Burnham Beeches, Burnham and Burnham Station, Cippenham

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Imported historical comment — Xavier Sauvage — 2022-02-13 00:49:36

Does any one remember the ersatz station master with prominent glasses from the 80s, called Douglas? One night I saw him reach his hand into the side of a passing fast-train and he span round really fast like a top and landed flat, laughing but he was probably in some pain.

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Imported historical comment — Milange Gastroboe — 2022-02-18 21:15:08

We will fight them in the beeches..

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Imported historical comment — James — 2022-05-27 20:01:34

King John was Richard's father, not his brother. It is also worth noting that the cognate of "Køben" in the Danish Copenhagen (København) in Old English is Ceappa (root of the name "Chapman") rather than Cippa, so I am not convinced of the Danish origin. Old English and Danish are both Germanic, so it could be a cognate rather than a derivative.

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Imported historical comment — Juliette Brookman — 2022-05-27 22:50:27

In reply to historical comment #1311.

Following your comment, the text is now corrected to say Henry III instead of John. I was just waiting to see who would spot that first.

I found your comment on the entomology very interesting, although I'm not sure where the baby swans fit in.

Juliette

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