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Hurrah! Glad you had a good day of it in my local area, DG. Thanks for spreading the word about the possible fate of the cricket club too.
The group that organise this event are really good at looking after Mitcham's historic locations, especially after decades of no interest from the local council. |
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In a nice touch of local individuality, the green facing the Three Kings pub is known as Three Kings Piece.
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I was born in a prefab on the Pollards Hill Estate in Mitcham and lived in the area for the first sixteen years of my life, it was a great place to live in those days and we even had a large grand cinema called the Majestic which was located on the Fair Green, also an annual charter fair which used to operate on three kings piece, although I have not been back to visit for quite a few years your blog this morning has made me determined that a visit will be on the cards very soon.
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I worked in Vestry Hall for a few years and had a lovely view of the Cricket Green and pavilion. It was a green treat in the midst of busy roads.
As the Volunteer Centre's former Good Practice Worker, I can fully confirm the excellence of the Industrial Museum's volunteers and management. Well worth a visit, as DG found. |
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Do you think the developers will read this and understand why people are miffed with them?
dg writes: No. |
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Normally when I read an entry out from your blog, my other half scoffs. But she was well chuffed today at your complimentary remarks about the walled garden at The Cannons because she spent some time tidying it up a few weeks ago.
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Cupcake? I'm well over 40 and hadn't heard the word until about 10 years ago, when it seemed to come out of nowhere as an excuse to double the price of what I always called a bun and posher people referred to as fairy cakes.
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Cupcake? I think it's an Americanism. I remember a "Not The Nine O Clock News" sketch lampooning President Reagan (so some time in the 1980s) using the term.
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Cupcake? I have never been to Mitcham but I do know what the ladies offered you and I'm 100% certain it wasn't what I think of as a cupcake.
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To me, a cupcake, as sold by the Yarmouth bakeries, was a small sponge bun with a layer of flat icing on top (Matthes used to sell them with different colour / flavour icing)
Non of this fancy rubbish that is passed off as cupcakes today! |
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