test - please ignore
Angelina
Sorry, just testing. Had a prob with my newsreader earlier :-(
Tribble
Once upon a time, Angelina wrote:
: Sorry, just testing. Had a prob with my newsreader earlier :-(
Shall we ignore this one as much as we ignored the last test post
that came along?
--
Tribble Flibble
The Tribble Foundation - http://www.tribble.maquis.org/
This is Random .Sig number 1
Brian Skinner
Tribble <tri...@maquis.org> wrote:
> Shall we ignore this one as much as we ignored the last test post
> that came along?
Good idea. But we need to add some sort of Dorking spin to it, yes?
--
Brian Skinner (br...@brisk.demon.co.uk, http://www.brisk.demon.co.uk)
"It's never clear whose side Skinner is on, or whose orders he takes"
Andy
more details please!
Keith Walter wrote in message ...
>In article <3548754f...@news.demon.co.uk>, Brian Skinner wrote:
>> From: br...@brisk.demon.co.uk (Brian Skinner)
>> Newsgroups: uk.local.surrey
>> Subject: Re: test - please ignore
>> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 12:58:56 GMT
>>
>> Tribble <tri...@maquis.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Shall we ignore this one as much as we ignored the last test post
>> > that came along?
>>
>> Good idea. But we need to add some sort of Dorking spin to it, yes?
>
>Did you know that Dorking locals used to take part in an extremely
>violent football match through the High Street many years ago?
>
>Keith Walter
>
Brian Skinner
"Andy" <andy_...@lineone.net> wrote:
> more details please!
> >Did you know that Dorking locals used to take part in an extremely
> >violent football match through the High Street many years ago?
From "DORKING - a Surrey market Town through twenty centuries" by Alan
A Jackson:
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Football was also played, but Dorking was better known for its Shrove
Tuesday game, preceded by a grotesquely dressed band, and played by a
large crowd through the streets of the town. The date when this custom
started is not clear, some sources ascribing it to much earlier times,
but it was certainly being observed in the early 19th century.
Commencing at the church gates about 2 p.m., the ball would be kicked
through the streets, and deliberately into the most objectionable
places, such as the slaughter house offal heap in West Street, or into
the wettest, such as the Pippbrook. The ‘sport’ was declared closed at
6 p.m. The last full game was played in the presence of 2,000 people
in 1897. This riotous process, which caused shopkeepers to close and
shutter their premises, and obstructed traffic, was clearly getting
out of proportion for such a small town, and was suppressed from 1902.
It had completely died out by 1910.
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Rough old place, Dorking.
I have a picture of the police trying to confiscate the ball at Pump
Corner in the 1897 match (black and white, poor quality). If anyone is
interested I could scan it in and e-mail them. Alternatively I could
attach it as a binary if that is OK in this group.
Dominic Ramsey
Brian Skinner <br...@brisk.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Tribble <tri...@maquis.org> wrote:
> > Shall we ignore this one as much as we ignored the last test post
> > that came along?
> Good idea. But we need to add some sort of Dorking spin to it, yes?
Tribble sits at his desk at work, in Dorking Business Park naked.
Is that enough of a spin?
Tribble
Once upon a time, Gary wrote:
: X-No-Archive: Yes
: On 30 Apr 1998 22:04:44 GMT, Dominic Ramsey wrote:
: >Brian Skinner <br...@brisk.demon.co.uk> wrote:
: >
: >> Good idea. But we need to add some sort of Dorking spin to it, yes?
: >
: >Tribble sits at his desk at work, in Dorking Business Park naked.
: I think I'm going to be sick.
Hey! Don't judge a book by its cover, especially when you haven't
even seen its cover and have only read some of the contents...
and found it's full of rubbish. But other than that, watch it okay?
Not in that sense though.
--
Tribble Flibble
Why doesn't DOS ever say "EXCELLENT command or filename!"
Brian Skinner
Dominic Ramsey <d...@maquis.org> wrote:
>Tribble sits at his desk at work, in Dorking Business Park n****d.
Oi! This is a family newsgroup, you know. Young -Ed- of New Malden
might be lurking. You could bruise his fragile psyche peddling smut
like that.
Anyone know any clean(ish) Surrey Limericks?
Richard Daniells
Dominic Ramsey wrote:
> Tribble sits at his desk at work, in Dorking Business Park naked.
>
> Is that enough of a spin?
Anyone know of a decent Spin Doctor??
Richard
Andy Barber
Hi Brian
~~~snip~~~
b> I have a picture of the police trying to confiscate the ball
b> at Pump Corner in the 1897 match (black and white, poor
b> quality). If anyone is interested I could scan it in and
b> e-mail them. Alternatively I could attach it as a binary if
b> that is OK in this group.
I get this feed on a BBS, so I wouldn't get the attachment.
b> Brian Skinner (br...@brisk.demon.co.uk,
b> http://www.brisk.demon.co.uk) "It's never clear whose side
b> Skinner is on, or whose orders he takes"
Why not put it on your site? Can you send me the attchment to my Sonnet address
though.
Regards:Andy Barber
Mailto:andy....@lyceum.overflow.com - Fido:2:254/164.5
Mailto:And...@rber.sonnet.co.uk - Fastest.
Bob Selby
>> Dominic Ramsey <d...@maquis.org> wrote:
>>
>> >Tribble sits at his desk at work, in Dorking Business Park n****d.
>>
>> Oi! This is a family newsgroup, you know. Young -Ed- of New Malden
>> might be lurking. You could bruise his fragile psyche peddling smut
>> like that.
