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What’s In A Surname?

What’s In A Surname?

Last week’s post –  What’s In A Name?   – which was was an updated and reworked version of a piece from 2016 about the meaning of my first name, generated quite a few comments from fellow bloggers about their own names. This was great: I really enjoyed the interaction and finding out where others’ names derived from. Back in 2016 I also wrote a companion piece on my surname, as it has a little…

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What’s In A Name?

What’s In A Name?

Back in February 2016, in the long-lost days when WordPress used to give a daily prompt, they did one called Say Your Name.  “Write about your first name: Are you named after someone or something? Are there any stories or associations attached to it? If you had the choice, would you rename yourself?”

This sounded very familiar, so I did a little checking and found that I had posted to an almost…

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On toast for dinner thanks for the reminder @jennlancelott #pilchards #ontoast #remindsmeofmymum #glenryck #glenryckpilchards

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Spicy pilchards on rice. . . . #cannedfish #tinnedfish #glenryck #glenryckpilchards #pilchards #tomatosauce #rice #fish #spicy #homecooked #fatlescooks #eeeeeats #instafood #instafish #pescatarian #londoneats #londonfood #lunch #goodfood #red (at 诺丁山)

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Lunch by (((droolworthy))) Via Flickr: Glenryck pilchards, salted egg and tomato rice.

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What's A Pilcher?

What’s A Pilcher?

A few weeks ago I posted Say Your Name, which was an updated version of a previous post about the meaning of my Christian name. I thought then that it might be a good idea to do a companion piece on my surname, as it has a little history attached to it.

Pilch, in Norwich, as modelled by my daughter Katy

There’s a major clue to my surname in the title of this piece – just in case you hadn’t…

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