Be a tour guide; tell us something interesting about where you live that we won't find in a publication
—suggested by passepartout.
(2 comments)
Viewing only rabbitdan’ssubmissions for Nov 05, 2009. View all submissions for Nov 05, 2009.
-
This submission has been flagged by users. Click to view.
I don't know that much about this area but I have just discovered via a brief google search there seem to be two versions of the history of its name: One is that in 1226 it was called Brocleg, after the guy who owned the land, I think. The other is that Broc was the old name for badger and the place was called 'Broca's woodland clearing'. I like badgers and will take the secondary moniker of @badgerdan for the rest of day in their honour. I have no plans to break my leg, however. Before you ask.
Nov 05, 2009 09:56 by rabbitdan
This comment has been flagged by users. Click to view.
Wisconsin is the Badger State.
This comment has been flagged by users. Click to view.
@kellydna: well there had to be one didn't there?
This comment has been flagged by users. Click to view.
1226? Where do you live?
This comment has been flagged by users. Click to view.
@discomeg2: Brockley in South East London. There wasn't much here at the time. The oldest surviving building is from 1773 apparently. Most of what's here now is Victorian. I should have said this in the post really.
This comment has been flagged by users. Click to view.
@rabbitdan: Thats really cool. There's this pub here called Grendels Den and it says: EST 1063 or something. Once I overheard someone asking if that was really true. I live outside of Boston. I just that story was kind of funny and slightly relevant. I wonder what happened to all the buildings there.
This comment has been flagged by users. Click to view.
@discomeg2: Maybe the Grendel thing is associated with Beowulf? Hmmm. I think Beowulf was written a few hundred years earlier than 1063. I must read Beowulf. It looks great. I'm getting more interested in old folk tales.