To celebrate I'm running a competition to name the shed. Not sure if there will be a prize a such, but think of the kudos. The best name will be posted above the door for all time. Names like "dolls" and "Wendy" will be automatically disqualified cos your not taking it seriously. Bonne Chance!
I think you should name it "SOUTHFORK"
ReplyDeleteNot bad, that sets the standard!
ReplyDelete"Brookes' House"
ReplyDeleteFrom Rupert Brookes WWI peom'The Soldier':
If I should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England. There shall be
In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam,
A body of England's, breathing English air,
Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.
And think, this heart, all evil shed away,
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;
Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,
In hearts at peace, under an English heaven
Thanks, Alan. Reading the poem reminded me of sitting outside the green man when we we kid's and good times with old friends.
ReplyDeleteWell after reading the last post i don't feel i can mention my other idea, but im gonna go for it anyway! Well, the shed is going to be a workshop, all that hammering & banging so i thought "The Knocking Shop" would be a good name lol
ReplyDeleteMarcus, now we are big kids, I look forward to a lemonade with you outside the knocking shop in your corner of a foreign field :-)
ReplyDeleteTrust Claireabella, I'm just glad you will be on hand to explain the name to the neighbours? Anyway I've told all the neighbours that it's Julia's workshop so technically it would have to be "Julia's Knocking Shop". I look forward to that lemonade though.
ReplyDeleteThat's three so far, closing date will be Friday 21st may, so if you want to go down in shed history, you've got till then to come up with a name. Best quote so far goes to Bridget for "The talk of South West Michigan". I like it, like it a lot:-)
ReplyDeleteIf its Julias shed then she should pick the name. pick me Jool pick me
ReplyDeleteMy entry for this most pretigious competitions is: bijou hütte
ReplyDeleteIn recognition of the multi-purpose nature of this magnificent edifice and the international exposure of said creation.
Bijou means jewel (or jewellery) in 6 languages and hutte (or hütte) means hut, cabin, cottage, home, or shed in 4 languages.
Like it Tina
ReplyDeleteChateau Du Frappe D'or
ReplyDeleteLa Bij-shederie
Dun Englanding
Seaview
Glorious Peoples' Shed No2
Planky Palace
New Century Plank
Ker-plunk (like Chequers only not as snooty)
10.5 Downing Street
Ah now we have some serious competition! 11:00PM and 1 hour till closing. Counting will begin at 12 and continue late into the night and early morning; results are expected by 10am. Like England this is not a democracy and so I will of course be using the first past the post method.
ReplyDeleteOK the winner is.........(drum roll)....................................
ReplyDelete?!?
ReplyDeleteYou can't call it '.........(drum roll)....................................'
Think of those poor ebay sellers writing:
Mme & M. Quinn
.........(drum roll)....................................
La Foucadiere
Normandy
Hmm. Then again.
ReplyDeleteAnd the winner is:
ReplyDelete"Glorious Peoples' bijou hütte No2"
Its a combination of Tina and Marks suggestions. But because I also like Alans, I'm putting a copy of Rupert Brookes poem over the fire place. And Julia will of course always now refer to it as the "knocking shop". All those who entered win a free camping spot in France for life.
Well like you said, its Julias shed, so if she refers to it as the knocking shop, then that HAS to be the true winner lol
ReplyDelete>>free camping spot in France for life
ReplyDeleteIs there a bar and fiterie??!
But of course....eventually.
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