Posted by Gav on September 24th, 2005
My grandmother uses the words “Whim-wham for a mustard mill” to mean that a child is excitable and doesn’t sit still. The only other use of it on the internet says that it means something that is unidentifiable.
There is a similar saying on the internet: “Whim-wham for a goose’s bridle” that appears to be much more widespread but was used as the answer to an unwanted question:
“What ya’ doing?”
“I’m making a whim-wham for a goose’s bridle.”
Have any of you heard the earlier saying? I posted it here just so that it would be preserved as no-one I speak to has heard the saying except this guy.
Posted by Gav on September 24th, 2005
Brighton is undergoing a major facelift. The excellent Regency Society has pages of information that should be browsed. The resurgence in building and development in Brighton must be close to comparing with the changes of the 1960’s. However, the 1960’s was not a good time for architecture. Despite leaving behind excellent buildings like Hove Town Hall, it also left us with the old Churchill Square and Embassy Court (b).
The image (a) shows the number of cranes over Brighton. Not just those involved in the Brighton Station area (before/ now), but in projects like 3 Old Steine and elsewhere.
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The number of building projects recently completed, in progress or due is just mind blowing for a reasonably small city. There is, City Park, 3 Old Steine, the buildings above the world’s oldest Aquarium, Brighton Marina’s waterfront (c) and future project (e), Brighton Station, Embassy Court (b) renewal, Hove Tescos, Brighton Library (f), King Alfred Leisure Centre, Black Rock Ice Rink, Brighton & Hove Albion Falmer Stadium, City Gateway, the replacement of the Brighton Centre and so many more that I’m stopping before my fingers bleed!
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Links:
My Brighton and Hove
Regency Society
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