Ticklebelly, Lawrence and pubs

So, I still haven't tracked down that recent research I did, mostly because I've been a bit busy of late. Last night I went along to the Loughborough Archaeological and Historical Society meeting at which Ian Porter talked about his 200-mile walk to Tiverton, in commemoration of the same walk undertaken by about 150 Loughborough folk when they followed John Heathcoat to Tiverton to start a new life. You can read more about this - Luddites, Heathcoat and the Tiverton connection - over on the Old Rectory Museum and LAHS blog, where I've guest posted.

A couple of weeks ago I was in Newark, visiting the Civil War Centre. The permanent Civil War exhibition was great, but I also thoroughly enjoyed the medical exhibition, with its video of the way things used to be done. Also, there was a fantastic display over about 5 rooms, covering the life and work of T.E. Lawrence, relevant to Newark because I believe he was stationed there for a while after WW1. I must admit to not knowing much about him before visiting this exhibition, but as is often the case, his name came up in a number of places over the next week or so, and previously I probably wouldn't even have noticed.

One piece of research I've been re-visiting over the last couple of days is the history of the Blacksmith's Arms pub, which used to be called The Black Boy. You can guess that this pub name has now popped up in my world on several occasions since Thursday, including the news that the Black Boy in Leicester is again being proposed as flats. There's an interesting set of photos over on the Derelict Places website.


Yesterday I spent the day in Lincoln and came across a lovely little bakery I'd not seen before. I couldn't resist the look of the bread, so went in to buy a loaf. 20 minutes later I emerged, having had the courage to ask the owner about the origin of the name. It was an interesting story, something to do with a path that pigs used to walk along, and when the grass grew too long it used to tickle their tummies. Here's the story as they've told it on their website. Going out on a limb here, but was this how Ticklebelly Park got its name? Or is its origins more likely to come from similar pasts as talked about in these webpages:

http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=2239.10;wap2

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7812254.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/southerncounties/content/articles/2009/01/05/east_sussex_street_names_feature.shtml

http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?PHPSESSID=h2tb9mb2luo9rmviuh9pohrgk4&topic=6658.0

Anyway, sorry for this week's brevity.

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