Fencing Woes

[Snoopy]

This had me scurrying into the London Encyclopaedia - which fails to mention Gibbon's Rents 

Anyhoo it commemorates some sort of property ownership, prolly 17th century

But we digress. I wonder how Miss D is getting along with her hunky new gardener. SHe ought to get some HobNobs in.





 

http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/85261   

[Pastis]

Aha.... 

http://www.oldbaileyonline.org.uk/browse.jsp?id=t18470614-1425&div=t18470614-1425#highlight

ANTHONY JPWLING . I am a Carmen in the employment of Mr. Thomas Hawley, and live in Gibbon's-rents, Tooley-street. On the 6th of May I had a wagon laden with twelve barrels of sugar—I had received it at the East India Docks, and was going up Ratcliff-cross—a man met me and told me about my mate being in trouble, (I was aware that a fellow-servant of mine was coming up the Commercial-road with a cart)—I was indiscreet enough to leave my wagon, and go to the King's arms—I did not find my fellow-servant there—I came back, and my wagon was gone—I met the prisoner in an empty van near where u had left my wagon—I asked him if he had seen the wagon—he said he thought he had, up the Commercial-road—I went, and found the wagon in a street—eight barrels only were left in it out of the twelve—I afterwards noticed the prisoner, in the same van I had seen him in before, driving in a direction from the wagon—he had four barrels of sugar in the van—I called out to him, he began to roll the barrels out of van into the street, jumped out of the van, ran away, and was taken by the policeman—it was about five o'clock when I left my wagon and horses at Ratcliff-cross...

Skullduggery if ever there was...  14th June 1847

[Nick]

Anyhoo, this is not buttering Miss D's fence!!

[Snoopy]

Aha.... 

http://www.oldbaileyonline.org.uk/browse.jsp?id=t18470614-1425&div=t18470614-1425#highlight

ANTHONY JPWLING . I am a Carmen in the employment of Mr. Thomas Hawley, and live in Gibbon's-rents, Tooley-street. On the 6th of May I had a wagon laden with twelve barrels of sugar—I had received it at the East India Docks, and was going up Ratcliff-cross—a man met me and told me about my mate being in trouble, (I was aware that a fellow-servant of mine was coming up the Commercial-road with a cart)—I was indiscreet enough to leave my wagon, and go to the King's arms—I did not find my fellow-servant there—I came back, and my wagon was gone—I met the prisoner in an empty van near where u had left my wagon—I asked him if he had seen the wagon—he said he thought he had, up the Commercial-road—I went, and found the wagon in a street—eight barrels only were left in it out of the twelve—I afterwards noticed the prisoner, in the same van I had seen him in before, driving in a direction from the wagon—he had four barrels of sugar in the van—I called out to him, he began to roll the barrels out of van into the street, jumped out of the van, ran away, and was taken by the policeman—it was about five o'clock when I left my wagon and horses at Ratcliff-cross...

Skullduggery if ever there was...  14th June 1847

It is a mine of wonderful information that site. I spend hours there seeking ancestors silly enough to get caught.
The biggest rogue in my tree was a Highwayman but he appeared at Lewes Assizes and got Transportation for Life.
Another one I uncovered tried to murder his mother and sister with a hammer but was committed to Broadmoor.

Are you sure you want to meet up on Friday?

[Snoopy]

Anyhoo, this is not buttering Miss D's fence!!

Nor her parsnips

[Uncle Mort]

Anyhoo, this is not buttering Miss D's fence!!

Nor her parsnips

Nor her paws

[Snoopy]

Anyhoo, this is not buttering Miss D's fence!!

Nor her parsnips

Nor her paws

I await Nick making the connection   

[Pastis]

It is a mine of wonderful information that site. I spend hours there seeking ancestors silly enough to get caught.
The biggest rogue in my tree was a Highwayman but he appeared at Lewes Assizes and got Transportation for Life.
Another one I uncovered tried to murder his mother and sister with a hammer but was committed to Broadmoor.

Are you sure you want to meet up on Friday?

Coming from a long line, allegedly, of horse thieves, womanisers, gamblers, alcoholics and general ne'er do wells, I don't think we have a problem 

[Nick]

I doubt she wants buttering at all

[Pastis]

I doubt she wants buttering at all

Buttressing would be more appropriate, the garden I mean.

[Nick]

Of course, of course


 

[Snoopy]

Uh-oh ~ She's here. Act innocent 

[Snoopy]

That was a quick visit 

One double vodka and lime and she was there she was ~ gone.

[Nick]

SHe is probably keeping an eye on Sven

[Snoopy]

That'll be "Sven is he going to Finnish" will it?