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Canary42 | 21:52 Tue 10th Mar 2015 | ChatterBank
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.... it's 346,391 days since the Battle of Hastings ?

(Thanks Baldric for the link elsewhere which allowed me to calculate this)

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Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
21:56 Tue 10th Mar 2015
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If they saw Hastings nowadays, they wouldn't bother fighting over it. "You can have it"...
05:05 Wed 11th Mar 2015
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Was that him that counted them out and counted them in again
05:08 Wed 11th Mar 2015
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Sorry to hear that janbee, I was considering a visit there shortly, having experienced the delights of nearby Lewes on a recent day out.

It looked all right on Google Street View.
05:29 Wed 11th Mar 2015
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Lewes is gorgeous. A lovely historic old town. Hastings OLD town, is still ok and maybe worth a visit. If you go Canary, have fun. xx Watch out for low flying arrows.
05:42 Wed 11th Mar 2015
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I'll keep an eye open !
05:43 Wed 11th Mar 2015
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Some of Foyle's War was shot in and around Hastings.
05:44 Wed 11th Mar 2015
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The Battle of Hastings was actually fought in Battle a village nearby!
08:21 Wed 11th Mar 2015
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Neti should know, she was there ;-)
08:27 Wed 11th Mar 2015
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Was she cheering on the right side ?
08:29 Wed 11th Mar 2015
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they don't call me Battleaxe for nuffink!

Actually lived near there so I know the area!
08:29 Wed 11th Mar 2015
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Aye I recall a TV programme that investigated where it was actually held. I think they found a crossroads or road junction was quite near. Nor sure what the programme was called though.
08:33 Wed 11th Mar 2015
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http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/1066-battle-of-hastings-abbey-and-battlefield/
15:25 Wed 11th Mar 2015
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did they take into account the switchover from Julian to Gregorian calendar? Otherwise they may be a couple of weeks out.
15:34 Wed 11th Mar 2015
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The only way to check that would be to calculate from 14th October 1066 to 2nd September 1752, then from 14th September 1752 to date and add the two together.
15:44 Wed 11th Mar 2015
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I've only got 10 fingers, Jackdaw.
15:45 Wed 11th Mar 2015
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I have eight fingers and two thumbs...
15:48 Wed 11th Mar 2015
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Actually jno, I've just done a test run by entering 1/9/1752 - 16/9/1752 and it comes up with 5 days so the calendar change has been factored in, also the fact that centenary years not divisible by 400 are not leap years.
16:08 Wed 11th Mar 2015
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Jno: Yes it does factor in the change and it also tells you which of the two dates that you put in fall in which calendar.
23:10 Wed 11th Mar 2015

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