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Re: can't make out last word
« Reply #18 on: Sunday 11 May 14 19:19 BST (UK) »
Quote from: jess5athome on Sunday 11 May 14 19:13 BST (UK)
Hi, I remember reading somewhere (Don't remember where), not sure if "letting" was a word for scraping up manure  :-\

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fabulous :-\ very glamorous

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Re: can't make out last word
« Reply #19 on: Sunday 11 May 14 19:20 BST (UK) »
Quote from: stanmapstone on Sunday 11 May 14 19:11 BST (UK)
Donkey driver, donkey keeper, donkey letter; drives donkeys (of which he is often the owner) let out on hire at pleasure resorts. "A Dictionary of Occupational Terms"

Stan
I thought something like that but Cheltenham!!!!!

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Re: can't make out last word
« Reply #20 on: Sunday 11 May 14 19:31 BST (UK) »
Quote from: DORAN54 on Sunday 11 May 14 19:19 BST (UK)
Quote from: jess5athome on Sunday 11 May 14 19:13 BST (UK)
Hi, I remember reading somewhere (Don't remember where), not sure if "letting" was a word for scraping up manure  :-\

Frank.

ADDED: Got that wrong then.
fabulous :-\ very glamorous



"Where there's muck there's brass"

That's in Yorkshire, not Cheltenham  ;D
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Re: can't make out last word
« Reply #21 on: Sunday 11 May 14 19:35 BST (UK) »
Quote from: jess5athome on Sunday 11 May 14 19:31 BST (UK)
Quote from: DORAN54 on Sunday 11 May 14 19:19 BST (UK)
Quote from: jess5athome on Sunday 11 May 14 19:13 BST (UK)
Hi, I remember reading somewhere (Don't remember where), not sure if "letting" was a word for scraping up manure  :-\

Frank.

ADDED: Got that wrong then.
fabulous :-\ very glamorous



"Where there's muck there's brass"

That's in Yorkshire, not Cheltenham  ;D
so they say ::)

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« Reply #22 on: Sunday 11 May 14 19:37 BST (UK) »
My first thought when I saw it was seaside donkeys  ;D
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« Reply #23 on: Sunday 11 May 14 19:46 BST (UK) »
but there 's no seaside in Cheltenham or near by ??

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« Reply #24 on: Sunday 11 May 14 19:54 BST (UK) »
Donkey Derby  ??? ;D ;D ;D
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« Reply #25 on: Sunday 11 May 14 19:57 BST (UK) »
Possibly associated with Donkey Carriages?

The local news paper of that time mentions granting licences for 'wheelchairs' flys and donkey carriages'  :-\
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