Chevy Chase under threat (UK)

Subject: Chevy Chase under threat
From: manitas_at_work
Date: 16 Jun 08 - 08:34 AM

Our local session is under threat. The venue, The Chevy Chase in Stratford, London, UK may be turned into a lap-dancing club or strip joint if a planning application by it's owners succeeds.

If you live in or near the area and would care to object to the application please PM me and I will send you details of who to object to. The objection must be lodged before 26th June.

Subject: RE: Chevy Chase under threat
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 16 Jun 08 - 10:05 AM

I'm glad the actor is okay!

;-D

Subject: RE: Chevy Chase under threat
From: WFDU - Ron Olesko
Date: 16 Jun 08 - 10:06 AM

I thought something happened to the actor or the town in Maryland was under siege.

Subject: RE: Chevy Chase under threat
From: WFDU - Ron Olesko
Date: 16 Jun 08 - 10:07 AM

By the way, where do you write if you are in favor of a strip joint?

Subject: RE: Chevy Chase under threat
From: GUEST,Suffolk Miracle
Date: 16 Jun 08 - 10:25 AM

'Christ's curse on his crown,' said the lord Percye,
'Whosoever thereto says ay!         
By my troth, thou doughty Douglas,' he says,
'Thou shalt never see that day—

Subject: RE: Chevy Chase under threat
From: manitas_at_work
Date: 16 Jun 08 - 11:28 AM

The pub is actally named after a famous battle between England and Scotland whicgh is also known as the battle of Otterburn. I don't know why the pub was so named.

Subject: RE: Chevy Chase under threat
From: PoppaGator
Date: 16 Jun 08 - 12:00 PM

Thanks for the info about the origin of the phrase "Chevy Chase." Like most of us in the US, I knew only about the suburb of Washington DC, and later the comedian/actor who undoubtedly took his nickname/stage-name from the town name. (Chevy Chase, MD, has long been a very prestigious and desirable address, one of DC's toniest and most affluent suburbs.)

I'm sure that many Americans, especially those younger than about 40, knew of the actor first, and may or may not know about the town at all. And, of course, we cannot possibly hear or read the word "Chevy" without thinking immediateyy of the automobile brand-name "Chevrolet" and its very common short-form.

Subject: RE: Chevy Chase under threat
From: GUEST,Wolfhound person
Date: 16 Jun 08 - 12:29 PM

And there was me, wondering which bit of the Borders had been bought by Donald Trump.......

Paws

Subject: RE: Chevy Chase under threat (UK)
From: WFDU - Ron Olesko
Date: 16 Jun 08 - 01:04 PM

Trump is buying a bookstore chain???

Subject: RE: Chevy Chase under threat (UK)
From: manitas_at_work
Date: 17 Jun 08 - 08:21 AM

HOw old is Chevy Chase, Maryland? The reason I ask is that the pub is in an area of Stratford called Maryland Point. Apparently a former landowner there had returned from Maryland, USA to build a house. Is it possible the pub was, in fact, named after the town rather than the battle? Is there a town in Maryland call Bacchus' Bin?