Hmmm, is it true the name is derived from the original site of King Lear's castle?
Not that you'd hear any of the old dears referring to the Soar and the Grand Union as the 'Lear Cut'. Or, for that matter, shouting after the Yeomen* 'Ooo shot the pump, Then?
History is dying, if not already dead.
* The Leicestershire Yeomanry are now part of the Anglian Regiment. Bonus marks if you can identify the source of the remark about the 'Pump', though: I haven't heard that in more than 20 years.
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Date: 2006-01-05 10:57 am (UTC)Hmmm, is it true the name is derived from the original site of King Lear's castle?
Not that you'd hear any of the old dears referring to the Soar and the Grand Union as the 'Lear Cut'. Or, for that matter, shouting after the Yeomen* 'Ooo shot the pump, Then?
History is dying, if not already dead.
* The Leicestershire Yeomanry are now part of the Anglian Regiment. Bonus marks if you can identify the source of the remark about the 'Pump', though: I haven't heard that in more than 20 years.