Frogley, Cockhead and Crutch A Celebration of Humorous Names from Oxfordshire's History
Heftet /
2015
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780750963008
Publisert
2015-06-01
Utgiver
Vendor
The History Press Ltd
Høyde
178 mm
Bredde
111 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Forfatter
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PAUL SULLIVAN has been a writer and editor since graduating in English language and literature. He works with websites and blogs to popular books and academic papers, local history and folklore being his specialist areas. He compiled and presented festivals and customs weekly guides for BBC Radio in the 1990s, leading to the acclaimed book Maypoles, Martyrs and Mayhem (Bloomsbury). He has recently moved back to his native Lincolnshire.Willy Cockhead had to live with his name. So too did countless others lumbered with ridiculous monikers, safely hidden away in Oxford’s records and censuses – until now. And what names! Some rhyme (Dick Thick), a few are odd (Silly Waters), others you have to say out loud (Rhoda Turtle) and some are just groan-worthy (Blenda Belcher). Uncovered by local author Paul Sullivan and accompanied with strange-but-true anecdotes, this entertaining volume of baffling, ill-thought-out and just plain rude examples champions the people and places of Oxfordshire that got saddled with the daftest of names.
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Willy Cockhead had to live with his name.Uncovered by local author Paul Sullivan and accompanied with strange-but-true anecdotes, this entertaining volume of baffling, ill-thought-out and just plain rude examples champions the people and places of Oxfordshire that got saddled with the daftest of names.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780750963008
Publisert
2015-06-01
Utgiver
Vendor
The History Press Ltd
Høyde
178 mm
Bredde
111 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Forfatter