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  • DaveB
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    Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post
    What the crikey is going on with "Nora one our tour guides" ?
    She used to be a cover girl for Backstreet Heros....


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  • pacharan
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    Oi! I was born in Midsomer Norton.

    Although one or two things are now falling into place.
    Radstock here

    All part of the Greater Norton Radstock conurbation these days of course.

    Think they're doing to us what they did to Newcastle when they rebranded it Newcastle-Gateshead.
    Last edited by pacharan; 1 September 2011, 09:12.

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
    I think he might mean Midsomer Norton. He may have a point there though, I believe they still eat their dead in that part of Somerset. Their carnival must run along the lines of Shaun of the Dead!!

    Oi! I was born in Midsomer Norton.

    Although one or two things are now falling into place.

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  • Peoplesoft bloke
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    Originally posted by Wilmslow View Post
    This is the place to do your research......

    British Lawnmower Museum

    What the crikey is going on with "Nora one our tour guides" ?

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  • Wilmslow
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    This is the place to do your research......

    British Lawnmower Museum

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  • Peoplesoft bloke
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    Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
    Probably from St Autumnus, the patron saint of grasscutting and dreary bastards?

    Do I qualify for owning a book entitled "50 years of garden machinery?"

    Edit: and two old mowers, obviously
    Last edited by Peoplesoft bloke; 31 August 2011, 22:05. Reason: Reason for Editing:

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  • eek
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    Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
    I think he might mean Midsomer Norton. He may have a point there though, I believe they still eat their dead in that part of Somerset. Their carnival must run along the lines of Shaun of the Dead!!

    If its anywhere like the village carnivals I went to in Kent try and be the carnival queen. Initially I couldn't understand why the carnival queen was in a mess cage until the losers arrived and started to lob filed coins and (probably) razor blades at the winner.

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
    where?
    I think he might mean Midsomer Norton. He may have a point there though, I believe they still eat their dead in that part of Somerset. Their carnival must run along the lines of Shaun of the Dead!!

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  • pacharan
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    Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
    where?
    Midsomer Norton and Bridgwater

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  • Spacecadet
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    Originally posted by pacharan View Post
    No they're carnivals down here. All the villages and small towns have them.

    Some of them, particularly Misnomer Sorting and Bridgwater are in a very grand scale indeed with floats more fitting of the Sambodromo rather then a Rust Country high street.
    where?

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  • pacharan
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    Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
    Or it's actually a Harvest Festival and not a carnival
    No they're carnivals down here. All the villages and small towns have them.

    Some of them, particularly Misnomer Sorting and Bridgwater are in a very grand scale indeed with floats more fitting of the Sambodromo rather then a Rust Country high street.

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  • BA to the Stars
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    Originally posted by pacharan View Post
    Me and the crew from the pub have decided to enter our local village carnival.

    Theme is going to be mowers down the ages. Think we can make a reasonable fist of it given that we have 20 mowers between the 6 of us.

    Think we shall send somebody brandishing a scythe at the head of the cavalcade followed by the kids with a set of push mowers. Then shall follow an assortment of motorized cylinder and rotary mowers with me bringing up the rear on my gang mower.

    Can't wait. Incidentally, did you know that carnival is derived from the Latin carne vale (goodbye meat) (since carnival is normally a precursor to Lent)?

    I don't know where the English tradition of Autumn carnivals comes from.
    The Grim Reaper?

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  • Spacecadet
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    Originally posted by pacharan View Post
    I don't know where the English tradition of Autumn carnivals comes from.
    Or it's actually a Harvest Festival and not a carnival

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by pacharan View Post
    Me and the crew from the pub have decided to enter our local village carnival.

    Theme is going to be mowers down the ages. Think we can make a reasonable fist of it given that we have 20 mowers between the 6 of us.

    Think we shall send somebody brandishing a scythe at the head of the cavalcade followed by the kids with a set of push mowers. Then shall follow an assortment of motorized cylinder and rotary mowers with me bringing up the rear on my gang mower.

    Can't wait. Incidentally, did you know that carnival is derived from the Latin carne vale (goodbye meat) (since carnival is normally a precursor to Lent)?

    I don't know where the English tradition of Autumn carnivals comes from.
    Probably from St Autumnus, the patron saint of grasscutting and dreary bastards?

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  • pacharan
    started a topic Carnival Time

    Carnival Time

    Me and the crew from the pub have decided to enter our local village carnival.

    Theme is going to be mowers down the ages. Think we can make a reasonable fist of it given that we have 20 mowers between the 6 of us.

    Think we shall send somebody brandishing a scythe at the head of the cavalcade followed by the kids with a set of push mowers. Then shall follow an assortment of motorized cylinder and rotary mowers with me bringing up the rear on my gang mower.

    Can't wait. Incidentally, did you know that carnival is derived from the Latin carne vale (goodbye meat) (since carnival is normally a precursor to Lent)?

    I don't know where the English tradition of Autumn carnivals comes from.

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