Skelmanthorpe

[aceduce0]

Why is the village of Skelmanthorpe near Huddersfield called SHAT????

[albino_polo]

Im from Huddersfield and have never heard of that name for Skelmanthorpe.

[shammydodger]

Oh dear, what a lob! It is just crying out to be smacked out of the ground!

I'm from Mirfield, about 10 miles away, and I too have never heard Skellers called that.

[THECORBYLOON]

From answers.com, "Skelmanthorpe is a village in West Yorkshire, England. It is part of the parish of Denby Dale in the Kirklees borough.

Locals know it as "Shat". According to legend, when the DeLacy family who owned much of the land wanted tough soldiers, they sought them out in Skelmanthorpe. These men were known as "Shatters" (they used to shatter things), from which the word "Shat" comes"

[shammydodger]

Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs!

Thanks Corbyloon.

And there was I thinking it was a term of abuse!

[albino_polo]

Anyway, Yorkshire and proud of it!

Who's with me?

[shammydodger]

Albino

I am. Which end of Huddersfield?

[THECORBYLOON]

Which one of yous lived in the septic tank then?

[shammydodger]

Not me

I used to dream of living in a septic tank. Would have been a palace to us!

[shammydodger]

I used to go to Uni in the States with a bloke who came from Corby

[THECORBYLOON]

shammy I've heard stories of The Corby Man Who Went To Uni In America but I dismissed the tales as the ramblings of a man whose brain has been addled by too many years cleaning septic tanks and knitting. Tis true you say?

[shammydodger]

Aye

And he's still out there last I heard. They're not all Loons down in Corby. Mind you, I wouldn't have wanted to cross him when he was angry, which was most of the time!