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  • RockyRoger wrote: »
    Wesley J wrote: »
    And Bishop Rick.

    He replied, archly.

    This is apparently an "in joke" among those who know who and what is being referenced. Could us ignoramuses get an explanation, please?
  • HedgehogHedgehog Shipmate
    Piglet wrote: »
    There was an Archbishop Laud who came to a sticky end during the Civil War.

    Ummmmmmm, WHOSE civil war? There have been Rather A Lot of them, globally.
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    edited August 8
    The English one in the 17thC (1642-1651). There was quite a lot going on in England, Scotland, and Ireland during this period:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War

    Archbishop William Laud was executed in 1645.
  • HedgehogHedgehog Shipmate
    Ta!
  • sionisaissionisais Shipmate
    The English one in the 17thC (1642-1651). There was quite a lot going on in England, Scotland, and Ireland during this period:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War

    Archbishop William Laud was executed in 1645.

    There have been a few civil wars in the British Isles for that matter, from The Anarchy between King Stephen and Queen Eleanor, the Wars of the Roses and those of various Pretenders.
    There’s also Ireland to consider.

  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    My apologies, @Hedgehog - after I'd posted I wondered if I should have been a bit more specific! 🙃
  • The English one in the 17thC (1642-1651). There was quite a lot going on in England, Scotland, and Ireland during this period:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War

    Archbishop William Laud was executed in 1645.

    At least he is commemorated in a hymn: All glory laud and honour to thee...
  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Or, as they were fond of saying in certain quarters at the time - All praise to God and little Laud to the devil.
  • From "Nation.Cymru": Documentary follows football club started from scratch with dream of climbing Welsh pyramid. And there's silly me, thinking that the Pyramids were in Egypt!
  • HedgehogHedgehog Shipmate
    Those Welsh are clever. I've always said so.
  • My first reaction was the slag heaps at the coal mines. Perhaps not quite pyramids. Why on earth would you want try to play football on top of one? (Do the Welsh call them 'bings'?)
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