>>
>> Anyone know any clean(ish) Surrey Limericks?
There is a rather unsavory one about Cheam involving machines and
cream !
And I seem to remember two others - something rude involving Virginia
Water and another about Staines (or was it Stains).
Love,
Roanna
Brian Skinner
rse...@selby.demon.co.uk (Bob Selby) wrote:
> >> Anyone know any clean(ish) Surrey Limericks?
>
> There is a rather unsavory one about Cheam involving machines and
> cream !
>
> And I seem to remember two others - something rude involving Virginia
> Water and another about Staines (or was it Stains).
A scientist living at Staines
Is searching with infinite pains
For a new type of sound
Which he hopes, when it's found,
Will travel much faster than planes
--
Brian Skinner (br...@brisk.demon.co.uk, http://www.brisk.demon.co.uk)
"It's never clear whose side Skinner is on, or whose orders he takes"
Brian Skinner
andy....@lyceum.overflow.com (Andy Barber) wrote:
> Why not put it on your site?
http://www.brisk.demon.co.uk/1897.jpg sorry about the quality.
More information adapted from "Around Dorking in Old Photographs" also
by Alan A Jackson (Gawd bless 'im).
Kick-off was in Church Passage, the opponents being those who lived
east and west of this point. Tradesmen and property owners gradually
grew less tolerant of the damage to premises and interruption of
business, while others became concerned at the obstruction to traffic
and pedestrian movement in the town centre.
The grotesquely-dressed band was "Taffer Boult's Band". They carried a
standard (now in the Dorking & District Museum) with three painted
footballs and the inscription "KICK AWAY BOTH WHIG AND TORY, WIND AND
WATER DORKING'S GLORY".
The band, accompanied by a collector with a tin inviting contributions
to meet the cost of broken windows, etc. paraded through the town in
the morning while shopkeepers barricaded their premises. Any surplus
cash was spent in providing the bandsmen and supporters with alcoholic
refreshment.
School children were given the afternoon off for the event. The first
Police Court proceedings were taken in 1897 when fines were paid by
town worthies reluctant to see the custom suppressed.
After notices had been posted warning that the game was illegal, extra
police were drafted in for the 1897 match, headed by the Deputy Chief
Constable of Surrey.
The picture shoes the police trying to confiscate the ball at Pump
corner. By close of play at 6pm, the police were credited with no less
than eight balls, but others had been thrown in, allowing the game to
proceed.
(Enough Shrove Tuesday football, already. Ed)
Dominic Ramsey
Brian Skinner <br...@brisk.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> andy....@lyceum.overflow.com (Andy Barber) wrote:
> > Why not put it on your site?
> http://www.brisk.demon.co.uk/1897.jpg sorry about the quality.
Woo, I can see my house.
Almost. :)
Brian Skinner
Keith Walter <sna...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> > The picture shoes the police trying to confiscate the ball at Pump
> > corner. By close of play at 6pm, the police were credited with no less
> > than eight balls, but others had been thrown in, allowing the game to
> > proceed.
>
> Sounds like the press photographers had far more fun in those days :-)
But, but, but. In today's Dorking Advertiser there is a photograph
taken by you of the incoming and outgoing Presidents of Reigate,
Redhill and District Chamber of Commerce.
How much fun do you want, for heaven's sake?
--
Brian Skinner (br...@brisk.demon.co.uk, http://www.brisk.demon.co.uk)
"Kick away both Whig and Tory, wind and water Dorking's glory"
(Taffer Boult's Band, 1895)
Richard Daniells
Keith Walter wrote:
> In article <3554eee0...@news.demon.co.uk>, Brian Skinner wrote:
> > But, but, but. In today's Dorking Advertiser there is a photograph
> > taken by you of the incoming and outgoing Presidents of Reigate,
> > Redhill and District Chamber of Commerce.
> >
> > How much fun do you want, for heaven's sake?
>
> Yes, that one was so exciting I had to go and lie down afterwards ;-)
>
Did they offer you the Presidentual bed to lie on??... or should that be
lay on?
Richard
Brian Skinner
Keith Walter <sna...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> > How much fun do you want, for heaven's sake?
>
> Yes, that one was so exciting I had to go and lie down afterwards ;-)
Were you sent to take a picture of the pig on the A25 at Betchworth
roundabout?
We passed about 5pm and there was this large(ish) pig trotting along
the verge. It was on the opposite side of the road from the free-range
pig farm at Brockham, so it must have crossed the A25 at some point.
Brian Skinner
Keith Walter <sna...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> > Were you sent to take a picture of the pig on the A25 at Betchworth
> > roundabout?
> Nope, but I photographed some baby Canada geese in Priory park, does that
> count?
Shplendud. Mrs S. and I go all fluffy and sentimental over Mother
Nature's little miracles. Will the picture be in next week's Ad?
Shame there won't be a picture of the pig, though.
Brian Skinner
Keith Walter <sna...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> > Shame there won't be a picture of the pig, though.
>
> You'll have to ring us and let us know next time.
Will do. Using historical data, I compute that you should expect a
call around the year 2025.
Brian Skinner
Keith Walter <sna...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> > Shame there won't be a picture of the pig, though.
>
> You'll have to ring us and let us know next time.
From today's Private Eye:
"The occupier said: I looked out of the window and saw a big pig with
brown shaggy hair, I was quite startled and phoned the police to ask
if they had any pigs loose"
(Ormskirk Advertiser)
That sort of thing never happens in the Surrey Mirror. No, sir.