Haven't Done One Of These For A While

[floydraser]

8 hours ago, Tobster said:

Oulton Broad is in Suffolk

Yes but Oulton Broad is a Norfolk Broad that happens to be in Suffolk. I'm sure there must be a European Directive on this. You can have Cheddar chees, Melton Mowbray pork pies and in Lowestoft there's probably a Pecking duck, but Broads are Norfolk. Must be, otherwise we in Leicestershire would have pinched them; we've had Richard lll and Space so if the Broads aren't nailed down we'll have them too!  

[Tobster]

14 minutes ago, floydraser said:

Yes but Oulton Broad is a Norfolk Broad that happens to be in Suffolk. I'm sure there must be a European Directive on this. You can have Cheddar chees, Melton Mowbray pork pies and in Lowestoft there's probably a Pecking duck, but Broads are Norfolk. Must be, otherwise we in Leicestershire would have pinched them; we've had Richard lll and Space so if the Broads aren't nailed down we'll have them too!  

No, Oulton Broad, Beccles & Somerleyton are all in Suffolk & are connected to the Norfolk Broads.

all that said I still think the Broads should be called the Norfolk Broads & not as suggested in some corners to re-name the  waterways to Norfolk & Suffolk Broads.

[Chelsea14Ian]

Why would a broad in Suffolk  be called Norfolk  broads. They are in Suffolk. Therefore it's the Norfolk  and Suffolk  broads surely. 

[Meantime]

Maybe that's why we have The Broads Authority, rather than The Norfolk Broads Authority? Don't forget it is also known as The Broads National Park 

[floydraser]

Sorry everyone, it seems my sense of humour is misplaced. I'll stay away.

[Gracie]

It will always be the Norfolk Broads or Broadland to me whether it's in Norfolk or Suffolk. It's all beautiful just the same x

[Meantime]

23 minutes ago, floydraser said:

Sorry everyone, it seems my sense of humour is misplaced. I'll stay away.

Not at all. I found it amusing. We should remember that The Thin White Duke himself referred to them as The Norfolk Broads. A point if anyone knows who I'm referring to!

[bewitched]

19 minutes ago, Meantime said:

Not at all. I found it amusing. We should remember that The Thin White Duke himself referred to them as The Norfolk Broads. A point if anyone knows who I'm referring to!

David Bowie. Now where's my pint? Oh ###### you said point 

[Vaughan]

7 minutes ago, Meantime said:

We should remember that The Thin White Duke himself referred to them as The Norfolk Broads.

For that matter so did Cliff Richard, who was a great lover of the Broads and had his own cruiser built for him in Thorpe.

I think the history of this unique wetland basin goes back a lot further than pop stars of the 60s.

And does it matter? I think we all know what we are talking about, don't we?

[Wussername]

or that matter so did Cliff Richard, who was a great lover of the Broads and had his own cruiser built for him in Thorpe.

Moored at Jenners. Been on it. Took it through the bridge at Thorpe St Andrew's with his family on board.

I 

[Vaughan]

1 hour ago, Meantime said:

Maybe that's why we have The Broads Authority, rather than The Norfolk Broads Authority? Don't forget it is also known as The Broads National Park 

Arrrrghhh!!!!!!

Now you've put me right off my lunch.

[OldBerkshireBoy]

2 hours ago, Meantime said:

Not at all. I found it amusing. We should remember that The Thin White Duke himself referred to them as The Norfolk Broads. A point if anyone knows who I'm referring to!

 The Thin White Duke did refer to The Norfolk Broads but wasnt it under the aka of Ziggy Stardust.

[Meantime]

14 minutes ago, OldBerkshireBoy said:

 The Thin White Duke did refer to The Norfolk Broads but wasnt it under the aka of Ziggy Stardust.

I guess. It was released as a single during his Ziggy Stardust era, but the origins of the song date back to 1968. He was asked to write a song for Claude Francois and after the lyrics were rejected Paul Anka rewrote it into Frank Sinatra's My Way. Bowie annoyed at the success of My Way, used it a s a template and wrote Life on Mars as a parody of My Way.

The Thin White Duke era was more like 1975 onwards.

Now there's thread drift!

[Hylander]

27 minutes ago, Meantime said:

Now there's thread drift!

Cant you just tell it is Sunday!!.    Love it.....

[Andrewcook]

There is this Nickname for the Norwich football team called the Canaries and for Suffolk Ipswich football team is called Tractor Boys So as it stands we called the Broads split as North & South 

[Wussername]

Sometimes, my head hurts!

It is THE BROADS.

Locals when asked where are you going? Will say:

"Were a goin on the river."

For the day, for the weekend, whatever.

 

 

 

[Gracie]

4 minutes ago, Wussername said:

Sometimes, my head hurts!

Sometimes my head hurts too Old Wusser but probably not for the same reasons as you   x

 

[Wussername]

8 minutes ago, Gracie said:

Sometimes my head hurts too Old Wusser but probably not for the same reasons as you   x

 

I get confused as well. I'm old and I have had a fall you know. 

[JawsOrca]

Why don't we all just agree it's the "Broads National Park"  

[Meantime]

Watch it! You'll put Vaughan off his lunch. 

[Wussername]

It is The Broads.

I have lived my life here.

My great great grandfather, my great  grandfather,  my grandfather, my father, my children, my grandchildren.

Please don't tell me where I live.

 

 

[Gracie]

59 minutes ago, JawsOrca said:

Why don't we all just agree it's the "Broads National Park"  

Nooooooooooo  Behave yourself Jaws  x

[Chelsea14Ian]

He's a silly 👦 boy.

[YnysMon]

Only you could have said that Ian. (Okay, Marina as well.)

 

[Chelsea14Ian]

He's sister is also silly sometimes. So too me.