[MR] BBC: Cobbled sidewalks to go

[Alexandria Stratton]

In my hometown of Savannah, GA, River street is paved with cobblestones that 
were used as ballast on ships importing stuff from England, at the city's 
inception in the early 1700's. Once the street was lined with warehouses, now 
the warehouses have become pubs and shops. There is a running joke that you can 
always tell who the drunk people are; they are the ones that can walk straightly 
and do not trip on the cobblestones!
 -- Isabelle LaFar
http://www.HouseBarra.com
Experience is what you get, when things go awry.





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From: Garth G. Groff <ggg9y at virginia.edu>
To: Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org; isenfir at virginia.edu
Sent: Wed, October 20, 2010 7:23:26 AM
Subject: [MR] BBC: Cobbled sidewalks to go

Noble friends,

BBC recently featured this short piece about the deterioration of cobbled 
sidewalks (as we call them) in the medieval village of Dunster in Somerset: 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-11569523 . I'm a bit dubious about 
the pavements being medieval, and think they are more likely to be 18th century, 
but they do lend ambiance to this charming little place.

For more on Dunster, try the village web site: http://www.dunster.org.uk/ . That 
little market stall is really neat and quite medievel, and of course so is the 
castle on the hill. Dunster Castle was home to the Lutterell family (famous for 
the Luttrell Psalter).

Kind regards,


Lord Mungo Napier, Who Thinks Highly of the Luttrell Psalter as Source Material