: Mon May 04, 2009 11:09 pm  

West Bank
A Boathouse was a welcome, called the 'Snig Pie House' when crossing the runcorn gap by boat. famous for it's eel pies, from eels caught in the Mersey

Mmmmmmm, Eel Pie. Now I'm a BIG pie man and that sounds goooooood. NOT!

: Tue May 05, 2009 11:22 am  

Tony Fax wrote:

God knows why Widnes call themselves the Vikings anyway. For a start, the vikings never went anywhere near Widnes (understandably). And furthermore, the Vikings were notorious for pilaging and raping, not to mention they invaded our great land and were our brutal enemies. So an extremely sick nickname if you ask me. What would YOU think if Halifax were called "Halifax Rapists" or "Halifax Nazis". Same thing innit?.

learn your history boy. Ness means "nose" in Viking language, ie a promontory or peninsula. "Wid" is Wide - Wide Nose gt corrupted in time to Widnes. The regional capital of Viking England was quite close by. There is evidence of a small Viking settlement but the area flooded regularly in the 10th century.

I could go on - my degree was in history and I specialised in - wait for it - settlement of towns up to 1750.

So Vikings is apt. But the club will always be the Chemics to me.

: Tue May 05, 2009 12:03 pm  

I gather that when Manx Viking and Viking Man cock their clogs they will be floated down the Mersey in specially constructed burning longboats ignited by chemicals. All the mourners will gather on the banks of the river eating Snig Pie and will then leave on chartered coaches to go and rape and pillage the town of Leigh.

: Tue May 05, 2009 6:05 pm  

Alan wrote:

Yes, it's on a 'blank' weekend for both of us (unless you beat Cas) - but ours is only 'blank' beacuse our game has been brought forward to Thursday, for SKY. So, if things stand, you get a ten day rest, before playing us!

Thats a joke for you guys if true

: Tue May 05, 2009 6:19 pm  

johnny freeman fan club wrote:

It says the word Widnes came from "wide noses" would this be before we played them at home or after?

More to do with the Chemicals

: Tue May 05, 2009 6:40 pm  

Blueboy wrote:

Thats a joke for you guys if true

Yeah - hilarious! Surely, we could come to some arrangement with the RL, whereby we are both equally 'inconvenienced'? Anyway, I'm doing a piece in the programme for the Widnes game, about it - so I'll probably be sacked next week!

: Tue May 05, 2009 6:49 pm  

Simple really , thursday night before the CC final would be ideal time to play it

: Tue May 05, 2009 6:57 pm  

Starbug wrote:

Simple really , thursday night before the CC final would be ideal time to play it

Not for us it won`t it means our lads will only have 3 days turn around to play in the final that`s not fair.

: Tue May 05, 2009 7:08 pm  

Starbug wrote:

Simple really , thursday night before the CC final would be ideal time to play it

There's no games on the Bank Hol Monday following the CC final is there? That could be an option

: Tue May 05, 2009 7:58 pm  

Brew wrote:

There's no games on the Bank Hol Monday following the CC final is there? That could be an option

Better still , 2 days after you play Saints