I think a distant cousin of the Earl of Poncey - Henry of Essex - had some battles with the Welsh. I could look the date up but its more likely to be a campaign of skirmishes rather than an actual battle date.
Reading the thread title I thought, "Leave it to the British to have a holiday for a damned dog!"
The biggest county by far. More populous than Scotland. On our own we'd have been 12th in the medal table at the last olympics. And what do we get for a dog? Something that resembles (as my dad used to call them, and with respect to anyone who owns and loves them) an upholstered rat.
I think a distant cousin of the Earl of Poncey - Henry of Essex - had some battles with the Welsh. I could look the date up but its more likely to be a campaign of skirmishes rather than an actual battle date.
I missed it so didn't have the opportunity to make all sorts of stereotypical jokes!
Damn!
Never mind, eh? There's always next 'un.
And this seems like an appropriate time to return to the subject of John Barry. He was mentioned on Talk Sport Radio (of all things) during a celebration of Yorkshire Day led by distinguished former England cricketer Darren Gough, a Barnsley boy.
(And anyway, Mike, your pal John managed to dredge up some anti-Yorkshire propaganda in the yt clips above... Note to Harry Enfield: imitation is the best form of flattery!)
(And anyway, Mike, your pal John managed to dredge up some anti-Yorkshire propaganda in the yt clips above... Note to Harry Enfield: imitation is the best form of flattery!)
Those were the good ones...lol. Coming from someone who lived there once, one of the few things I looked forward to was visiting Movie Boulevard for the weekly banter and verbal sparring
(And anyway, Mike, your pal John managed to dredge up some anti-Yorkshire propaganda in the yt clips above... Note to Harry Enfield: imitation is the best form of flattery!)
Those were the good ones...lol. Coming from someone who lived there once, one of the few things I looked forward to was visiting Movie Boulevard for the weekly banter and verbal sparring [end quote]
John, me too, with the trains rumbling over the top of Cherry Tree Walk...wonder what happened to Robert and Richard ?
The biggest county by far. More populous than Scotland. On our own we'd have been 12th in the medal table at the last olympics. And what do we get for a dog? Something that resembles (as my dad used to call them, and with respect to anyone who owns and loves them) an upholstered rat.
