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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: Toff Apple on September 27, 2008, 08:40:11 AM
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the teams in the league, having just watched an advert for:-
Rushden vs Altringham.
Bloody hell
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lol that does my head in, so does Altrincham Town.
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Historically Altrincham was spelt with a "G".
Alt = High
Tring = was the clan leader of the town ( I think)
Ham = Village
So it became Altringham = meaning the village on the hill run by Tring.
But was subsequently changed to Altrincham.
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AND IF, YOU KNOW, YOUR HISTORY, ITS ENOUGH TO MAKE YOUR HEART GO WOOOOOOOOOO
;D
but seriously, we're not living in the past are we?
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Even more horrific is the spelling of Bowdon with an e.
The cheek of it.
Disgusted of, er, Bowdon
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That really is shocking >:(
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AND IF, YOU KNOW, YOUR HISTORY, ITS ENOUGH TO MAKE YOUR HEART GO WOOOOOOOOOO
;D
but seriously, we're not living in the past are we?
No we are not but seriously stop being so pedantic - jeez I thought a little history might actually be of interest to some people.
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AND IF, YOU KNOW, YOUR HISTORY, ITS ENOUGH TO MAKE YOUR HEART GO WOOOOOOOOOO
;D
but seriously, we're not living in the past are we?
No we are not but seriously stop being so pedantic - jeez I thought a little history might actually be of interest to some people.
Well I found it interesting. Although I thought Altrincham was in a kind of valley, not on a hill !
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AND IF, YOU KNOW, YOUR HISTORY, ITS ENOUGH TO MAKE YOUR HEART GO WOOOOOOOOOO
;D
but seriously, we're not living in the past are we?
No we are not but seriously stop being so pedantic - jeez I thought a little history might actually be of interest to some people.
Well I found it interesting. Although I thought Altrincham was in a kind of valley, not on a hill !
I think the hill bit refers to the old market place which was the centre of the town.
Also if you are at lymm roundabout you can see the tower of St Margarets chuch up on the hill. The town was used as a vantage point to view the land around
I will get my coat !!!
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The church you can see on the top of the hill from the Lymm roundabout is St. Mary's in Bowdon, and St. Margaret's strictly speaking is in Dunham Massey (if only just).
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The "C" came about because when all towns in England had to be registered, Alty's town clerk mispelt the name, I think this was in the 18th centuy but could have been as late as the 19th Century. A history of the name of the town can be found in the book "Bygone Altrincham"
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Alt - is a Latin term (altus) while ham is saxon.
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Even worse: The COOP do a rhubarb crumble made with TIMPERLY rhubarb!!!!!!
Signed: Disgusted of Irvine
Meanwhile, speaking of the Old Market Place, when Walter Scott was writing his novel Peverill of the Peak when he stayed in a hotel there. Also Bonnie Prince Charlie's Jacobite forces also stayed there.
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Even worse: The COOP do a rhubarb crumble made with TIMPERLY rhubarb!!!!!!
imperley Early, Simply the best Rhubarb in the world, developed, i believe at the nursery on delaheys lane.
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Even worse: The COOP do a rhubarb crumble made with TIMPERLY rhubarb!!!!!!
imperley Early, Simply the best Rhubarb in the world, developed, i believe at the nursery on delaheys lane.
Local historian Basil Morrison once told me that he used to say in talks that the soil was like custard so was good for the rhubarb.
Incidently the Webb lettuce originated in Kendal and there is (was) an Altrincham carrot
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As you've mentioned Kendal, got to say that you're lucky people just spell your name wrong. Whenever we travel away we're lucky ifanyone even knows where Kendal is!! Best of luck to Alty for the season by the way, especially the Gazelle.
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You can even find Timperley rhubarb at the Eden Project.
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Excuse me but Liverpool is the city of culture is it not..........Oh sorry can't have Liverpool and culture in same sentance can you.
