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On 7 Nov 2018 at 12:53pm Help wrote:
Does anyone know what so called and when did this become its name......
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On 7 Nov 2018 at 4:39pm Man wrote:
I remember this being asked before and the best suggestion was that people say 'earwigo to ringmer' or 'earwigo to uckfield'.
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On 7 Nov 2018 at 4:55pm like a lane in Horam wrote:
Ballsocks
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On 7 Nov 2018 at 5:53pm Chris Packman wrote:
It may be an urban myth. but as I understand it, it was thought that the layout of the junction looked similar to the pincers on an earwig's rear end.
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On 7 Nov 2018 at 8:46pm help wrote:
This Forum needs to come up with something to prove its members actually care....
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On 7 Nov 2018 at 8:56pm Maria Slagheap wrote:
Although the two roads forking off do resemble the antennae of an earwig, the same is true of a lot of junctions, so it seems more likely that this area was simply known for being home to a lot of the insects in question.
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On 8 Nov 2018 at 5:42am Ian jizz wrote:
In 1900's when the rd was being dug up and Alfred Hisscock dug up a fossilised earwig that dated back to the prehistoric period, hence Earwig corner was born!
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On 8 Nov 2018 at 9:22am Trump wrote:
#fakenews
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On 8 Nov 2018 at 9:56am Harry Monk @ Ian wrote:
I heard it was Phil Mycocck what had been nipped by an earwig while in the latrine @ those same roadworks.
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On 8 Nov 2018 at 10:05am Zzzzz wrote:
@Harry Monk... not really very funny, your post is it? Go on, read it again.
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On 8 Nov 2018 at 10:33am Local wrote:
Old Paul Mehoff used to live there and always found earwigs in his house
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On 8 Nov 2018 at 12:33pm @Local wrote:
Yes he lived next door to Omah Bawls.
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On 8 Nov 2018 at 5:47pm Yoda @ Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz wrote:
Speak you ;like that, why ?
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On 8 Nov 2018 at 9:41pm Northern lights wrote:
I don’t know who SO is never heard of them and I do not know when it became their name. , if you are asking where Earwig corner got its name and not SO I believe it is from Saxon era , not a local like you
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On 9 Nov 2018 at 4:00am Drew peacock wrote:
I heard it was because many yrs ago a family of wig eared bats nested there and being a protected species could not be moved but overtime the name changed to earwig....
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On 9 Nov 2018 at 5:10pm Wiggy wrote:
Apparently from 'Ewe Wick' - with 'wick' originally meaning field or farm.
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On 10 Nov 2018 at 6:44pm Hampton Wick wrote:
Thank you Wiggy. Plenty of hamptons on the forum.


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