Stormy Weather

[Serial_Apologist]

Down here in North Wilts some stalwart orange calendulas in my front garden haven't stopped flowering since the summer.

http://www.flowerspictures.org/image...ula-flower.jpg

Likewise here with the heebie-jeebies!

Heard my first song thrush this very afternoon!

[greenilex]

Morning all - warm(ish) and rather gloomy here so far. Bulbs far advanced but not yet in flower.

[salymap]

Morning all, especially greenilex. Ditto here,very dark and wondering if Ican stagger to the Co-op, which gets further away all the time.

Seagulls are arriving sothat may mean bad weather on the coast later.

[antongould]

Now we've both heard of The Moving Toyshop .......but the moving Co-op??

Are the BBC weather boffins aware of the Seagulls Over Sidcup theory?

[salymap]

Now we've both heard of The Moving Toyshop .......but the moving Co-op??

Are the BBC weather boffins aware of the Seagulls Over Sidcup theory?

What's it like in Tyne and Wear this morning,anton?

[antongould]

What's it like in Tyne and Wear this morning,anton?

Our daughters tell me it is grey and cold dear lady. No more seagulls than usual and the local Sainsburys refuses to budge.

[Serial_Apologist]

Who was Sid Cup?? The etymology (??) of the name would be most interesting to know!

[salymap]

Side something or other S-A. I read it once but have forgotten. Side coup or summit. Whereas nearby Chislehurst is Chesall [?] meaning stoney ground.

Very gloomy weather today but dry so far.

[gurnemanz]

Googling "Sidcup etymology" reveals

SIDCUP, a hamlet near Foots Cray, Kent, named from the
Sedcopp family, who formerly possessed a large estate in the
neighbourhood. Thomas de Sedcopp was owner of this estate in
35 Henry VI., as appears by his deed.

The last sentence appears not to make complete sense.

Foots Cray is another story.

[Serial_Apologist]

Googling "Sidcup etymology" reveals

SIDCUP, a hamlet near Foots Cray, Kent, named from the
Sedcopp family, who formerly possessed a large estate in the
neighbourhood. Thomas de Sedcopp was owner of this estate in
35 Henry VI., as appears by his deed.

The last sentence appears not to make complete sense.

Foots Cray is another story.

Many thanks, gurnemanz!

[antongould]

Preumably Sedcopp gives us not only Sidcup but possibly also the moving Copp/Coop??

[salymap]

Sorry folks but cousin who is a local historian says that family took their name from the hamlet, called something like Side coup, [{side of a hill,] not the other way round. Shock, horror, Google is wrong.

Back on topic. Very cold wind when I went shopping earlier. Dry though, so let us give thanks for that.

Where is everyone today??

[Anna]

Sorry folks but cousin who is a local historian says that family took their name from the hamlet, called something like Side coup, [{side of a hill,] not the other way round. Shock, horror, Google is wrong.

Back on topic. Very cold wind when I went shopping earlier. Dry though, so let us give thanks for that.

Where is everyone today??

According to wiki, on the origin of the name of Sidcup: The name is thought to be derived from Cetecopp meaning 'seat shaped or flat topped hill'; it had its earliest recorded use in 1254 which agrees with what saly's cousin says. Still ridiculously warm here, 12degrees, but grey and dull. Next week's RT has pull out Brian Cox stargazing chart, quite useful if we get clear nights in January!

[salymap]

Thanks Anna, that chart looks interesting. It must be that hill [!] It's always very windy here and 12 degrees or not, crossing the main road to the shops, my trolley nearly took off and had to hang on tight.

[Anna]

Thanks Anna, that chart looks interesting. It must be that hill [!] It's always very windy here and 12 degrees or not, crossing the main road to the shops, my trolley nearly took off and had to hang on tight.

And now we can imagine you as the Mary Poppins of Sidcup, floating aloft suspended by your trolley! You do know the Co-Op do home deliveries, free if you spend £25?