To add to all this local agricultural history, Clibrans was the company who had the site in Delaheys Road and other in Hale and Hale Barns. They were seed merchants and devoloped many vegetables with local names eg Timperley Early Rhubarb etc. They also had a plant and gardening shop in Altrincham when I was knee high to a grasshopper, and Walter Jones was our star centre forward.
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so basically, the best town in england ;D
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Historically Altrincham was spelt with a "G".
Alt = High
Tring = was the clan leader of the town ( I think)
Ham = Village
So it became Altringham = meaning the village on the hill run by Tring. But was subsequently changed to Altrincham.
I thought it used to be Altrinchampions?
I'm sure it used to be that in the mid 60's - in fact I've still got a paper car sticker which says that tucked into one of my old scrapbooks. ;)
I believe the name was abbreviated after the early 80's. ::)
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if you look at the setanta website altrincham are not listed as being in the bsp - halifax are - so its no wonder they cant spell it
i assume the oxford game has been changed for tv? now i have spent money on an early train on the saturday morning. bums
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They put the "G" in Alty cos we keep winning the AGM cup (AltrinGhaM Cup!!!)
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As you've mentioned Kendal, got to say that you're lucky people just spell your name wrong. Whenever we travel away we're lucky ifanyone even knows where Kendal is!! Best of luck to Alty for the season by the way, especially the Gazelle.
I get the same in Scotland as well as the: "Who do you support again? Aldershot/Accrington?"
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Timperley Rhubard was actually imported from China initially - i think
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Even more horrific is the spelling of Bowdon with an e.
The cheek of it.
Disgusted of, er, Bowdon
I used to live on 'Bowden View Lane'
I often wondered why it was spelled incorrectly, but maybe someone just got it wrong when registering the road or town. Now the big question is, which one is right? I wont sleep until this is resolved!
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i assume the oxford game has been changed for tv? now i have spent money on an early train on the saturday morning. bums
yup because there on tele on thursday, it was annonced weeks ago. just get a refund on your ticket and go sunday instead
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yup because there on tele on thursday, it was annonced weeks ago. just get a refund on your ticket and go sunday instead
not before i bought my ticket which is
non refundable as its the extremely cheap type. oh well i shall visit the rellies on the saturday instead.
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then i say sue oxford and setanta
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who do you think i am? sheffield united?
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actually,altrincham was originally altringeham in 1290.lol
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Altrinchan is another one I've seen a few times on letters.
I get the same in Scotland as well as the: "Who do you support again? Aldershot/Accrington?"
At least you don't get accused of supporting Rochdale ::)
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it was pronounced oltringum the name altrincham first appears as aldringeham probably means homstead of the adhers people it has been continue to be misspelled as altrincham the c is silent i know my history.
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Des Lynam pronounces it as Orlltrincham.
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Lots of different spellings and pronounments.....it's enough to give us a real identity crisis;
The name Altrincham is Old English meaning 'the homestead of Aldhere’s people' from inga a group of people and ham a homestead, village or estate. It probably has seventh century origins from the early form of the name. It has been spelled about 15 different ways since AD1290, including Aldheringaham.
The name of the town was spelled Altringham up to about 1800 at which time the ‘c’ spelling began to be adopted and both spellings were used until the 1930s. It was pronounced Awtrigem or Awtringeam in the nineteenth century and currently the ‘c’ in Altrincham is pronounced as a ‘g’ and outsiders often spell it as such.
I think the Alderingaham pronouncement was Tevor Brookin...MOTD circa 1978?
Awtrigem is the Welling pronouncement I presume.
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Although if you say awtrigem it sounds very Arthur Mullard.
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according to Paul Parker, it's pronounced "Altin - num"
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and my mate from Torquay says it that way as well. ..
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Although if you say awtrigem it sounds very Arthur Mullard.
is that rhyming slang for something?!
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jezza you are spot on mate how do u pronounce accrington . i pronouce accrinton