“On a cottage near Thwaite a deposit was placed”
So… what do we know about Thwaite?
The A to Z of HMHB
The A to Z of HMHB
“On a cottage near Thwaite a deposit was placed”
So… what do we know about Thwaite?
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Peter Mcornithologist
A lovely village in the beautiful area of Swaledale . A weird word ? Bar Thwart and Thwack I can’t think of any others which start thus .
22 March 2017
GOK WAN ACOLYTE
Thwaite derives from a Norse word and means essentially a cleared piece of forest. It’s quite common in place names in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Northumberland, and also a Lancashire based brewery.
23 March 2017
dickhead in quicksand
Thwing?”
I remember Thwaite’s as a fine quaffing pint. Pronounced “Twaites” by the locals.
2 April 2017
Bobby svarc
Thwaites sponsored the Blackpool balloon tram No. 716 for many years. It was by far the best all over advert tram Blackpool Transport ever used on the tramway.
2 April 2017
deaddogsmoking
Thwaites Brewery HQ in Blackburn used to have a red neon sign that read THWAITES ALES and flashed certain letters off to appear as THWAITES AI ALES. After redundancies were announced some disgruntled employee reconfigured the sign to flash as THWAITES AI TWATS.
3 April 2017