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Thread #110724   Message #2337263
Posted By: GUEST,The Mole Catcher's unplugged Apprentice
10-May-08 - 03:01 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Humph (Jazzman Humphrey Lyttelton-Apr 2008)
Subject: RE: Obit: Humph (Jazzman Humphrey Lyttelton-Apr 2008)
Nottingham is a fine city with a fascinating history. It's well documented in official records that the city's original name was 'Snottingham', or 'Home of Snots', but when the Normans came, they couldn't pronounce the letter 'S', so decreed the town be called 'Nottingham' or the 'Home of Notts'. It's easy to understand why this change was resisted so fiercely by the people of Scunthorpe.

Goodnight Humph........