Comments on: Sir Francis Dashwood and the Hellfire Club http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/sir-francis-dashwood-and-the-hellfire-club Cooking - Photography & More Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:44:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/sir-francis-dashwood-and-the-hellfire-club#comment-6141 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:11:28 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/sir-francis-dashwood-and-the-hellfire-club#comment-6141 Miles, I doubt very much that old Dashers could compete with dear Colin :) My ancestor, it is said, was stood waiting for a hot date with Dick Turpin when she spotted the tower..... he meantime looked up and was deterred, some might say it was nothing to do with the tower :) Cid Miles,

I doubt very much that old Dashers could compete with dear Colin :) My ancestor, it is said, was stood waiting for a hot date with Dick Turpin when she spotted the tower….. he meantime looked up and was deterred, some might say it was nothing to do with the tower :)

Cid

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/sir-francis-dashwood-and-the-hellfire-club#comment-6136 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:33:31 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/sir-francis-dashwood-and-the-hellfire-club#comment-6136 Cid, Thought you might be interested in old 'dashers' :) I hear he had something of the Colin Firth (or whatever his name is) about him! Miles Cid,
Thought you might be interested in old ‘dashers’ :) I hear he had something of the Colin Firth (or whatever his name is) about him!

Miles

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/sir-francis-dashwood-and-the-hellfire-club#comment-6129 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:02:36 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/sir-francis-dashwood-and-the-hellfire-club#comment-6129 Miles, A marvellous insight into local history and something I knew nothing about until now. The naughty Mr Dashwood is an interesting character..... do we know if the lighthouse was a success in deterring highwaymen or merely a place for them to hang out after a long night fleecing the unsuspecting good folk of Lincolnshire? :) Lincolnshire is probably where the whole Hellfire club was hatched after a particularly arduous turnip planting session, Dashwood thought he'd spice things up a bit. The Romans must have had a few Hellfire clubs around Lincoln...... not to mention the Iron Age marsh dwellers. We should set our 'diviners' to <i> debauched activity </i> (mine only go up to 'smut' :) ) and see what we can dig up next. Cid Miles,

A marvellous insight into local history and something I knew nothing about until now. The naughty Mr Dashwood is an interesting character….. do we know if the lighthouse was a success in deterring highwaymen or merely a place for them to hang out after a long night fleecing the unsuspecting good folk of Lincolnshire? :)

Lincolnshire is probably where the whole Hellfire club was hatched after a particularly arduous turnip planting session, Dashwood thought he’d spice things up a bit.

The Romans must have had a few Hellfire clubs around Lincoln…… not to mention the Iron Age marsh dwellers. We should set our ‘diviners’ to debauched activity (mine only go up to ’smut’ :) ) and see what we can dig up next.

Cid

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/sir-francis-dashwood-and-the-hellfire-club#comment-5988 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:59:03 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/sir-francis-dashwood-and-the-hellfire-club#comment-5988 Elsie, We don't appreciate our heritage enough, you're quite right. It's a shame because history can be quite fascinating, and sordid!! Miles Elsie,
We don’t appreciate our heritage enough, you’re quite right. It’s a shame because history can be quite fascinating, and sordid!!

Miles

]]> by: Elsie Nean http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/sir-francis-dashwood-and-the-hellfire-club#comment-5986 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:40:56 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/sir-francis-dashwood-and-the-hellfire-club#comment-5986 Miles, How very fascinating! Great atmospheric photo with it too. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. We really don't appreciate the history around us, do we? Elsie Miles,
How very fascinating! Great atmospheric photo with it too. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. We really don’t appreciate the history around us, do we?
Elsie

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/sir-francis-dashwood-and-the-hellfire-club#comment-5962 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:45:01 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/sir-francis-dashwood-and-the-hellfire-club#comment-5962 Rod, Think it might have been too tame for you :) Miles Rod,
Think it might have been too tame for you :)

Miles

]]> by: Rod http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/sir-francis-dashwood-and-the-hellfire-club#comment-5940 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:40:27 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/sir-francis-dashwood-and-the-hellfire-club#comment-5940 Miles what a great day trip or day out in Lincolnshire. Thanks also for including the direction on how to get to Dunston Pillar ! We should be keeping out history and heritage alive here in Lincs and posts lie this help us do so. Great picture and a great write up - I should certainly look to join the Hellfire Club if were still extant today :) Best Rod Miles
what a great day trip or day out in Lincolnshire. Thanks also for including the direction on how to get to Dunston Pillar !

We should be keeping out history and heritage alive here in Lincs and posts lie this help us do so.

Great picture and a great write up - I should certainly look to join the Hellfire Club if were still extant today :)
Best
Rod

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