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Clanger (Australian Rules Football)
Clanger is a colloquial term for 'mistake'. It may also refer to: * ''Clangers'', a British animated children's television series * Traditional nickname for a person local to Bedfordshire, England * Bedfordshire clanger The Bedfordshire clanger (also called the Hertfordshire clanger, Trowley dumpling, or simply the clanger) is a dish from Bedfordshire and adjacent counties in England, including Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire."The geographical name is not qui ..., a traditional elongated dumpling * Clanger (Australian rules football), a blatant unforced error * A trance group founded by Simon Berry {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clangers
''Clangers'' (usually referred to as ''The Clangers'') is a British stop motion, stop-motion Animated series, animated children's television series, consisting of short films about a family of mouse, mouse-like creatures who live on, and inside, a small moon-like planet. They speak only in a whistled language, and eat green soup (supplied by the Soup Dragon) and blue string pudding. The programmes were originally broadcast on BBC One, BBC1 between 1969 and 1972, followed by a special episode which was broadcast in 1974. The series was made by Smallfilms, the company set up by Oliver Postgate (who was the show's writer, animator and narrator) and Peter Firmin (who was its modelmaker and illustrator). Firmin designed the characters, and Joan Firmin, his wife, knitted and "dressed" them. The music, often part of the story, was provided by Vernon Elliott. A third series, narrated by Monty Python actor Michael Palin, was broadcast in the UK in June 2015 on the BBC's CBeebies TV chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire (; abbreviated ''Beds'') is a Ceremonial County, ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the south and the south-east, and Buckinghamshire to the west. The largest settlement is Luton (225,262), and Bedford is the county town. The county has an area of and had a population of 704,736 at the 2021 census. ''plus'' ''plus'' Its other towns include Leighton Buzzard, Dunstable, Biggleswade, Houghton Regis, and Flitwick. Much of the county is rural. For Local government in England, local government purposes, Bedfordshire comprises three Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas: Borough of Bedford, Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, and Luton. The county's highest point is on Dunstable Downs in the Chilterns. History The first recorded use of the name in 1011 was "Bedanfordscir", meaning the shire or county of Bedford, which itself means "Beda's ford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedfordshire Clanger
The Bedfordshire clanger (also called the Hertfordshire clanger, Trowley dumpling, or simply the clanger) is a dish from Bedfordshire and adjacent counties in England, including Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire."The geographical name is not quite accurate, as clangers in modified form have also been sighted in Bucks, Herts and Cambs, and in Hunts until 1974 when Hunts was abolished". Cotchin, R. "A Monumental Clanger" ''The Countryman'', vol. 87 (1982), 45-46 It dates back to at least the 19th century. The word "clanger" is related to the dialect term "clung", which Joseph Wright glossed as meaning "heavy", in relation to food.Wright ''English Dialect Dictionary'', p.669 Description The clanger is an elongated suet crust dumpling, sometimes described as a savoury type of roly-poly pudding."...bacon clanger, a roly-poly of bacon chopped up with sage and onion, and rolled in a suet crust" "Clanger: Make a suet paste with a little chopped sage leaf and salt to taste. Roll out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clanger (Australian Rules Football)
Clanger is a colloquial term for 'mistake'. It may also refer to: * ''Clangers'', a British animated children's television series * Traditional nickname for a person local to Bedfordshire, England * Bedfordshire clanger The Bedfordshire clanger (also called the Hertfordshire clanger, Trowley dumpling, or simply the clanger) is a dish from Bedfordshire and adjacent counties in England, including Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire."The geographical name is not qui ..., a traditional elongated dumpling * Clanger (Australian rules football), a blatant unforced error * A trance group founded by Simon Berry {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
