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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany
Although not from the area, I still find local History interesting, & the thing about your "steps" being called Monkey, could it be a corruption of maybe Manky or Money ? Would that in any way fit into your local History. Or maybe in a Military sense as in Brass Monkey (Holder for cannon balls)? like a local artillery unit City defence or some such ? Probably way off the mark but just maybe ? Then there's religion Monks ? or as I've just looked the old steps leading onto trams & Buses & the like where conductors stood were called Monkey boards ?
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Mmmm . there all food for thought Dave. They may have been 'manky' .. meaning grim and dirty, and evolved to monkey.
Monks ... weren't any then when these were built.
As for the cannon theory ... reckon Retlaw will soon be back shooting you down on this one ...
