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Loopy Linda in La La Land
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Anyone know what this means?
17-04-12, 21:23
Anyone kniow what a Huffler is? A pub near us called The Huffler's Arms?
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17-04-12, 21:30
One definition is that it is an alternative spelling for HOVELER.
A hovel is/was a conical building enclosing a kiln. Were there any kilns in the area?
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17-04-12, 21:41
Hi OC.
Yes there were cement and lime kilns. Even a road called Tile Kiln Lane.
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17-04-12, 21:43
Cement and lime kilns didn't tend to be that sort of shape, though. More likely to be pottery or tile kilns.
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17-04-12, 21:53
I think it may also be a type of yacht.
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Does the pub sign picture give any clues?
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17-04-12, 22:13
I thought a hoveller was some sort of Cornish fishing boat or barge type boat with a flat bottom.
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18-04-12, 00:06
http://www.medwayvalleyheritage.co.uk/content.aspx?page=10
seems they were men who pulled the barges along
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18-04-12, 12:02
You learn a lot on this site don't you.
'The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.' Bertrand Russel.
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18-04-12, 20:21
Oh, that's interesting!
Linda, ask a mod to put that information in our WIKI. It is so obscure it's bound to be useful to someone else!
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18-04-12, 21:54
Having just watched a programme on BBC2 about food in Kent they said that a huffler was a man who pulled the the sails down on barges when they went under bridges.
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23-04-12, 16:59
Thanks everyone. OC yes it's very obscure even googling didn't really come up with anything just loads of different websites naming the pub
Of course now I've just googled it and it comes up with the BBC2 programme that Charity mentioned
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