Treacle Mine Road Watch House - Revision history

Wonderful Fanny: Added hyperlink to Silver Street

2018-02-06T20:03:15Z

Added hyperlink to Silver Street

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	Recently rebuilt, this historic watch house stands on [[Treacle Mine Road]] at the junction of [[Cable Street\|Cable]] and Silver, on the edge of the [[The Shades]], a notoriously dangerous district. Formerly the only remaining Night [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch\|Watch]] house at the time of [[book:Guards! Guards!\| Guards! Guards!]], this watch house was [[Samuel Vimes\|Sam Vimes']] first station. Here, young Vimes reported to the incorruptible and shrewd Sergeant [[John Keel]] and to Captain [[Tilden]], a good-hearted old stick-in-the-mud. It was subsequently burnt down by a [[Noble dragon\|vengeful dragon]], which had had an arrow shot at its "voonerables" by [[Fred Colon\|Sergeant Colon]].		Recently rebuilt, this historic watch house stands on [[Treacle Mine Road]] at the junction of [[Cable Street\|Cable]] and [[Silver Street\|Silver]] streets, on the edge of the [[The Shades]], a notoriously dangerous district. Formerly the only remaining Night [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch\|Watch]] house at the time of [[book:Guards! Guards!\| Guards! Guards!]], this watch house was [[Samuel Vimes\|Sam Vimes']] first station. Here, young Vimes reported to the incorruptible and shrewd Sergeant [[John Keel]] and to Captain [[Tilden]], a good-hearted old stick-in-the-mud. It was subsequently burnt down by a [[Noble dragon\|vengeful dragon]], which had had an arrow shot at its "voonerables" by [[Fred Colon\|Sergeant Colon]].

	The Treacle Mine Road station house also figures prominently as a central location in the historical retrospective {{NW}}, described with the poignance of fond memories revisited:		The Treacle Mine Road station house also figures prominently as a central location in the historical retrospective {{NW}}, described with the poignance of fond memories revisited:

Wonderful Fanny: Indented final quote, added italics

2018-02-06T19:48:44Z

Indented final quote, added italics

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	Returning to his present and apprehending [[Carcer]] in the [[Small Gods' Cemetery]], with [[Vetinari]] a concealed and appreciative onlooker, Vimes accepted the Patrician’s offer to rebuild the Treacle Mine Road Watch House, as good as old:		Returning to his present and apprehending [[Carcer]] in the [[Small Gods' Cemetery]], with [[Vetinari]] a concealed and appreciative onlooker, Vimes accepted the Patrician’s offer to rebuild the Treacle Mine Road Watch House, as good as old:

	~~“Vimes~~ muttered: “A dragon burned it years ago. The Watch House was in ruins. Some dwarfs live in the cellars now…”		:"''Vimes muttered: “A dragon burned it years ago. The Watch House was in ruins. Some dwarfs live in the cellars now…”

	“Yes, Commander. But dwarfs… well, dwarfs are so refreshingly open about money. The more money the city offers, the less dwarf there is. The stable’s still there, and the old mining tower. Stout stone walls all around. It could all be put back, Commander. In memory of [[John Keel]], a man who in a few short days changed the lives of many and, perhaps, saved some sanity in a mad world. Why, in a few months you could light the lamp over the door…”

			:“''Yes, Commander. But dwarfs… well, dwarfs are so refreshingly open about money. The more money the city offers, the less dwarf there is. The stable’s still there, and the old mining tower. Stout stone walls all around. It could all be put back, Commander. In memory of [[John Keel]], a man who in a few short days changed the'' lives of many and, perhaps, saved some sanity in a mad world. Why, in a few months you could light the lamp over the door…”
			''


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Wonderful Fanny at 23:45, 5 February 2018

