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Brighton's European Dream ? "a pox on that".........Shakespeare
He started writing that play, then he just couldn't quite find the required amount of irony and threw it away, saying, "Never thus were thouest destyned for Glory".Brighton's European Dream ? "a pox on that".........Shakespeare
"what's done, cannot be undone" macbethBrighton's European Dream
Day trip on the Newhaven to Dieppe ferry.Brighton's European Dream, to be or not to be? Not even a question.
I think diddycoy was Romani for any non Romani gypsy - await being corrected !Where my nan and grandad lived on a certain estate in Orpington, they used to have a problem with what they used to call “Diddycoys” occasionally pitching up on the green opposite their house. What we now know as Pykies or travellers
Bet the clever ones do.Did you know that the Old Bailey is built on the site of where Newgate Prison was, not a lot of people know that.
Tuppence or Threppeney bit.
Used to be big in the armed forces, maybe still is.If you have a spare thing to give away for example a ticket you don't need, then you could offer it buckshee
Buckshee, meaning on offer for free.
Beggars in India still ask for baksheesh.If you have a spare thing to give away for example a ticket you don't need, then you could offer it buckshee
Buckshee, meaning on offer for free.
There are loads of old names for Coppers aren't there? Most not used anymore. Peelers - that's gone. Bobbies - gone. Things like Babylon and 5-o, they're probably gone too? Old Bill? Maybe.
I recall many years ago a temulent gentleman using the term "Bottle and stopper".There are loads of old names for Coppers aren't there? Most not used anymore. Peelers - that's gone. Bobbies - gone. Things like Babylon and 5-o, they're probably gone too? Old Bill? Maybe.