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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2012 21:14:03 GMT
Nay lad, don't worry thissen. I can probably cope with Ayton/Aveton/Giffard/Giffard (is that a soft G as in Gillingham or a hard one as in Gillingham?) although I have a problem with Harbertonford. Is that HARbertonford, with the stress on the first syllable, or is it HarbertonFORD? And how do you say Galmpton? I suggest the silent "l" approach to Galmpton. Harbertonford is beyond Totnes. That makes it a world apart as well as being a Totnesian occupied territory. I would emphasise neither the "Har" nor the "Ford". Along the lines of "ar'ber'un'ford" remembering the Deb'n "r" as appropriate. And next time you come down the M5 make sure you detour to Bridgy, Welly, Wivey, Tivvy and Cully. I knew about "Eem." I was there yesterday looking for a pitch to photograph. The goals were down unfortunately. The clue would have been "you never know what you might catch in the dressing rooms here". Boza I was able to work out. Spike needed researching. Houghton is a minefield. Usually "Horton" in Lancashire. I think. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2012 8:01:37 GMT
The villages of New and Stoney Houghton near Shirebrook are both Huftons but then again to the North of Sheffield there is Oughtibridge which is as far as I can remember pronounced Ooohtibridge with the distinctive South Yorkshire oooh.
The Oooh is also heard when my mate Steve from South Elmsall (Sath Emsull to its residents and home of Frickley Athletic FC) says, in response to another bizarre explanation of a tribunal decision "What's that got to doooh wit' price o' fish?"
Go birdwatching at Old Moor and there is a very good chance you will hear a proud parent pointing out a Canada gooohse, while if you get lucky in town at the weekend someone might say "I raight fanceh yoooh, owd love!"
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Post by Dave on Sept 26, 2012 15:18:45 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2012 16:51:09 GMT
Bishopsteignton.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2012 18:40:41 GMT
Just had my tea. Where am I? Attachments:
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Post by Dave on Sept 28, 2012 16:03:07 GMT
I was not to bothered what time I finished work today (get paid the same no matter how long I’m out on the road) and so decided to try and find another football pitch for this thread. I knew where I might find a ground and as it would not be too far off my usual Friday route, I went and started looking. Funny thing was I ended up in a town or village? (Not sure either way) I was not expecting too and as I write this, I’m still not sure made me take the turning I did. At the bottom of the town centre, I was faced with the choice of three turnings I could take and as I was in moving traffic had to make my mind up there and then. Well I got lucky as after taking one of the turnings I soon came across two football pitches, complete with a car park, nice looking clubhouse and also a floodlit all-weather pitch. One of the two gates was open and I cheekily drove in and had a good look around. So the first question is where are these two pitches? The second question is who plays on them? I think two clubs use this ground, but I may be wrong and it could be the two clubs have combined as one. I think it is going to be the case that unless you have been to this ground, you won’t ever guess where they are so I think I will help you all a bit. Coming back out of the gates I looked to my left and after seeing what I saw and knowing me far to well, I knew I would have to go and check it out while I was there. So I turned left and went through a wooden gateway onto a long narrow thin road that had a good number of speed bumps the whole length. The land on both sides was flat and just mainly grassland and I did laugh when I looked to my left and saw golfers doing their thing, complete with sheep running around their ankles. At the end of the road I could go no further and was greeted by a very high pebble beach. I say pebble but I really mean boulders as some were the size of footballs. I would imagine this pebble beach was man made to protect the grassland behind it.           |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2012 17:08:29 GMT
Northam?
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Post by Dave on Sept 28, 2012 17:12:19 GMT
Correct, but who plays there, I can now tell you its a combined team, but Northam is not one of them |
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Post by Dave on Sept 28, 2012 17:16:10 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2012 18:08:48 GMT
Correct, but who plays there, I can now tell you its a combined team, but Northam is not one of them Good grief, Dave, at that level it's probably enough to identify the place rather than the clubs who play there! Any more and it's a job for Google. I think you may be talking about a club that caters for seven to sixteen-year-olds. But there's a second that plays in the North Devon League on Saturdays. Back to my earlier question and the location of that ground next to the railway line beyond Hope. Here's the wider picture. Just the village please:  |
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Post by Dave on Sept 28, 2012 18:17:10 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2012 19:30:11 GMT
Since you were either in a balloon or on top of a hill when you took the picture, Nick, I'm guessing Edale, the starting point of the Pennine Way. |
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Post by stefano on Sept 29, 2012 0:01:17 GMT
Cracking pictures of Westward Hoe there Dave but I am buggered if I would have recognised the football ground. If anybody actually plays on that heap it's probably Bideford Blues and Appledore FC!  PS. My father (still alive at 91) was an Appledore boy and he said something sensible to me when I was a kid which of course I completely ignored! :- "son, women are lovely, but always remember if you get mixed up with one a tuppeny pie will cost fourpence" ;D |
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Post by Dave on Sept 29, 2012 7:05:49 GMT
Cracking pictures of Westward Hoe there Dave but I am buggered if I would have recognised the football ground. If anybody actually plays on that heap it's probably Bideford Blues and Appledore FC! PS. My father (still alive at 91) was an Appledore boy and he said something sensible to me when I was a kid which of course I completely ignored! :- "son, women are lovely, but always remember if you get mixed up with one a tuppeny pie will cost fourpence" ;D Bideford Blues and Appledore JFC Correct Stefano and what a wonderful organization this club is. Bideford Blues & Appledore Junior Football Club has provided football activity for youngsters in North Devon since the 1970s. The club is committed to providing sport for youth players regardless of their age, gender, mental or physical ability. Around 300 younsters attend weekly training sessions. The club was set up in the late 70’s and back then played at Bideford Park and there were only nine teams and two age groups in the whole of North Devon, today there are over 100 teams. The club got its own home in 1999 at Sandymere at a cost of over half a million pounds, much of this was founded by the Sports England Lottery Fund. However, by 2009, the extent of football activity enjoyed at the club had taken its toll on their artificial grass pitch. With the help of the Devon FA, the club was successful in applying for a £192,248 grant from the Foundation to install a new state-of-the-art 3G artificial grass playing surface. In the 2010-11 season, the club provided regular football for 341 members under the age of 17. Teams play on a Sunday within the S1 North Devon Youth League, and disabled youngsters get to play for the club’s Ability Counts squad within the Devon FA Ability Counts festivals. The facilities have enabled the club to run a six-a-side youth tournament every June. This attracts 100 teams from all over Devon – and as far away as Birmingham – and is a major fundraising event for the club each year. The site is also used to promote the local Soccersafe competition, organised by the fire and police services each year In twelve months since the new AGP was opened, club membership has increased from 250 to 341 and income from hire to users outside the club has almost doubled from £7,679 to £13,478. Primary Schools tournaments take place each half term with up to 150 youngsters attending each event. Two schools use it for after school clubs. A local college also use the facility with a group that have been permanently excluded from mainstream education. The Round Table also run a tournament for adults with money raised going to local charities. Bideford Ladies have also run a Summer Tournament. We have been able to extend coaching for those with disabilities and have two teams entered in the Devon Ability Counts tournaments. Disability Sport Bideford Blues and Appledore Football Club run disability football coaching sessions for adults with physical, sensory or learning disabilities who want to play to football in a safe and friendly environment. The disability sports club is run by FA qualified coaches, is suitable for male or female disabled players of all abilities, and also offers players the chance to access matches against other disabled teams in Devon. The club is open to all players age 16 and above (there is no upper age limit).   |
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