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	Recently rebuilt, this historic watch house stands on [[Treacle Mine Road]] at the junction of Cable and Silver, on the edge of the [[The Shades]], a notoriously dangerous district. Formerly the only remaining Night [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch\|Watch]] house at the time of [[book:Guards! Guards!\| Guards! Guards!]], this watch house was [[Samuel Vimes\|Sam Vimes']] first station. Here, young Vimes reported to the incorruptible and shrewd Sergeant [[John Keel]] and to Captain [[Tilden]], a good-hearted old stick-in-the-mud. It was subsequently burnt down by a [[Noble dragon\|vengeful dragon]], which had had an arrow shot at its "voonerables" by [[Fred Colon\|Sergeant Colon]].		Recently rebuilt, this historic watch house stands on [[Treacle Mine Road]] at the junction of [[Cable Street\|Cable]] and Silver, on the edge of the [[The Shades]], a notoriously dangerous district. Formerly the only remaining Night [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch\|Watch]] house at the time of [[book:Guards! Guards!\| Guards! Guards!]], this watch house was [[Samuel Vimes\|Sam Vimes']] first station. Here, young Vimes reported to the incorruptible and shrewd Sergeant [[John Keel]] and to Captain [[Tilden]], a good-hearted old stick-in-the-mud. It was subsequently burnt down by a [[Noble dragon\|vengeful dragon]], which had had an arrow shot at its "voonerables" by [[Fred Colon\|Sergeant Colon]].

	The Treacle Mine Road station house also figures prominently as a central location in the historical retrospective {{NW}}, described with the poignance of fond memories revisited:		The Treacle Mine Road station house also figures prominently as a central location in the historical retrospective {{NW}}, described with the poignance of fond memories revisited:

Wonderful Fanny at 22:10, 5 February 2018

2018-02-05T22:10:41Z

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	Recently rebuilt, this historic watch house stands on [[Treacle Mine Road]] at the junction of Cable and Silver, on the edge of the [[The Shades]], a notoriously dangerous district. Formerly the only remaining Night [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch\|Watch]] house at the time of [[book:Guards! Guards!\| Guards! Guards!]], this watch house was [[Samuel Vimes\|Sam Vimes']] first station. ~~As a new recruit~~, young Vimes reported to the incorruptible and shrewd Sergeant [[John Keel]] and to Captain [[Tilden]], a good-hearted old stick-in-the-mud. It was subsequently burnt down by a [[Noble dragon\|vengeful dragon]], which had had an arrow shot at its "voonerables" by [[Fred Colon\|Sergeant Colon]].		Recently rebuilt, this historic watch house stands on [[Treacle Mine Road]] at the junction of Cable and Silver, on the edge of the [[The Shades]], a notoriously dangerous district. Formerly the only remaining Night [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch\|Watch]] house at the time of [[book:Guards! Guards!\| Guards! Guards!]], this watch house was [[Samuel Vimes\|Sam Vimes']] first station. Here, young Vimes reported to the incorruptible and shrewd Sergeant [[John Keel]] and to Captain [[Tilden]], a good-hearted old stick-in-the-mud. It was subsequently burnt down by a [[Noble dragon\|vengeful dragon]], which had had an arrow shot at its "voonerables" by [[Fred Colon\|Sergeant Colon]].

	The Treacle Mine Road station house also figures prominently as a central location in the historical retrospective {{NW}}, described with the poignance of fond memories revisited:		The Treacle Mine Road station house also figures prominently as a central location in the historical retrospective {{NW}}, described with the poignance of fond memories revisited:

Wonderful Fanny: Added junction of Cable and Silver to the location

2018-02-05T22:09:44Z

Added junction of Cable and Silver to the location

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	Recently rebuilt, this historic watch house stands on [[Treacle Mine Road]] on the edge of the [[The Shades]], a notoriously dangerous district. Formerly the only remaining Night [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch\|Watch]] house at the time of [[book:Guards! Guards!\| Guards! Guards!]], this watch house was [[Samuel Vimes\|Sam Vimes']] first station. As a ~~newly recruited copper~~, young Vimes reported to the incorruptible and shrewd Sergeant [[John Keel]] and to Captain [[Tilden]], a good-hearted old stick-in-the-mud. It was subsequently burnt down by a [[Noble dragon\|vengeful dragon]], which had had an arrow shot at its "voonerables" by [[Fred Colon\|Sergeant Colon]].		Recently rebuilt, this historic watch house stands on [[Treacle Mine Road]] at the junction of Cable and Silver, on the edge of the [[The Shades]], a notoriously dangerous district. Formerly the only remaining Night [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch\|Watch]] house at the time of [[book:Guards! Guards!\| Guards! Guards!]], this watch house was [[Samuel Vimes\|Sam Vimes']] first station. As a new recruit, young Vimes reported to the incorruptible and shrewd Sergeant [[John Keel]] and to Captain [[Tilden]], a good-hearted old stick-in-the-mud. It was subsequently burnt down by a [[Noble dragon\|vengeful dragon]], which had had an arrow shot at its "voonerables" by [[Fred Colon\|Sergeant Colon]].

