Thread: Thicknecks and Waterwalkers
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Old 23-09-06, 14:25
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Default Re: Thicknecks and Waterwalkers
I once read that the term "thicknecks" for Padiham folk arrises from when the town had a bottle making factory that produced bottles with very thick necks. Just another theory.
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