George the Beekeeper lives on Beeston High Road
I need to get more organised with these posts – this is the second time in a row I’ve posted late. For those interested in my excuse – I was at an awards function at Trent Bridge last night. I didn’t meet any England players such as Stuart Broad, but did meet Steve Mullaney, another player for Nottinghamshire.
One of the main winners of the night was a cricket club from Kimberley, which seemed to have strong teams in all the age groups (U12, U13…etc.). So it seems a good time to mention the names of some other places ’round my hometown – especially since Kate Hudson and Matt Bellamy welcomed their son Bingham ‘Bing’ earlier on in the year, and my Auntie lives there. There is an area named Arnold, which is an already established name. But then there’s Wilford, which isn’t too far removed from Wilfred. Other possible options:
Annesley
Ashfield
Aslockton
Aspley
Barnby (Moor)
Basset(law)
Beeston
Blyth
Brinsley
Broxtowe
Bunny
Burton Joyce
(Car) Colston
Carlton
Clifton
Dunkirk
Everton
Felley
Forest Fields
Lace (Market)
Hyson (Green)
Lenton Abbey
Mapperley
(The) Meadow(s)
Plumtree
Saxondale
Sherwood
Strelley
Tithby
Walesby
Children in Need is almost upon us, which is an annual fundraising day aimed at improving the lives of children. Each year a group releases a single for charity, and this years charity single is a collaboration of several different artists known together as The Collective. There are some fascinating names amongst them all:
Cleopatra Elizabeth ‘Mz. Bratz’
Harley ‘Sylvester’, from Rizzle Kicks
Jahmaal Noel ‘Chipmunk’
Jermaine ‘Wretch 32’
Jordan ‘Rizzle’, from Rizzle Kicks
Kwasi ‘Tinchy Stryder’
Niomi Arleen ‘Ms. Dynamite’
Timothy ‘Labrith’
Tulisa Paulinea, from N-Dubz
On a totally different note, I caught my first glimpse of this year’s University Challenge. Yes, it’s been going on since July, but I’m a busy person who rarely watches much TV. I went through and quickly picked out some of the names of previous winners whose name made me sit up and notice (the date in the brackets is of the year they won, followed by the institute they represented):
Aubrey (1968, Keele. Male.)
Colum (2003, Birkbeck College, London)
Dorjana (2002, Somerville College, Oxford)
Frederick ‘Wynn’ (1974, Trinity College, Cambridge)
Geffyn (1986, Jesus College, Oxford)
Geoffrey (1963, Leicester)
Gwilym (1997, Magdalen College, Oxford)
Jerzy (1975, Keble College, Oxford)
Kwasi (1995, Trinity College, Cambridge – two in one post? Yes!)
Madeleine (1963, Leicester)
Meredith (1970, Churchill College, Cambridge)
Reuben (2009, Manchester)
Stefano (2005, Corpus Christi College, Oxford)
Siegfried (2001, Imperial College London)
Thor (2003, Birkbeck College, London)
Mer de Noms 