	The Treacle Mine Road station house also figures prominently as a central location in the historical retrospective {{NW}}, described with the poignance of fond memories revisited:		The Treacle Mine Road station house also figures prominently as a central location in the historical retrospective {{NW}}, described with the poignance of fond memories revisited:

Old Dickens: no need to shout

2018-02-05T21:49:26Z

no need to shout

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	The Treacle Mine Road station house also figures prominently as a central location in the historical retrospective {{NW}}, described with the poignance of fond memories revisited:		The Treacle Mine Road station house also figures prominently as a central location in the historical retrospective {{NW}}, described with the poignance of fond memories revisited:
	~~==== “Inside~~ the treacle-roofed stable level, chewing a bit of bad hay, was the horse. Vimes knew it was a horse because it checked out as one: four hooves, tail, head with mane, seedy brown coat. Considered from another angle, it was half a ton of bones held together with horsehair....Then he had another look around the yard. Tilden never did that. He looked at the pigsty in the corner where Knock kept his pig, and then at the chicken run, and the pigeon loft, and the badly made rabbit hutches... The old Watch House! It was all there, just like the day he first arrived. It had been two houses once, and one of them had been the treacle mine office. Everywhere in the city had been something else once. And so the place was a maze of blocked-in doorways and ancient windows and poky rooms. He wandered around like a man in a museum. See the old helmet on a stick for archery practice! See Sergeant Knock’s broken-springed armchair, where he used to sit out on sunny afternoons! And, inside, the smell: floor wax, stale sweat, armor polish, unwashed clothes, ink, a hint of fried fish, and always, here, a taint of treacle.~~” ====~~		:''Inside the treacle-roofed stable level, chewing a bit of bad hay, was the horse. Vimes knew it was a horse because it checked out as one: four hooves, tail, head with mane, seedy brown coat. Considered from another angle, it was half a ton of bones held together with horsehair....Then he had another look around the yard. Tilden never did that. He looked at the pigsty in the corner where Knock kept his pig, and then at the chicken run, and the pigeon loft, and the badly made rabbit hutches... The old Watch House! It was all there, just like the day he first arrived. It had been two houses once, and one of them had been the treacle mine office. Everywhere in the city had been something else once. And so the place was a maze of blocked-in doorways and ancient windows and poky rooms. He wandered around like a man in a museum. See the old helmet on a stick for archery practice! See Sergeant Knock’s broken-springed armchair, where he used to sit out on sunny afternoons! And, inside, the smell: floor wax, stale sweat, armor polish, unwashed clothes, ink, a hint of fried fish, and always, here, a taint of treacle.''

Wonderful Fanny at 19:14, 5 February 2018

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	Recently rebuilt, this ~~old~~ watch house stands on [[Treacle Mine Road]] on the edge of the [[The Shades]], a notoriously dangerous district. Formerly the only remaining Night [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch\|Watch]] house at the time of [[book:Guards! Guards!\| Guards! Guards!]], this watch house was [[Samuel Vimes\|Sam Vimes']] first station. As a newly recruited copper, young Vimes reported to the incorruptible and shrewd Sergeant [[John Keel]] and to Captain [[Tilden]], a good-hearted old stick-in-the-mud. It was subsequently burnt down by a [[Noble dragon\|vengeful dragon]], which had had an arrow shot at its "voonerables" by [[Fred Colon\|Sergeant Colon]].		Recently rebuilt, this historic watch house stands on [[Treacle Mine Road]] on the edge of the [[The Shades]], a notoriously dangerous district. Formerly the only remaining Night [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch\|Watch]] house at the time of [[book:Guards! Guards!\| Guards! Guards!]], this watch house was [[Samuel Vimes\|Sam Vimes']] first station. As a newly recruited copper, young Vimes reported to the incorruptible and shrewd Sergeant [[John Keel]] and to Captain [[Tilden]], a good-hearted old stick-in-the-mud. It was subsequently burnt down by a [[Noble dragon\|vengeful dragon]], which had had an arrow shot at its "voonerables" by [[Fred Colon\|Sergeant Colon]].

