Where did Roots hall get it's name?

[Guest]

Does anyone know?

 

[one flew over the cockles nest]

Quote[/b] (Guest @ Nov. 10 2004,09:27)]Does anyone know?

The big house (which is now flats)that was by the Petrol station. Used to Be Roots Hall?

well I think its something like that


Am I right?

 

[Barry the dog]

Quote[/b] (one flew over the cockles nest @ Nov. 10 2004,09:34)]Am I right?

Youre not wrong!

 

[* ORM *]

Quote[/b] (one flew over the cockles nest @ Nov. 10 2004,09:34)]

Quote[/b] (Guest @ Nov. 10 2004,09:27)]Does anyone know?

The big house (which is now flats)that was by the Petrol station. Used to Be Roots Hall?

well I think its something like that


Am I right?

How did the big house come to be known as Roots Hall though ?

 

[overseas shrimper]

Quote[/b] (* ORM * @ Nov. 10 2004,11:12)]

Quote[/b] (one flew over the cockles nest @ Nov. 10 2004,09:34)]

Quote[/b] (Guest @ Nov. 10 2004,09:27)]Does anyone know?

The big house (which is now flats)that was by the Petrol station. Used to Be Roots Hall?

well I think its something like that


Am I right?

How did the big house come to be known as Roots Hall though ?

A fortune teller told the builders of the house / manor that in a few hundred years time, a football ground would be built called Roots Hall, so the thought they'd name the place after the ground in advance.

The rest of the time was spent explaining what 'football' is.

 

[Shrimpergonzo]

Quote[/b] (one flew over the cockles nest @ Nov. 10 2004,08:34)]

Quote[/b] (Guest @ Nov. 10 2004,09:27)]Does anyone know?

The big house (which is now flats)that was by the Petrol station. Used to Be Roots Hall?

well I think its something like that


Am I right?

You're nearly right! The big house next to the petrol station (which is now a vacant site next to the flats) was called Millfields. However there was another big house on the site of the ground called Roots Hall - I think there's a picture of it in the official history book.

 

[one flew over the cockles nest]

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Quote[/b] (one flew over the cockles nest @ Nov. 10 2004,08:34)]

Quote[/b] (Guest @ Nov. 10 2004,09:27)]Does anyone know?

The big house (which is now flats)that was by the Petrol station. Used to Be Roots Hall?

well I think its something like that


Am I right?

You're nearly right! The big house next to the petrol station (which is now a vacant site next to the flats) was called Millfields. However there was another big house on the site of the ground called Roots Hall - I think there's a picture of it in the official history book.

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[The 4th man]

Quote[/b] (overseas shrimper @ Nov. 10 2004,11:38)]

Quote[/b] (* ORM * @ Nov. 10 2004,11:12)]

Quote[/b] (one flew over the cockles nest @ Nov. 10 2004,09:34)]

Quote[/b] (Guest @ Nov. 10 2004,09:27)]Does anyone know?

The big house (which is now flats)that was by the Petrol station. Used to Be Roots Hall?

well I think its something like that


Am I right?

How did the big house come to be known as Roots Hall though ?  

A fortune teller told the builders of the house / manor that in a few hundred years time, a football ground would be built called Roots Hall, so the thought they'd name the place after the ground in advance.

The rest of the time was spent explaining what 'football' is.

That has to be one of the silliest stories ive ever heard .




Football has been known since the dawn of time .

 

[BluePartridge]

Quote[/b] (overseas shrimper @ Nov. 10 2004,11:38)]

Quote[/b] (* ORM * @ Nov. 10 2004,11:12)]

Quote[/b] (one flew over the cockles nest @ Nov. 10 2004,09:34)]

Quote[/b] (Guest @ Nov. 10 2004,09:27)]Does anyone know?

The big house (which is now flats)that was by the Petrol station. Used to Be Roots Hall?

well I think its something like that


Am I right?

How did the big house come to be known as Roots Hall though ?

A fortune teller told the builders of the house / manor that in a few hundred years time, a football ground would be built called Roots Hall, so the thought they'd name the place after the ground in advance.

The rest of the time was spent explaining what 'football' is.

They explained that it's a thugs game and outlawed, and that nothings changed?

 

[overseas shrimper]

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Quote[/b] (overseas shrimper @ Nov. 10 2004,11:38)]

Quote[/b] (* ORM * @ Nov. 10 2004,11:12)]

Quote[/b] (one flew over the cockles nest @ Nov. 10 2004,09:34)]

Quote[/b] (Guest @ Nov. 10 2004,09:27)]Does anyone know?

The big house (which is now flats)that was by the Petrol station. Used to Be Roots Hall?

well I think its something like that


Am I right?

How did the big house come to be known as Roots Hall though ?

A fortune teller told the builders of the house / manor that in a few hundred years time, a football ground would be built called Roots Hall, so the thought they'd name the place after the ground in advance.

The rest of the time was spent explaining what 'football' is.

That has to be one of the silliest stories ive ever heard .




Football has been known since the dawn of time .

There was a form of football in China a couple of thousand years ago, but word travelled slow back in years gone by... plus, I doubt they called it 'football'.

This is NOT a 'silly story' at all. The bloke in the pram shop told me he knows about the fortune teller on good authority from a source he cannot reveal.

 

[canada shrimper]

Obviously the name comes from years of fantastic stuff on that site.People would refer to it it as the roots of (h)all things wonderful in essex,hence the name roots hall.Now would i tell a lie?

 

[Shrimp in a Kilt]

Quote[/b] (overseas shrimper @ Nov. 10 2004,12:51)]This is NOT a 'silly story' at all. The bloke in the pram shop told me he knows about the fortune teller on good authority from a source he cannot reveal.

You've blown it now OS. The bloke in the pram shop only tells you stuff if you promise to post it anonymously. He'll never speak to you again..

 

[overseas shrimper]

Quote[/b] (Shrimp in a Kilt @ Nov. 10 2004,13:49)]

Quote[/b] (overseas shrimper @ Nov. 10 2004,12:51)]This is NOT a 'silly story' at all. The bloke in the pram shop told me he knows about the fortune teller on good authority from a source he cannot reveal.

You've blown it now OS. The bloke in the pram shop only tells you stuff if you promise to post it anonymously. He'll never speak to you again..

Bugger!

Sorry, bloke in the pram shop. Please forgive.

 

[The Man Who Likes Prams]

Quote[/b] (overseas shrimper @ Nov. 10 2004,14:28)]

Quote[/b] (Shrimp in a Kilt @ Nov. 10 2004,13:49)]

Quote[/b] (overseas shrimper @ Nov. 10 2004,12:51)]This is NOT a 'silly story' at all. The bloke in the pram shop told me he knows about the fortune teller on good authority from a source he cannot reveal.

You've blown it now OS. The bloke in the pram shop only tells you stuff if  you promise to post it anonymously. He'll never speak to you again..

Bugger!

Sorry, bloke in the pram shop. Please forgive.

The bloke in the pram shop says watch yore step in future young OS,or he will have to take you for a little ride....