Subject: LRO: British history

From: "Coates, Clinton" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:40:55 -0600

Hi Gerry!

Thanks for the website, I will check it out.

http://www.britishempire.co.uk/bbs/messages/10230.html

>Funny, all those good Anglo Saxon Britons from Robin Hood's time were being
>put upon by Normans, who were nothing more than a bunch of hopped up
>Vikings, another Germanic crowd.
>
>Gotta love history!

>...BTW they were from Normandy (France) not Germany nor Scandinavia.

Ah, but it is my understanding that the Normans (northmen) settled in
Normandy a hundred or so hears before crossing the channel.

>  I think that 
>little conflict started by Bill the Conqueror may be the basis for 
>the current and ongoing love/hate relationship between the peoples on 
>opposite sides of the channel.  Of course that other more recent 
>French guy, Mr. Bonaparte may have contributed.

Not to mention Garlic Pudding and whatnot (latest Mr. Bean show).

Hows Peat doing these days?

Clinton