BEg2 ch26 Thrubwells

[Michael Bailey]

“Far from the Channel 13 upper-class dynasty he expected, Rocky discovered
in the Thrubwells a tribe of nosepicking vulgarians with the fashion sense
and conversational skills of children raised by wolves, and with a
collective net worth Dun & Bradstreet barely acknowledged.”

Thrubwell -

Just north of Blagdon Lake, Nempnett Thrubwell is a tiny village comprising
just 177 inhabitants.
The curious name Nempnett Thrubwell is thought to be a combination of the
Celtic words ‘nemett’ meaning grove, and the Old English ‘wiell’, meaning
well. Thus, Nempnett Thrubwell means ‘The grove by the well’. Most people
nowadays will know Nempnett Thrubwell more for the references to it in
various songs by The Wurzels, rather than for any impressive grove.



Channel 13 upper-class dynasty - probably thinking of Upstairs Downstairs?

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