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my wife's father was brought up in 'the plevnas'does anyone know the derivation of this name?

fevlad wrote: my wife's father was brought up in 'the plevnas'does anyone know the derivation of this name? There towns called Plevna all over the world, wherever Bulgarian immigrants have settled in fact. I suspect it was derived from the name of the city where the Battle & Siege of Pleven occurred, like a lot of clutches of terraced houses built around that time. Such as colenso, Mafeking, Bloemfontein.There was always a "victory", or at least a battle, somewhere to be "celebrated".http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Pleven

thanks for thatindeed in my home town there's mafeking street, pretoria street. There was(is?) the alma pub in cas and so on. was thrown by the spelling.

fevlad wrote: my wife's father was brought up in 'the plevnas'does anyone know the derivation of this name? my grandparents lived on plevna street...no12 i think.

hi fevlad the plevnas were streets going off grove road coming down from penny hill towards pepper road i lived in pepper street from 1952-1962 when they were due to knock the old houses & streets down i went to live in a tower block in beckett st. but it was not a patch on hunslet

skippy wrote: hi fevlad the plevnas were streets going off grove road coming down from penny hill towards pepper road i lived in pepper street from 1952-1962 when they were due to knock the old houses & streets down i went to live in a tower block in beckett st. but it was not a patch on hunslet cheers skippyI am a big fan of south Leeds

Bramley4woods wrote: fevlad wrote: my wife's father was brought up in 'the plevnas'does anyone know the derivation of this name? There towns called Plevna all over the world, wherever Bulgarian immigrants have settled in fact. I suspect it was derived from the name of the city where the Battle & Siege of Pleven occurred, like a lot of clutches of terraced houses built around that time. Such as colenso, Mafeking, Bloemfontein.There was always a "victory", or at least a battle, somewhere to be "celebrated".http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Pleven There are "Colenso's" in Holbeck.

Trojan wrote: Bramley4woods wrote: fevlad wrote: my wife's father was brought up in 'the plevnas'does anyone know the derivation of this name? There towns called Plevna all over the world, wherever Bulgarian immigrants have settled in fact. I suspect it was derived from the name of the city where the Battle & Siege of Pleven occurred, like a lot of clutches of terraced houses built around that time. Such as colenso, Mafeking, Bloemfontein.There was always a "victory", or at least a battle, somewhere to be "celebrated".http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Pleven There are "Colenso's" in Holbeck. Coverstation beteween two scotsmen:--Mafeking street!!-No its Mafeking street !!-Get lost,its Mafeking street,you dont live here!.    

OOOOH Rude!not even edited either!!! Bop!Get that stitched,Jimmy!