tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11376897.post9071996167048814194..comments2024-03-16T08:15:56.182+00:00Comments on Purple Words on a Grey Background: Fireworks, Iranians and Robin Hood.Mike Peatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385223912601726849noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11376897.post-47477268144304323882007-11-04T19:31:00.000+00:002007-11-04T19:31:00.000+00:00Off course it's a myth! Yorkshire has been trying ...Off course it's a myth! Yorkshire has been trying to nick him off us for years. Still, it wasn't the Sheriff of Leeds who went down in the storybooks.<BR/><BR/>The Iranian student who had visited Hathersage said that when she saw all the shops with Robin Hood themed names, she was reminded of an area of Teheran where lots of shops are named after a legendary sweet maker.<BR/><BR/>Some things are the same the world over.Mike Peatmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385223912601726849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11376897.post-75128737096794497822007-11-04T19:10:00.000+00:002007-11-04T19:10:00.000+00:00The Robin Hood/Nottingham link may be a myth. Ther...The Robin Hood/Nottingham link may be a myth. There us a grave in Kirklees (West Yorkshire - not far from Mirfield) which purports to be his last resting place. Apparently it is an arrow's flight from a monastery that he is reputed to have died in.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and King Arthur's Round Table is in Cumbria, a mile up the road from me.Steve McMahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240373220775403119noreply@blogger.com