stegs

 

At ivvery stranger stare;

 

An' hather broth an' curlew eggs,

 

Ye'll get for supper there.

 

Yen neet aw cam tiv Elsdon;

 

Sair tired efter dark

 

Aw'd trovell'd mony a lyensome meyle

 

Wet through the varra sark

 

Maw legs were warkin' fit ta brik,

 

An' empty was me kite,

 

But nowther love nor money could

 

Get owther bed or bite.

 

At ivvery hoose iv Elsdon

 

Aw teld me desperate need,

 

But nivver a corner had the churls

 

Where aw might lay me heed;

 

Sae at the public hoose aw boos'd

 

Till aw was sent away;

 

Then tiv a steyble- loft aw crept

 

An' coil'd amang the hay.

 

Should the Frenchers land iv England

 

Just gie them Elsdon fare;

 

By George ! they'll sharply hook it back,

 

An' nivver cum ne mair

 

For a hungry hole like Elsdon

 

Aw nivver yit did see;

 

An' if aw gan back tiv Elsdon,

 

The De'il may carry me.

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Runflat - comes from the name given to bullet proof tyres. When shot through they will continue to run at normal speeds for at least 50 miles, which is plenty long enough to go and hide behind the nearest hill and makes you wonder when the driver actually realised he'd been 'hit'. Little known fact: a Mr Frank Fellowes of the Dunlop sales department received the MBE for his work on the development of these tyres.

 

Don't know why I picked the name - I just liked it I guess. Nothing to do with liking exercise (I don't) or being b****y heavy (I'm not).

 

I can't believe the comments that all the best names are gone. I'm sure there are some lasses out there who would love to be known as 'softskin', and for the boys who wants to own up to having a 'half-tracked-mind'?

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Vets Dottir ... in memory and honour of my Dad and his WW2 service and my usual user name in military history interests sites - started as family history research, now hang out in them for that PLUS the social/friendships connections from them. Sometimes use Sarges Dottir ;)

 

Vets - my dad served in WW2. Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry. A Sargent ... served at home, Manitoba (SHILO) (bad feet = no overseas) training soldiers and sometimes escorting German POWS within Canada (don't know much more than that)

 

Dottir - my Dad Icelandic, makes me his "dottir" (daughter) ... close family-tree includes Sygtriggur Jonasson, dubbed "Father of New Iceland" (Riverton area, Manitoba) - my Dad's Great Uncle

http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/hrb/plaques/plaq0599.html

 

Some more of that Icelandic to Manitoba settlement history for anyone interested:

 

http://www.gimlicommunityweb.com/history/history.php ;)

 

 

:)

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A Goanna is a large reptile .. I sometimes see them foraging for rabbits along the fences here.. during the summer months . They normally run up a tree when a human approaches .One day, I spotted one sneaking into a shed here.. a rabbit was hiding in there.

 

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I'm not sure where mine came from. It just came into my head. I was going to call myself Hippo but I have also got a Dodge and a 1927 BSA and an anagram was to hard to work out so I used my name which at the moment I can still remember.

 

Phil Palmer. Oh thats where I got it from. Hmmmm almost er er whatsit you know... oh yes forgot.

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M5 Clive ?

 

Not as some may think an allegiance to the motorway that runs from the west country to Brum, but moreso the MV that I owned until March of this year - Pictured Below

 

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Ok, to be strictly correct it should have been M5A1, but what the hell. Sadly it had to go when we needed funds to build the following.................

 

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Ok, so I should now change my HMVF Name, but WillowCottageClive hardly has the same ring to it!

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With my particular interest in the Great War, I wanted something really well known but also laughable. ('Subsidy' or 'Solid Tyres' just didn't have the right ring). Unfortunately, it took me six months to realise that to most people, 'Old Bill' is the Police force! Clear concience I guess.....

 

Steve

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  • 3 years later...

It has been a long time ago since we had this thread, so I thought it time for a new round :)

 

Some members use their real name on the forum, like me, but a lot use a nickname. This is your moment of fame, your change to enter the spotlight and explain your chosen nick-name!! Most have a story behind it and I would love to hear it.

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