tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849220738921584766.post3088698780689687785..comments2024-02-04T17:47:16.085+00:00Comments on North Mymms History Project: Folly Arch through the agesPeter Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08963658233600041160noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849220738921584766.post-74397287477191705062023-02-18T08:19:37.854+00:002023-02-18T08:19:37.854+00:00Hi, according to the article 'Notes and sketch...Hi, according to the article 'Notes and sketches in Hertfordshire' on this site (https://www.northmymmshistory.uk/2018/01/notes-and-sketches-in-hertfordshire.html) - "There exists a local tradition that a farthing was placed under each brick ... No bricklayer or mason in the course of repairing has ever found one coin embedded, and surely no founder would waste such a large sum of money that a farthing per brick meant a few centuries back." brewerukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13449727123903424041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849220738921584766.post-24674966401116379822023-02-17T14:13:33.684+00:002023-02-17T14:13:33.684+00:00Hi I used to live in Bradmore Way Brookmans Park a...Hi I used to live in Bradmore Way Brookmans Park and passed the arch every day on my way to Queen Elizabeths Grammar School in Barnet<br />As children in the 50's/60's we somehow believed that there was either a farthing or penny under every brick <br />Any truth ? Judy Marchant (then Watson)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com