Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alright Frank, you win. Do you still have a visa for Yorkshire? Edward IV of York reigned 1461 - 1483 after Yorkshire had won on points, Henry VII (1485-1509) got in through the back door after shoving Richard III out of the way. maybe if things had gone a bit differently York would now be the capital of England, a much nicer place than London. ere's to thee an' me an all on us Douglas (True Tyke and Loiner) BTW for everyone else - the present lot are a mixture of Teutons and Greeks, though one of them does bear a striking resemblance to Mr.H., who was neither. Frank Dernie wrote: > Sorry Douglas, there are two shires which have a rose. Red won - > Lancashire, white lost, Yorkshire. That is why the monarch is also the > Duke of Lancaster:-) > I was brought up in Lancs and did my apprenticeship in Yorks. Plenty of > opportunities for jokes, but whilst there was much dispute about which > county was best it was generally agreed that all the others were a very > poor third. > Work makes me a southerner now. > Frank > > > On 9 Mar, 2005, at 15:35, Douglas Sharp wrote: > >> Na then Alastair lad, >> tha's onny wunn Shire o't roses, 'n that's t'brooad acres , God's own >> Country, Yorkshire. >> Ah doant mind upcumd'ns lahk GeeBee lerrinus av a loook at his snaps >> but keep'm >> weer thi belong, south o't T'Humber. >> Burra must say tha teks a fair snap on Launceston. Reet gradely, Ah >> mun say. >> Good on yer mate. >> Douglas >> >> Alastair Firkin wrote: >> >>> I don't know about the rest of you, but I do get sick of seeing all >>> those wonderful artistic relaxing country scenes this guy is >>> subjecting us to. So while he is snoozing, perhaps we can remind >>> ourselves that the world is more than the Shire of the Roses: those >>> poms are so arrogant. >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album103/PAWextra054 >>> Alastair >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >