Re: The wearing o' the orange

In article <N9AEj.26299$XI.11124@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Jette  <bosslady@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Tim McDaniel wrote:
>> In article <m8wEj.26103$XI.214@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> Jette  <bosslady@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> Paul Dormer wrote:
[a pur****ted war between Russia and Berwick-on-Tweed]

>>>> http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART38768.html
>>>
>>> They formally declared "peace" a while back.
>> 
>> *sigh*  That was debunked (or, at least, "can find no evidence") in
>> the page pointed to by that URL.
>
>yes. but they also "formally declared peace" - as a tongue in cheek 
>joke - or did you miss that in the news?

As I mentioned, the article at the URL above says that they looked for
indications of such a "peace" and found no sources.  If you can locate
a reliable citation for such a "peace treaty", others would like to
know.

    Like all good stories Berwick's 'war with Russia' tale has grown
    over the years and it was claimed that a Russian diplomat finally
    signed a 'peace treaty' with the mayor of Berwick in the 1960s.

    "There was supposedly a peace treaty made out at the time but we
    haven't been able to find any sign of it," said Jim.

    The only evidence that it happened is from the accounts of older
    residents. "We can find nothing about it from local newspapers of
    the time," he continued.

    The then mayor, Robert Knox, is reputed to have said, "Tell the
    Russians they can sleep easy in their beds", but there is no
    record of this in the council's minutes either.

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Tim McDaniel, tmcd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]