Aylesbury, England - Page 18

be-bop · 01-08-2010, 05:51 PM

Reading, ah the memories saw some great bands at various Reading Festivals in the 80's when i was young and stupid such a long time ago Sob...........

xoxoxoBruce · 01-09-2010, 12:45 AM

Take heart, be-bop... we aren't young anymore but we're still stupid.

be-bop · 01-10-2010, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Take heart, be-bop... we aren't young anymore but we're still stupid.

I'll drink to that...

Carruthers · 01-15-2010, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

I was in Bucks County last weekend... er Pennsylvania.

A couple of days ago, the postman defeated the weather and delivered a copy of "Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania". I managed to track it down via Abebooks and bought it from a bookseller in North Carolina. I headed straight for entries concerning Wycombe, Chalfont, Solebury (Soulbury) and Buckingham. I know that English place names on the Eastern Seaboard are not exactly uncommon, but I find the stories behind the original settlements absolutely fascinating.

Carruthers.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-15-2010, 12:32 PM

I know people in Buckingham, Bucks County, nice(but expensive) place. Also, I grew up in Hampden (see Sundae's post #5).

Carruthers · 01-15-2010, 01:18 PM

Whereabouts is Hampden, Bruce? I can't find any reference to it in the above book.

FWIW, Hampden House is about 3.5 miles to the south west of your humble correspondent.

Carruthers

xoxoxoBruce · 01-15-2010, 01:26 PM

At the John Hampden link, in Sundae's post:

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The towns of Hampden, Maryland, Hamden, Connecticut and Hampden, Maine, as well as the county of Hampden, Massachusetts are named in his honour. Also, Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia is named in his honour and that of Algernon Sydney, another English patriot.

It fails to note the town of Hampden, in the County of Hampden, Massachusetts. Not in Bucks County, PA, but you mentioned, "English place names on the Eastern Seaboard", and Hampden has a connection to Aylesbury. Sorry for the confusion.

Carruthers · 01-15-2010, 01:36 PM

Ah! OK Bruce, thanks for that, I'm obliged to you.
One is investigating further

Carruthers

squirell nutkin · 01-20-2010, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

do you ever stuff peas up inside penne ala arabiata?

♪♫
I've seen a tinker up a tailor
and a soldier up a sailor,
but I've never seen a salmon
up a dead sardine. ♪♫

Carruthers · 04-04-2010, 02:37 PM

I've just been looking at some photos from Spring last year and came up with this one:

It is a view from the opposite side of the valley to that shown in Sundae's posting here: #195

I keep an eye on a couple of farms on a nearby estate for the manager and his wife, when they take the opportunity to get off the place once in a while. As you can see, I was giving the farm dogs a run. (30th May 2009)

bushpig · 04-14-2010, 01:07 PM

Hey SG, sorry, I really wanted to personal message you but I'm not allowed to until I've proved that I'm not odd by responding to several threads in a way that is not deemed weird! (Akin to being asked to prove you're not mad)Anyway, my email is the same as it ever was (there's a song there somewhere), we both hated Cockroach Joan and you introduced me to Jasper Fforde (or certainly his books) and I was wondering how you were? Sorry to barge in, I'm still in the same hot/dusty country as I was before!

Sundae · 04-14-2010, 02:29 PM

OMG! Is that my warthog?!
I was thinking about you just the other day.

If it's not you (and it would be so weird if it's not. God, you weirdo if it's not!) then you'll get a mail from me in the next 24 hours.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-14-2010, 02:30 PM

It is.

classicman · 04-14-2010, 02:33 PM

ok - I'm a little freaked out by that.

Shawnee123 · 04-14-2010, 02:42 PM

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Sorry to sarge in, I'm still in the same hot/dusty country as I was before!

Why the new face?

01-09-2010, 12:45 AM	#257
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Take heart, be-bop... we aren't young anymore but we're still stupid. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-15-2010, 12:32 PM	#260
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I know people in Buckingham, Bucks County, nice(but expensive) place. Also, I grew up in Hampden (see Sundae's post #5). __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-14-2010, 02:30 PM	#268
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It is. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-14-2010, 02:33 PM	#269
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	ok - I'm a little freaked out by that. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-08-2010, 05:51 PM	#256
be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	Reading, ah the memories saw some great bands at various Reading Festivals in the 80's when i was young and stupid such a long time ago Sob...........

01-15-2010, 01:18 PM	#261
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	Whereabouts is Hampden, Bruce? I can't find any reference to it in the above book. FWIW, Hampden House is about 3.5 miles to the south west of your humble correspondent. Carruthers

01-15-2010, 01:36 PM	#263
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	Ah! OK Bruce, thanks for that, I'm obliged to you. One is investigating further Carruthers

04-04-2010, 02:37 PM	#265
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	I've just been looking at some photos from Spring last year and came up with this one: It is a view from the opposite side of the valley to that shown in Sundae's posting here: #195 I keep an eye on a couple of farms on a nearby estate for the manager and his wife, when they take the opportunity to get off the place once in a while. As you can see, I was giving the farm dogs a run. (30th May 2009)

04-14-2010, 01:07 PM	#266
bushpig Kinda New Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1	Hey SG, sorry, I really wanted to personal message you but I'm not allowed to until I've proved that I'm not odd by responding to several threads in a way that is not deemed weird! (Akin to being asked to prove you're not mad)Anyway, my email is the same as it ever was (there's a song there somewhere), we both hated Cockroach Joan and you introduced me to Jasper Fforde (or certainly his books) and I was wondering how you were? Sorry to barge in, I'm still in the same hot/dusty country as I was before!

04-14-2010, 02:29 PM	#267
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	OMG! Is that my warthog?! I was thinking about you just the other day. If it's not you (and it would be so weird if it's not. God, you weirdo if it's not!) then you'll get a mail from me in the next 24 hours.

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