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pendy · 19-07-2005, 12:58

Just discovered this. Move the lamp? - it's sacrilege. However, what worries me just as much is that Hyndburn don't seem to know the derivation of the name "Oswaldtwistle". On the nameplate-thing in the gardens by the Co-Op (is that the Jubilee Gardens?) it says "Fork of land between two rivers". Balderdash! - Ossy takes its name from King Oswald of Northumbria, and the fact that it marked the boundary or "Twisla" of his kingdom. Don't Hyndburn know nuffink?

19-07-2005, 12:58	#43
pendy Resting in peace Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: London/Oswaldtwistle Posts: 1,123 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 910	Re: Removing The Lamp Just discovered this. Move the lamp? - it's sacrilege. However, what worries me just as much is that Hyndburn don't seem to know the derivation of the name "Oswaldtwistle". On the nameplate-thing in the gardens by the Co-Op (is that the Jubilee Gardens?) it says "Fork of land between two rivers". Balderdash! - Ossy takes its name from King Oswald of Northumbria, and the fact that it marked the boundary or "Twisla" of his kingdom. Don't Hyndburn know nuffink?