OFFICIAL. Herthab to Histon.

[herthab]

Tails (The fucking splitter) has gibbed out of this, so I have one space available. Anyone interested, pm me.

EDIT. Space now filled.

[Colin Todd]

I'm being lazy and cant be bothered to look it up.  where the fuck is Histon?

[herthab]

Cambridgeshire.

[Reg Smeeton]

 My ex sister in law lives nearby so I've been to Histon, quite a few times, its about like Purton is to Swindon..a school, a few pubs, and a history of inbreeding.

 It's also cold and damp at this time of year....we're running out of time for our loss to a non league side in each decade since the 50's. If we come through this unscathed it will be a surprise....

[janaage]

I think we'll lose this one.

[Samdy Gray]

My ex sister in law lives nearby so I've been to Histon, quite a few times, its about like Purton is to Swindon..a school, a few pubs, and a history of inbreeding.

Oi! There's nothing wrong with us Purtonians.

[Reg Smeeton]

Oi! There's nothing wrong with us Purtonians.

 Indeed not...Purton is a fine place noted for its church with a tower and a spire. Strangely there are only three examples of this arrangement in England....another being Wanborough.  The third is Ormskirk in Lancashire

[Fred Elliot]

Thanks for that Reg

[Reg Smeeton]

Thanks for that Reg

 Years ago I was doing some research into local prehistoric sites and decided there was some kind of evidence for Wanborough church being built on perhaps a stone circle.

 So I got in touch with the Wilts Archaeological Service to see if they had any knowledge of this possibility....they came back with a big no.

 Recently I chanced on this quote from the Hammerman Poet....Alfred Williams, written in the 19th Century

  "Here, according to well-maintained tradition, stood an old heathen temple, used by the sun-worshippers; and here, on the identical site, stands the grey old church today, the tower and steeple of which rise high above the valley, and are visible for many miles in the country round about"

 Must go and have another look.

[Samdy Gray]

Just so people know, this game is pay on the day only.

[leefer]

With reference to A Williams Reg his Book On The Inside is brilliant,lived in South Marston and sadly died young through bad diet....his wife died young as well i believe,his story give us modern day Swindonions a real insight into the railworks.

[Reg Smeeton]

With reference to A Williams Reg his Book On The Inside is brilliant,lived in South Marston and sadly died young through bad diet....his wife died young as well i believe,his story give us modern day Swindonions a real insight into the railworks.

 Very true, life was hard back then....my grandfather who was also born in the late 19th century, worked as a trade unionist and socialist, to try and improve the conditions of those "inside"

[leefer]

In some ways they were well looked after,the medical block etc..but you feel the railways had em by the balls in all aspects of there lives.

[Ralphy]

Are there any tickets left for this or is it pay on the day?

[STFC_Chris]

It's all pay on the day.

The away end looks great 
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