tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post3283957497003451918..comments2024-02-07T23:23:13.726+00:00Comments on The Fylde and Wyre Antiquarian: The Fylde’s Original Promenade: Part OneBrian Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-72283797147551481382007-09-02T15:21:00.000+01:002007-09-02T15:21:00.000+01:00Ann...The link is blue but doesn't appear to actua...<B>Ann...<BR/><BR/>The link is blue but doesn't appear to actually work. (Pretty much like Sedgwick's blogger board in fact.)</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-61600395182909446442007-09-02T11:45:00.000+01:002007-09-02T11:45:00.000+01:00Those stone tickets wouldn't need to be taped to t...Those stone tickets wouldn't need to be taped to the windscreens to stop them blowing away.<BR/><BR/><BR/>On a blogological dig of my own I found <A HRREF="http://wfl.motime.com/">some other Wyrveans!</A>Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-10537139964323508412007-08-31T15:48:00.000+01:002007-08-31T15:48:00.000+01:00Martyn,The Romans certainly knew about the Isle of...<B>Martyn,<BR/><BR/>The Romans certainly knew about the Isle of Man (or Mona as they called it) because it was the 'head office' of the druids...and the Romans didn't exactly see eye to eye with the druids...possibly because they were taller.<BR/><BR/>Of course, a lot of modern historians place Mona at Anglesey...but Ceaser describes the island as lying exactly halfway between Ireland and Britain...which doesn't really describe Anglesey terribly well, although it perfectly matches the Isle of Man, the name of which even appears to stem from the same source, but still...if southern centric historians want to get things spectacularly wrong and go down in the history books as being burks, let 'em. <BR/><BR/>And they certainly knew about Ireland...and the Irish Raiders who were a bit of a niggling problem around that time.<BR/><BR/>As for Blackpool council employing speed tax collectors, I suspect the idea would have been dropped because of the costs involved in buying thousands of tons of stone and an equal number of chisels so they could write out the tickets.</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-24890925457292204282007-08-31T10:42:00.000+01:002007-08-31T10:42:00.000+01:00Dowbridge sounds like an important place for the R...Dowbridge sounds like an important place for the Romans. <BR/><BR/>One question; Would the Romans know that there was a vast expanse of sea before the next landfall ? Apologies to any Manx or Irish readers.<BR/><BR/>The lighter side; Wouldn't Blackpool council have put up speeding tax collectors on the Roman road ?The Actorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10744660847730921297noreply@blogger.com