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DaveinGermany · 14-02-2010, 14:58

Although not from the area, I still find local History interesting, & the thing about your "steps" being called Monkey, could it be a corruption of maybe Manky or Money ? Would that in any way fit into your local History. Or maybe in a Military sense as in Brass Monkey (Holder for cannon balls)? like a local artillery unit City defence or some such ? Probably way off the mark but just maybe ? Then there's religion Monks ? or as I've just looked the old steps leading onto trams & Buses & the like where conductors stood were called Monkey boards ?

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DaveinGermany a multieloquent Mule Xeno Tactic Champion! Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Back in Bramsche, Germany Posts: 9,023 Blog Entries: 76 Liked: 4664 times Rep Power: 905668	Re: Monkey steps Although not from the area, I still find local History interesting, & the thing about your "steps" being called Monkey, could it be a corruption of maybe Manky or Money ? Would that in any way fit into your local History. Or maybe in a Military sense as in Brass Monkey (Holder for cannon balls)? like a local artillery unit City defence or some such ? Probably way off the mark but just maybe ? Then there's religion Monks ? or as I've just looked the old steps leading onto trams & Buses & the like where conductors stood were called Monkey boards ? Last edited by DaveinGermany; 14-02-2010 at 15:04.