Quiz Time

Ruth Ellis!

And she still haunts a club in london!!

TheLadyMagenta wrote:

Ruth Ellis!

And she still haunts a club in london!!

Do tell us the story I dont know that one:)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle lived for some time in This town in Sussex ????

Was it Portsmouth:unsure:

What was the name of the real life Alice,that inspired Lewis Carroll to write Aice in Wonderland???

Alice Pleasance Liddell (aged 10 at the time)

it is to be said that the reverend charles Lutwidge Dodgson (now know as lewis carrol - writer) and the Reverend Robinson Duckworth rowed in a boat up the River Thames with three little girls, one of these girls was alice. dirung this journey he told them a story abt a bored little girl called alice that was serching for an adventure. alice liked it so much that after alice asked him to write it down and 2 years on he had finished it and given it to alice.
he also orignally called it 'alices adventure underground'.

just thought u might like to do the story behind it to.<br><br>Post edited by: cheeky_monkey17, at: 2008/10/19 11:16

Dorrie wrote:

Was it Portsmouth:unsure:

Crowborough, Sussex xxxx:ohmy:

cheeky_monkey17 wrote:

Alice Pleasance Liddell (aged 10 at the time)

it is to be said that the reverend charles Lutwidge Dodgson (now know as lewis carrol - writer) and the Reverend Robinson Duckworth rowed in a boat up the River Thames with three little girls, one of these girls was alice. dirung this journey he told them a story abt a bored little girl called alice that was serching for an adventure. alice liked it so much that after alice asked him to write it down and 2 years on he had finished it and given it to alice.
he also orignally called it 'alices adventure underground'.

just thought u might like to do the story behind it to.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Post edited by: cheeky_monkey17, at: 2008/10/19 11:16

Spot on Cheeky well done you get a Gold Star:lol: :lol:

Where did the name Toad in the hole come from????

The sausage looked like a human Toe when cooked in Yorkshire Pudding...It was originally called Toe in a Blanket.... xxxx;)

You are a man of great knowledge sir,I salute you:lol:

Salute ehhh ...I was thinking something less formal xxxx;)