Hookland 3/5/19 5:44:45

They hanged the nuns from the abbey at the Dissolution. The nuns did not offer prayers as they died, but curses. And I tell you true, those curses still echo. #CLNolan https://t.co/lgGj7ypOb5

Hookland 3/5/19 6:49:51

@shadowfirebird @catvincent Historically John Nokes or Noakes, alongside John-a-Stiles or John Stiles were the most common form of John Doe till the late 18th/early 19th century when John Doe and Richard Roe were the most common forms.

Hookland 3/5/19 6:52:16

@shadowfirebird @catvincent Sergeant Jack Nokes, once of Yorkshire, serving and living Hookland is both nod to a dad I wished I had as a kid and the original meaning of John Nokes as a good copper in-joke.

Hookland 3/5/19 7:32:18

They say the growl of Hell can be heard coming from the Devil‰Ûªs Scar. I travel to the sound not with fear, but the pull of fierce fascination. – Dr. Bron, 1645