Grubby

It pleased me greatly to stumble across this street sign near Borough Market on a recent trip up into town to meet my pal Lovely Grey. What was even better was discovering later on that it is a genuine name and not something cooked up to play to all the tourists you get round there [myself included]. As I travelled back on the train I mused to myself that you just don't find this type of thing recorded in Horsham. Once upon a time we had Gibbet Lane [now Giblets Lane], Pest House Lane and when I was a child the sign for Highlands Road said it had been formerly called Grub Street, but all trace has now been removed. I realise that people probably don't want to live on roads where we are reminded of their less than salubrious past, but the naughty part of my brain is absolutely delighted to have unearthed this little gem since my visit. There I was reading a rather dry [although of great interest to me] tome about the local timber framed buildings when one particular paragraph revealed that our Park Street was known in former times as Sh*tbourne Lane. I inwardly whooped with delight😏 However, I will not be sharing on any of the local social media platforms because even I know that I will get myself into hot water.

Talking about all things dirty and grubby yours truly has literally been getting filthy. I realised a lifelong ambition on Saturday and went on my first archaeological dig. Am not that naive to expect to find any great treasures, but was chuffed to find a couple of small pieces of green glazed medieval pottery and some butchered animal bones on the site so I know people were there eating 800 years ago. Unfortunately much as I would love to be able to tell you where we are not allowed to share any details because of the threat of night hawks swooping in. It's no secret that I am a reluctant gardener at the best of times so am not really used to do any sort of extended digging so my legs were letting me know yesterday when I was out dancing. However, I am a glutton for punishment and we are going back again tomorrow. The project finishes on Wednesday. This is not the shard that I found by the way, but a similar sort of thing.

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