Compo 10,334 Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Anyone ever heard of Hucknall Torkard, Notts.? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susyshoes 69 Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 yes i live there. its now just called Hucknall Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/hucknall1909/hucknall1.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 24 Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Oh yes.My late mammy was born and raised in Hucknall just around the corner from St. Mary Magdalene Church in the market place and would often refer to the town as Hucknall Torkard. She loved the place dearly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,334 Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Born and bred in Arnold and I never heard the name "Torkard" before. It's amazing how easy it is to miss a part of history on your very doorstep. thanks gang. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 It's only since a post on here a couple of years back that I realized it was "Torkard" Ever since I've seen it crop up in all sorts of places, particularly concerning Lord Byron as I think (IMMSC) there's another Hucknall nearer Newstead Abbey. (Or it may be a 'lost' village) Then again I may have just imagined it all !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Notts rhyming slang? "He's Hucknall Torkard" - An awkward person to deal with. Another name I heard called of such a person, "Snaggle tooth" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susyshoes 69 Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 It's only since a post on here a couple of years back that I realized it was "Torkard" Ever since I've seen it crop up in all sorts of places, particularly concerning Lord Byron as I think (IMMSC) there's another Hucknall nearer Newstead Abbey. (Or it may be a 'lost' village) Then again I may have just imagined it all !! Think you did Beef. Hucknall is only a few miles from Newstead Abbey, Lord Byron is buried in a vault in St marys church on Hucknall market place, and there are numerous references to Byron here, ie Byron Street, Byron Cinema etc There is somewhere called 'Ault Hucknall' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ault_Hucknall but its in D***shire Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,334 Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 I seem to remember a mine called New Hucknall near Huthwaite on the North Notts/Derbys border(ish) area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,334 Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 I was right for once! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 I seem to remember a mine called New Hucknall near Huthwaite on the North Notts/Derbys border(ish) area. Circa 1881...Now just Huthwaite. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 24 Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Ben Caunt, bare knuckle champion of England who is buried in the Saint. Mary Magdalene churchyard was known as 'The Torkard Giant'. Big Ben in London is named after him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Dont Mention Ault Hucknall to me. I went there once a couple of winters ago when it snowed. The main roads were gritted but the satnav took me through the village and I ended up on a steep narrow ungritted road through some woods. As I coasted down the hill I came up against a Ford capri coming up the hill and we both stopped. The driver said it was too dangerous to go the other way and we were both now stuck. I ended up digging soil from the side of the road and gritting the whole hill myself, to get back to the top. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,334 Posted January 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Winter tyres? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 24 Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 I always wondered where the destination 'Doe Lea' is (which is sometime on the front of my TrentBarton bus which goes from the city and through Redhill on to Mansfield/Chesterfield. Now I know! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Winter tyres? Don't it just, I find Autumn can be a little tardy making too . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,334 Posted January 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Snigger . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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