"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:56:23 +0000, Pam Moore
wrote:


On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:12:07 +0100, Martin wrote:

On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:24:23 +0000, Pam Moore
wrote:

On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:40:03 -0000, "Bill Grey"
wrote:

On "Time Team" this evening their surveyor spoke of Rods, Poles and
Perches
say that a Rod was 5,5metres!

and to compound that he said it was 18 ft.

1 Rod = 5.5 yards = 16.5 ft

The confusion continues 1

That triggers my primary school tables;
"five and a half yards, one rod, pole or perch".

4 rods, poles or perches one chain.

... 22 yards one chain, ten chains one furlong, eight furlongs one mile.

Doesn't it date us! Kids these days would not understand a word of
it!

and all learnt before we were 11.
The coinage was even more exciting, not to mention learning tables up to
12X.
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Martin



and we knew what all the reds bits were on the map of the world ;-)

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