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From: "colleen morrison" <>
Subject: Re:Nicknames - ' Pole' GOODY (Maypole Pub) & others
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 08:21:18 +0100
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I may not have mentioned, Dave - and anyone else interested in this part of Essex - the nickname of the Arthur Goody you found. According to one of my books about Tiptree, he was a tall, skinny man who lived at Maypole Villas near the pub and locals knew him as 'Pole' Goody.

The nicknames which seem to have been rife in this part of Essex - Maldon, Tiptree, Tollesbury, Blackwater estuary villages - especially in coastal areas among the fishing and boating community, fascinate me.

Old Pye, Old Stubbins, Shaver Mills, Sooty Mussett, Hobby Keeble, Gunner Cook, Pinky Hewes, 'Admiral' Wyatt among them.

Anyone else have any examples of nicknames from this or other parts of Essex?

Colleen
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Essex Pubs shows an Arthur Joseph Goody as the landlord from October 1894 to around 1925. There is also a copy of the Tenancy agreement between the owners (the Trustees of the Earls Colne Grammar Schools ) and Arthur and it also carries Arthur's signature. If I read Pubby's site correctly, Arthur would have taken over from his father William who only seems to have held it for a short period.

DaveD

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