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Re: Weather warning across the South!
« Reply #30 on: 20 December 2010, 18:06:49 »
-9c and still going here...... :o
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Re: Weather warning across the South!
« Reply #31 on: 20 December 2010, 18:12:58 »
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I'm off to Basingstoke tomorrow so hoping for a clear run. Just out of interest the company i'm loading from is in Armstrong road which is just off "Swing Swang lane"!
   The local council must've had a reason for naming it so, can any locals enlighten?   No google cheats, i could do that!

No idea of its' origins but familiar with it.

Weather not too bad down here at the moment although it is still snowing gently. It has climbed a fraction over zero now after -12 last night so could get icy.

If you run out of hours around here give me a shout and I'll bring a portion of whatever Mrs. KW is cooking out to you if you like?

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Re: Weather warning across the South!
« Reply #32 on: 20 December 2010, 18:27:33 »
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I'm off to Basingstoke tomorrow so hoping for a clear run. Just out of interest the company i'm loading from is in Armstrong road which is just off "Swing Swang lane"!
   The local council must've had a reason for naming it so, can any locals enlighten?   No google cheats, i could do that!

It probably is the site of a gallows, or gibbet, in Georgian, early Victorian times Guy ;)
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Re: Weather warning across the South!
« Reply #33 on: 20 December 2010, 18:28:00 »
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I'm off to Basingstoke tomorrow so hoping for a clear run. Just out of interest the company i'm loading from is in Armstrong road which is just off "Swing Swang lane"!
   The local council must've had a reason for naming it so, can any locals enlighten?   No google cheats, i could do that!

No idea of its' origins but familiar with it.

Weather not too bad down here at the moment although it is still snowing gently. It has climbed a fraction over zero now after -12 last night so could get icy.

If you run out of hours around here give me a shout and I'll bring a portion of whatever Mrs. KW is cooking out to you if you like?

Kevin

Cheers Kevin. No problem with daily 15 hours but depending on the M25 it can be touch & go turning the whole thing round on a 10 hour drive. Luckily one of the fitters is running a truck to East Ham & the owner is driving him out to meet me @ Basingstoke so if i run out of driving hours an hour or two away from home he can put a card in & finish the run.
    What would dinner have been???? Guy. :y
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Re: Weather warning across the South!
« Reply #34 on: 20 December 2010, 18:35:49 »
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After a sunny start it is now starting to cloud over, so no doubt it is on its way to us! ::) ::) ::)





 (Avatar) ::) ::) ::) Crikey Lizzie! that's what I call a MAKEOVER ! Any tips for my missus?  ;D :y
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« Reply #35 on: 20 December 2010, 18:42:28 »
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After a sunny start it is now starting to cloud over, so no doubt it is on its way to us! ::) ::) ::)





 (Avatar) ::) ::) ::) Crikey Lizzie! that's what I call a MAKEOVER ! Any tips for my missus?  ;D :y

Yes Phil! :y  Tell her to use plenty of imagination and to pursuade you that it is her personality and love that really counts! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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Re: Weather warning across the South!
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After a sunny start it is now starting to cloud over, so no doubt it is on its way to us! ::) ::) ::)





 (Avatar) ::) ::) ::) Crikey Lizzie! that's what I call a MAKEOVER ! Any tips for my missus?  ;D :y

Yes Phil! :y  Tell her to use plenty of imagination and to pursuade you that it is her personality and love that really counts! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)

Yeah right!  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Weather warning across the South!
« Reply #37 on: 20 December 2010, 18:53:37 »
The name of the lane stems from Swang, meaning marsh or boggy land, and thus means Swing’s Marsh
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Re: Weather warning across the South!
« Reply #38 on: 20 December 2010, 18:58:02 »
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I'm off to Basingstoke tomorrow so hoping for a clear run. Just out of interest the company i'm loading from is in Armstrong road which is just off "Swing Swang lane"!
   The local council must've had a reason for naming it so, can any locals enlighten?   No google cheats, i could do that!

It probably is the site of a gallows, or gibbet, in Georgian, early Victorian times Guy ;)
"Swing" makes sense!!
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Re: Weather warning across the South!
« Reply #39 on: 20 December 2010, 18:59:10 »
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The name of the lane stems from Swang, meaning marsh or boggy land, and thus means Swing’s Marsh
Could be this as well. The plot thickens!!! :)
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« Reply #40 on: 20 December 2010, 19:01:26 »
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The name of the lane stems from Swang, meaning marsh or boggy land, and thus means Swing’s Marsh
Could be this as well. The plot thickens!!! :)


Indeed, as it could well be a gallows, or gibbet, on the marsh, which was a common place to site them outside areas of population, on main routes into towns ;) ;)
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Re: Weather warning across the South!
« Reply #41 on: 20 December 2010, 19:08:55 »
Basingrad hung its sheep stealers in the town square!
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Re: Weather warning across the South!
« Reply #42 on: 20 December 2010, 19:15:44 »
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The first small flakes are now starting to fall in Ashford, so it looks as though the forecasters have it right here!  They are talking of 10-15cm tonight ::) ::) ::)

I'll have to ask you what the roads are like on Thursday morning when my Dad's going to be passing through (assuming the car train between Calais & Folkestone is actually running!).. what's it like now, anyway?

Everything is fine around here and still above freezing, though I expect it to get a bit dicey overnight when it freezes.

And speaking of streets with silly names, how about this one in York (grew up there, I can still see the little church at the end of the street in my mind..) - Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate.  A really long name for a really tiny street..
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Re: Weather warning across the South!
« Reply #43 on: 20 December 2010, 19:32:39 »
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    What would dinner have been???? Guy. :y

I'm guessing not the Pork and Pineapple curry because we've just eaten that.  :P There's talk of beef stew, IIRC. :-*

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Re: Weather warning across the South!
« Reply #44 on: 20 December 2010, 21:19:44 »
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We're supposed to be visiting people in Basingstoke and Portsmouth towards the end of the week on our way to Brighton for Christmas... Hmm... Have to see what happens!

Kettle will be on if you're passing. :y

Not too bad down here at the moment.

Kevin

If we make it to Basingstoke then we'll almost certainly take you up on that offer :y :y You working from home 23rd/24th? Probably be 24th
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