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raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
FTFY.Mr Effy is my hero because he pulled the trailer with a Bianchi
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User19783
Guest
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Doesn't look a nice place ... Warning .... beware of children jumping on toads!!
mybike
Grumblin at Garmin on the Granny Gear
- Location
- Not 'emel 'empstead
OK, so it isn't a person of real stature but here goes with the story:
"Joseph Buck, the Winkwell lock-keeper, was a popular local character who unfortunately drowned in his own lock in 1898. On his death certificate the cause was given as 'suffocation by drowning' but there is no evidence to show by what means the deceased got into the water. However, it was Christmas Day, the lock-keepers home was next door but one to the Three Horseshoes and December nights can be very dark, especially after a few drinks."
So the cottage on the left is Joseph's home and in the distance on the right is the three horseshoes
Whose car park is just beyond the third house.
The London and Birmingham Railway, whose viaduct can be seen in the distance, would have already been built, signalling the death knell for the canals and hence lock keepers.
Let this be a warning to you all
"Joseph Buck, the Winkwell lock-keeper, was a popular local character who unfortunately drowned in his own lock in 1898. On his death certificate the cause was given as 'suffocation by drowning' but there is no evidence to show by what means the deceased got into the water. However, it was Christmas Day, the lock-keepers home was next door but one to the Three Horseshoes and December nights can be very dark, especially after a few drinks."
So the cottage on the left is Joseph's home and in the distance on the right is the three horseshoes
Whose car park is just beyond the third house.
The London and Birmingham Railway, whose viaduct can be seen in the distance, would have already been built, signalling the death knell for the canals and hence lock keepers.
Let this be a warning to you all
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Effyb4
Veteran
I did have big plans for a ride across the water, but the weather and the lurgy have prevented this. This morning I went for a wet ride locally in search of local people of note.
The first picture is of a plaque outside a house owned by Joseph Conrad a local Victorian author. I can't tell you the title of his most famous work because it would be deemed racist and the swear filter probably wouldn't allow it.
The next lot of photos are of a plaque dedicated to Thomas Higbed, who was burnt at the stake in the courtyard of the pub in the picture because he refused to become a catholic.
It looks like I need to practise holding my phone straight.
The first picture is of a plaque outside a house owned by Joseph Conrad a local Victorian author. I can't tell you the title of his most famous work because it would be deemed racist and the swear filter probably wouldn't allow it.
The next lot of photos are of a plaque dedicated to Thomas Higbed, who was burnt at the stake in the courtyard of the pub in the picture because he refused to become a catholic.
It looks like I need to practise holding my phone straight.
accountantpete
OAP
Isn't there Blue Plaque?
Googling the building led me to a Modern Architectural Dog Kennels site
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
Like the dog, not sure about the hipster kennel though.Isn't there Blue Plaque?
Googling the building led me to a Modern Architectural Dog Kennels site
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Please don't tell me you put 'Bell End' into a search engine?!Isn't there Blue Plaque?
Googling the building led me to a Modern Architectural Dog Kennels site
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accountantpete
OAP
Please don't tell me you put 'Bell End' into a search engine?!
I think I must have put R Grrriggs in by mistake
potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
Only famous Manc I could find today was Ollie Cromwell again, I was looking for one of the Gallagher brothers but thankfully they were nowhere to be seen.
![IMG_1721[1].jpg](https://www.cyclechat.net/attachments/img_1721-1-jpg.112162/ "IMG_1721[1].jpg")
*hopes Phil doesn't look up Ollie's birthplace
*hopes Phil doesn't look up Ollie's birthplace
potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
Just for the southern softies that think it's all darkness and gloom up here..
![IMG_1722[1].jpg](https://www.cyclechat.net/attachments/img_1722-1-jpg.112163/ "IMG_1722[1].jpg")
hopless500
Trundling along
- Location
- not-as-flat-as-you-think Norfolk
Nice bit of glare there Potsy!
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
I reckon you pop down South on the train and take some of these photos
