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Vrystaat

Vrystaat

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The wife's sister got married to a nice guy from Devon in England. The wife and myself went visiting and asked about Hadrien's wall. Neither him or his younger brothers know of the wall, it is a historical landmark. He is 42 years of age. I have seen plenty of beautiful sites in the country, looks like heaven to me. Raspberries,blueberries and the like form the fences of the farms. Truly beautiful with the hills that they call moors. Seen old castles and old pubs with heavy wooden supports in the roof. Superbb !History at its best. But how come they don' know the basic history of the island ? 😱 Please us some rain, it is very dry here in africa ! 🙂
 
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Charles, yes it may be but the size of England is more or less the size of the province where i live . Not very big for some. I work for a communication company and some day's we drive a 1000km in one way to do a job and we have five such regions. But Hadrian is a big historian thing, very interesting if you follow it.🙂
 
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You may well drive 1000km one way but it probably does not involve a place like 'spaghetti junction', Europe's busiest stretch of motorway which is in a state of near-perpetuous gridlock.

Just saying Hadrian's Wall is not a day trip from Devon. It may be interesting for aficionados of roman history but it probably is not as interesting as Stonehenge, which is quite close to Devon, or (one of the many) the proposed site of Camelot for most.
 
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It may be that political correctness has meant that a dividing wall between the English and the northern hordes could not be spoken of in polite society so was omitted from the history syllabus. These days, if it is not in the syllabus then schoolkids will not even know it exists let alone know what it is and where it is. The forthcoming referendum will make this an even more difficult topic!
 
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A similar thing happens here in the States; a foreign tourist will know far more history than the locals. Even if people are taught history in school, they will often forget it, unless it affects their day-to-day lives.
 
#9
I work with a Scottish gentleman, I was also brought up in Yorkshire and now live and work in sunny Lancashire.....
We regularly have debates on Hadrians Wall and the War of the Roses, keeping history alive. of course a lot of the discourse is un-publishable on a public forum🙂

Oh I think we also employ a some Southerners, but our knowledge of UK counties ends at Derbyshire...the rest is down south, that's why we built the M6, it discourages any form of travel between the North and South, more effective than a wall.
 
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Hi,

Try driving 1000km in a day in the UK, it simply doesn't work like that.

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Have to admit I never heard of the Antonine wall.

rgds, sreten.
 
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sreten said:
Hi,

Try driving 1000km in a day in the UK, it simply doesn't work like that.

220px-Hadrians_Wall_map.png


Have to admit I never heard of the Antonine wall.

rgds, sreten.
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No problem in SA. Rest of Africa might be difficult because of roads. When I was in my early twenties I did a 20 hour drive with a friend from Durban to Cape Town through the Freestate. I don't know how far it is, but it's well over 1000kms and probably more. UK - Manchester to the SW is easily an 8 or 9 hour trip and it's probably only 300 miles.
 
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