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Themed Quiz Cybele.
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I think the 'Nellie' came form her name Helen Rose, guinness
Nellie meaning and name origin Nellie \n(el)- lie\ as a girl's name is a variant of Cornelia (Latin), Eleanor (Greek), Helen (Greek) and Nelly (English Nell being a dimunitive but normally Helen, Eleanor, Ellen |
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Yeah i knew it was a variant, onlooker. Was just trying to guess the daughters name..
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Fred Archer's wife was Helen Rose Dawson, known as Nellie. Their daughter was Nellie Rose Archer.
I'm sure onlooker has seen them, but in case others haven't, there are 4 full transcriptions from the Newmarket Journals of the time of, resp, Fred Archer's wedding (1883), Nellie's death (1884), Fred's death and his funeral (1886), here:- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engcam/FrederickArcher.htm#Details Some of it is quite beautifully written, in the style of time of course, and includes a brief summary of Fred's achievements. |
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Good quiz wildman. Thanks for that.
The Archer answer could also be William, as there was a son too, though he only survived a few hours. He was named after Fred's father (who rode the Grand National winner Little Charley in 1858), and elder brother (who died in 1878 after a fall in a race at Cheltenham, though he wasn't a professional jockey). Fred's younger brother was called Charley - maybe he was named after his dad's big winner - he rode one of the other 3 runners in the race in which William had his fall. |
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wildman -
I have another valid answer to your Q:13 MARLENE. Your theme was 'Only Fools and Horses' - and the character MARLENE. As you posted and themed, "Marlene was married to Boycie, but they had NO children." However - You then moved on to their dog (as a replacement'baby') for your answer. -------------------------------------------- Well, the standing joke in 'Fools and Horses' was that they had NO children - because Boycie was a 'JAFFA' 'He's a Jaffa'- being slang for 'firing blanks' (unable to reproduce)... as Jaffa Oranges traditionally have NO pips. So - Another extremely appropriate answer on your MARLENE / 'Fools and Horses' theme would have been... SNAAFI DANCER - bought by Sheikh Mo for $10 million - never raced - and when he went to Stud, turned out to be something of a 'JAFFA', too. Something of an ironic coincidence that two of middle letters of the horses first name SnaAFi - should be the same two middle letters of ... JAFFA  |
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First time someone posted a quiz and he was the one educated.I have long been fascinated by the immortal Fred Archer,the spy cartoon has pride of place in my kitchen,and i thought his daughters name was Emily,the early Pink Floyd song in the clue was See Emily Play definitely not Arnold Lane.Having already had two mistakes i cant be confident but i was sure that was her name.
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I do wish you wouldn't be so hard on yourself, WMFB..
This place has some absolute diamonds on it, who could run rings around most in Racing's inner circle and hierarchy. Unfortunately with every diamond found, there is also lots of cut glass.. |