Linda and Jeremy

[Hobbit]

Wow! If I haven't officially welcomed both of you to our History forum.....let me do so now. This place has really picked up since you guys (gender neutral) arrived.

You pose interesting viewpoints and questions that will cause us (at least me;)) to think seriously about them. Thanks for contributing.

:):)

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[John Bridge]

I'll second that. I'll shut up a while and let y'all talk. ;)

[smee]

Thank you Howard. It's great to be here. History is a laudible subject and this venue makes it possible to have discussions about what we know, learn about things we don't know and hopefully get others excited and interested in the subject of History that we all feel passionately about!

Honestly, I think Jeremy has it on all of us. Maybe we can get him to share more!!!

thanks again for the welcome.


:D linda

[jjwq8]

Linda,
How many times do you need to be told I'm a cheapskate. Sharing is a verb I deny exists. :D

Now giving is a different matter. Afterall, mouthing-off, something that you will no doubt have noticed comes most naturally, demands very little effort and can be achieved horizontally as well as any other inclination.

History was my Father's passion, and he is certainly up there, kicking the Deity in the shins, and demanding to know why he continues to let me get away with my smoke and mirrors act.

My knowledge of anything historical stems from having a surfeit of time, a fast computer, and a smidgen of sense when phrasing the search criteria.

Also, growing up in Norfolk, the REAL one ;), the county in UK with more recorded ghosts per acre than any other, and being guided through it by a gentle soul who considered a bicycle a frighteningly torrid form of transport, with infinte patience and the stunning good sense to treat a childs enquiries with the same gravity as those of a fellow Don.

He would spend the scholastic year researching something that had piqued his interest, then spend the summer with the family, investigating whether his ideas were reasonable.

Two particularly wonderful summers spring to mind when he and I retraced the the path of the Icknield Way, arguably the oldest road in Britain, less renowned than the Peddars Way (instituted by the Romans to transport goods, armaments, legionaires and slaves from their port at Castle Rising - now some 4 or 5 miles inland - to their garrisons in the South). The Anmer Mink is a section of the Peddars Way reputedly more haunted than any other place on Earth, where legions are often heard and occassionally seen, marching both north and south.

My Father's researches into the Icknield Way were adopted by the Ramblers Association and became the basis for their trail and hiking routes.

In fact writing this has just reminded me that hanging above his desk was a humongous map of Norfolk, commissioned for and signed by Sir Robert Walpole (born at Houghton Hall, Norfolk), the first PM to occupy No. 10 as the official residence of all pea brains that followed. http://www.britannia.com/gov/primes/prime1.html

Oh yes. I am also verbose.

Thanks for the plaudits but they really are not deserved.