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Old 15-11-2007, 00:11   #29
MargaretR
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Re: The Coppice

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Originally Posted by garinda View Post
I agree, the trees will/are spoiling the view.

However what I did used to find strange is that we all called it the Coppice, even when it was denuded of vegetation, and coppice of course actually means a cultivated thicket of small trees or bushes.
I once heard that it was derived fro the south african word - copje - meaning small hill

pic named ' Race for the copje'

Race for the Copje by G D Giles - Cranston Fine Arts Aviation, Military and Naval Art
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