Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Words going out of use | |
Posted by: | Denis I. Fox | |
Date/Time: | 21/09/24 14:27:00 |
With reference to the 12 dead horses resulting from the dropping of a doddlebug on the United Dairies Depot in February 1944, is this why local oldtimers used to refer to the adjoining Harvard Lane as "Dead Donkey Alley"? On the subject of WW2 events, it is worth mentioning that today is the 80th anniversary of Market Garden, the failed attempt by allied troops to take the Arnhem bridge. This morning a heroic re-enactment (Spitfires and parachute jumps) took place over the north bank of the lower Rhine river. |