tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post4746375284054877586..comments2024-03-15T16:47:37.882+00:00Comments on News From Nowhere: Twitter For Gentlefolk : Postcard From Old SodburyAlan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-51359816090134164212011-04-24T01:19:03.814+01:002011-04-24T01:19:03.814+01:00Gotta go see your friend's blog. Thanks for st...Gotta go see your friend's blog. Thanks for stopping by mine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-82218266753908530112011-04-21T20:19:56.553+01:002011-04-21T20:19:56.553+01:00Chairman Bill is one of my favourite bloggers and ...Chairman Bill is one of my favourite bloggers and commenters - such wit. So handsome too, judging by his profile pic!! I love the thought of the two of you chatting over a pint - oh, to be a fly on the wall then!jennyfreckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12221511824958069710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-42619936373702367442011-04-20T22:53:44.830+01:002011-04-20T22:53:44.830+01:00ol' bill sounds like quite a character and som...ol' bill sounds like quite a character and someone who be quite entertaining to share a pint with ...hope you get in a visit to old sodbury and hope they'll let amy in at the dog inn!<br /><br />will have to pop over to his little corner of cyberspace and check out some of that sparkling humour and intelligence.mouse (aka kimy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09385557065971602436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-62563232441865822292011-04-20T15:01:26.933+01:002011-04-20T15:01:26.933+01:00Alan, this post relates to your sepia photo of Jam...Alan, this post relates to your sepia photo of James Ickringill; I thought I would find out a little about him. Those guys from WW1 should not only exist as a sepia photo.<br />I was on a regular visit to Kew today so I took a couple of minutes out. He is James Thomas Ickringill, an officer in the West Riding Regiment; also known as the Duke of Wellington Regt. His collar badges were the first thing that led me to him. The distinctive elephant.. If you enlarge the shot you can see the motif is also replicated on his tunic button.<br />He went to France on 26 May 1915 as a 2nd Lieutenant, I did not have time to find out which battalion of the regiment. He survived the war and retired as a Lieutenant (seniority from 28 Sep 1918) on 3 Sep 1923. There is an address on his record of <br />Oakworth Road House, Keighley, Yorks.<br /><br />Interestingly there was an Ellis Ickringill who was born in Saltaire; not far away and the same name - related? Ellis was a private in the 8th Battalion of the same regiment and was killed at Gallipoli 22 August 1915.<br /><br />Maybe there is a little project for you to follow up through the census returns for 1911 and see how they relate.<br /><br />I've pretty much dropped out of blogging, might pick it up again sometime, but I still follow a few.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05697994929567403766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-47667848010217758862011-04-20T14:07:23.351+01:002011-04-20T14:07:23.351+01:00Reading your blog lets me believe that it is indee...Reading your blog lets me believe that it is indeed a funny and friendly world..imagine that..<br /> By the way, no one I really know would never read my blog..I must count on the kindness of strangers!Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11985979258848310351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-34384488851219899222011-04-20T06:44:02.085+01:002011-04-20T06:44:02.085+01:00Bee: There's a Little Sodbury.
We have a joke...Bee: There's a Little Sodbury.<br /><br />We have a joke about there being a Nether Sodbury, Sodbury Magna, Sodbury de la Zouche, Greater Sodbury, Sodbury on the Wold, etc.Chairman Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908632282972692269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-82176688914151473372011-04-20T02:48:15.888+01:002011-04-20T02:48:15.888+01:00It's near Chipping Sodbury in Gloucesteshire! ...It's near Chipping Sodbury in Gloucesteshire! Don't suppose there's a New Sodbury??The Blog of Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00650938872732748697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-86461701018983547572011-04-19T21:44:22.094+01:002011-04-19T21:44:22.094+01:00I live quite near to Old Sodbury when I'm in W...I live quite near to Old Sodbury when I'm in Wiltshire - it is rather nice as cycling destination.The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-65885359530074644442011-04-19T21:06:00.837+01:002011-04-19T21:06:00.837+01:00Old Sodbury; what a brilliant name for a village!Old Sodbury; what a brilliant name for a village!Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13357761230206692089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-86375375551276873612011-04-19T17:51:15.957+01:002011-04-19T17:51:15.957+01:00Old Sodbury. I love it. You do have the best named...Old Sodbury. I love it. You do have the best named towns across the pond. Now, I must pop over and pay this cantankerous friend of yours a visit.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-83641330738652300812011-04-19T13:14:57.310+01:002011-04-19T13:14:57.310+01:00I just love Chairman Bill's sense of humor. I...I just love Chairman Bill's sense of humor. I alway make sure and read his comments to you as they certainly add to the experience!Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-80661016463900780092011-04-19T12:28:28.477+01:002011-04-19T12:28:28.477+01:00Well, now I have to check out Bill's blog. I ...Well, now I have to check out Bill's blog. I love the postcard idea, it's so much fun.Kate Hanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089480767005955018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-43724451273138078802011-04-19T09:33:24.106+01:002011-04-19T09:33:24.106+01:00CB : Trumpton, fictitous! Never. The BBC Radio 4 ...CB : Trumpton, fictitous! Never. The BBC Radio 4 series "More Or Less" has frequent analyses of the economics of Trumptonshire.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-60934274417965285562011-04-19T09:27:58.059+01:002011-04-19T09:27:58.059+01:00Alan: Old Sodbury? Sounds fictitious to me. Someth...Alan: Old Sodbury? Sounds fictitious to me. Something like Trumpton.<br /><br />I'd be wary of this Bill chap.Chairman Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908632282972692269noreply@blogger.com