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MN History Club?

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LineRunner · 15/09/2012 10:41

Hi

On the back of this very busy and brilliant thread here (now in Classics) about medieval history and much more besides, would MNHQ please consider a history topic / MN History Club?

There are lots of comments on the thread such as 'Best thread ever', 'I am so pleased to find others who want to talk about tudor history' etc.

I think it might fit into the In The Club category.

I'm more of a prehistory geek myself, but could start threads within the general MN History Club topic.

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nickelcognito · 18/09/2012 12:41

Thank you :)

PretzelTime · 17/09/2012 23:24

And there was much rejoicing.

MrsjREwing · 17/09/2012 23:05

Thanks

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HelenMumsnet · 17/09/2012 22:37

Ta da!

Enjoy...

TunipTheVegemal · 17/09/2012 21:28

Much better thank you Grin

SillyBeardyDaddyman · 17/09/2012 21:25

For the king and St. George!!!

Better? Grin

LRDtheFeministDragon · 17/09/2012 21:19

Hazzah and Wassail!

(What's the Latin for 'ooh, yay'?)

TunipTheVegemal · 17/09/2012 21:18

'Woop'? Surely you mean 'Huzzah!'

SillyBeardyDaddyman · 17/09/2012 21:02

Woop!

ticklemyboobsofsteel · 17/09/2012 21:00

Thank you MNHQ! Thanks :)

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LineRunner · 17/09/2012 20:58

HelenMN and TechMN Thank you so much. We promise we will be good(ish).

Have a Wine

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LRDtheFeministDragon · 17/09/2012 20:55

Yay! Smile

Thanks Thanks Thanks

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HelenMumsnet · 17/09/2012 20:54

Hello. Yes, we will have a History Club topic soon. It's def on Tech's to do list.

NanBullen · 17/09/2012 19:32

So, have we got a history topic or wot then?

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LineRunner · 17/09/2012 17:29

Pee and Poo Through the Ages sounds like exactly the kind of thing we should be doing, alcibiades. Excellent choice. Smile

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NicholasTeakozy · 16/09/2012 21:20

that one with the cool hair and clothes and the speech impediment who works for royal palaces

By that Wilf I think you mean the future Mme Teakozy, Lucy Worsley. I love the way she gets stuck. She's luffly.

alcibiades · 16/09/2012 19:34

I think they did a lot of recycling - solid waste as fertiliser and liquid waste in the laundry business as a bleaching agent. I (vaguely) recall from reading about the American Civil War, that urine was collected so nitrates could be extracted and used to make gunpowder.

Now, that's an idea for a theme - "Pee and Poo Through the Ages" Grin, including Joseph Bazalgette's magnificent London sewers.

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LineRunner · 15/09/2012 22:45

I did a Greek and Roman City Planning course once. I kept thinking, Where did all the shit actually go?

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alcibiades · 15/09/2012 22:40

I think I'm going to have to namechange in order to reflect the fact that I'm ancient. Back in the day, when I was a fresh(ish)-faced youngster, history was all about king'n'queens and generals'n'battles. Since I don't have a good memory for names'n'dates, I was useless at history.

But I recently got interested in history again, where there's now more focus on how people lived, back in the day. The link that thatlldo posted is a great example of that.

Anyway, I'm just bumping this thread to keep it in the forefront of TPTB at MNHQ. With offers of malmsey and sweetmeats, of course.

TunipTheVegemal · 15/09/2012 21:44

Oh yes. The replies from people who had not sussed it out are particularly amusing. Grin

LRDtheFeministDragon · 15/09/2012 21:34

Grin I love that.

thatlldopigthatlldo · 15/09/2012 21:31

this made me laugh

PretzelTime · 15/09/2012 21:24
Grin
TunipTheVegemal · 15/09/2012 21:19

It doesn't have to be a posh home or have a proper chimney - we'll happily share it with the dumb beasts as long as there is a hole in the roof to let the smoke out.

SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 15/09/2012 20:53

Ooh yes. Please give us a home.