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Quote:West Bank A Boathouse was a welcome, called the 'Snig Pie House' when crossing the runcorn gap by boat. famous for it's eel pies, from eels caught in the Mersey
Mmmmmmm, Eel Pie. Now I'm a BIG pie man and that sounds goooooood. NOT!
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Tony Fax wrote:God knows why Widnes call themselves the Vikings anyway. For a start, the vikings never went anywhere near Widnes (understandably). And furthermore, the Vikings were notorious for pilaging and raping, not to mention they invaded our great land and were our brutal enemies. So an extremely sick nickname if you ask me. What would YOU think if Halifax were called "Halifax Rapists" or "Halifax Nazis". Same thing innit?.
learn your history boy. Ness means "nose" in Viking language, ie a promontory or peninsula. "Wid" is Wide - Wide Nose gt corrupted in time to Widnes. The regional capital of Viking England was quite close by. There is evidence of a small Viking settlement but the area flooded regularly in the 10th century.
I could go on - my degree was in history and I specialised in - wait for it - settlement of towns up to 1750.
So Vikings is apt. But the club will always be the Chemics to me.
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I gather that when Manx Viking and Viking Man cock their clogs they will be floated down the Mersey in specially constructed burning longboats ignited by chemicals. All the mourners will gather on the banks of the river eating Snig Pie and will then leave on chartered coaches to go and rape and pillage the town of Leigh.
Alan wrote:Yes, it's on a 'blank' weekend for both of us (unless you beat Cas) - but ours is only 'blank' beacuse our game has been brought forward to Thursday, for SKY. So, if things stand, you get a ten day rest, before playing us!
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johnny freeman fan club wrote:It says the word Widnes came from "wide noses" would this be before we played them at home or after?
More to do with the Chemicals
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Blueboy wrote:Thats a joke for you guys if true
Yeah - hilarious! Surely, we could come to some arrangement with the RL, whereby we are both equally 'inconvenienced'? Anyway, I'm doing a piece in the programme for the Widnes game, about it - so I'll probably be sacked next week!
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Simple really , thursday night before the CC final would be ideal time to play it
kcab sfrawdder
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SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it!
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Brew wrote:There's no games on the Bank Hol Monday following the CC final is there? That could be an option
Better still , 2 days after you play Saints
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SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it!
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Surely, we could come to some arrangement with the RL, whereby we are both equally 'inconvenienced'? Anyway, I'm doing a piece in the programme for the Widnes game, about it - so I'll probably be sacked next week!
