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Originally Posted by Tealeaf
Retlaw - you are cruel.
What criteria does qualify one as an historian?
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Apparently, a lifetime wasted slowly typing masses of information off index cards, loitering in public libraries (my mum warned me about men like that), the inability to accept that you MIGHT not know everything about everything and an arrogant, dogmatic, frustrated disposition are necessary qualifications.
Which is possibly why the majority of people don't bother with local history.
Still, I do enjoy looking at the old photographs and have enjoyed the comments that accompanied them. So thanks to the person responsible for posting them initially.
Now, I'm going to nip down to the Slaters Arms to drown my sorrows and reflect on my sins. Whatever was I thinking of, questioning an historian.