	The Treacle Mine Road station house also figures prominently as a central location in the historical retrospective {{NW}}, described with the poignance of fond memories revisited:		The Treacle Mine Road station house also figures prominently as a central location in the historical retrospective {{NW}}, described with the poignance of fond memories revisited:

Wonderful Fanny at 19:12, 5 February 2018

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	~~This dilapidated~~ old watch house ~~stood~~ on Treacle Mine Road on the edge of the [[The Shades]], a notoriously dangerous district. Formerly the only remaining Night [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch\|Watch]] house at the time of [[book:Guards! Guards!\| Guards! Guards!]], ~~[[Treacle Mine Road]] Watch~~ house was [[Samuel Vimes\|Sam Vimes']] first station. As a ~~young~~ copper, he reported to ~~a retired military officer,~~ Captain [[Tilden]], a good-hearted old stick-in-the-mud ~~Vimes remembers fondly enough~~. It was subsequently burnt down by a [[Noble dragon\|vengeful dragon]], which had had an arrow shot at its "voonerables" by [[Fred Colon\|Sergeant Colon]].		Recently rebuilt, this old watch house stands on [[Treacle Mine Road]] on the edge of the [[The Shades]], a notoriously dangerous district. Formerly the only remaining Night [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch\|Watch]] house at the time of [[book:Guards! Guards!\| Guards! Guards!]], this watch house was [[Samuel Vimes\|Sam Vimes']] first station. As a newly recruited copper, young Vimes reported to the incorruptible and shrewd Sergeant [[John Keel]] and to Captain [[Tilden]], a good-hearted old stick-in-the-mud. It was subsequently burnt down by a [[Noble dragon\|vengeful dragon]], which had had an arrow shot at its "voonerables" by [[Fred Colon\|Sergeant Colon]].

	The Treacle Mine Road station house also figures prominently as a central location in the historical retrospective {{NW}}, described with the poignance of fond memories revisited:		The Treacle Mine Road station house also figures prominently as a central location in the historical retrospective {{NW}}, described with the poignance of fond memories revisited:

Wonderful Fanny at 19:03, 5 February 2018

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	“Vimes muttered: “A dragon burned it years ago. The Watch House was in ruins. Some dwarfs live in the cellars now…”		“Vimes muttered: “A dragon burned it years ago. The Watch House was in ruins. Some dwarfs live in the cellars now…”

	“Yes, Commander. But dwarfs… well, dwarfs are so refreshingly open about money. The more money the city offers, the less dwarf there is. The stable’s still there, and the old mining tower. Stout stone walls all around. It could all be put back, Commander. In memory of John Keel, a man who in a few short days changed the lives of many and, perhaps, saved some sanity in a mad world. Why, in a few months you could light the lamp over the door…”		“Yes, Commander. But dwarfs… well, dwarfs are so refreshingly open about money. The more money the city offers, the less dwarf there is. The stable’s still there, and the old mining tower. Stout stone walls all around. It could all be put back, Commander. In memory of [[John Keel]], a man who in a few short days changed the lives of many and, perhaps, saved some sanity in a mad world. Why, in a few months you could light the lamp over the door…”

Wonderful Fanny at 18:55, 5 February 2018

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	This dilapidated old watch house stood on Treacle Mine Road on the edge of the ~~notorious~~ Shades. Formerly the only remaining Night [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch\|Watch]] house at the time of [[book:Guards! Guards!\| Guards! Guards!]], [[Treacle Mine Road]] Watch house was [[Samuel Vimes\|Sam Vimes']] first station. As a young copper, he reported to a retired military officer, Captain [[Tilden]], a good-hearted old stick-in-the-mud Vimes remembers fondly enough. It was subsequently burnt down by a [[Noble dragon\|vengeful dragon]], which had had an arrow shot at its "voonerables" by [[Fred Colon\|Sergeant Colon]].		This dilapidated old watch house stood on Treacle Mine Road on the edge of the [[The Shades]], a notoriously dangerous district. Formerly the only remaining Night [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch\|Watch]] house at the time of [[book:Guards! Guards!\| Guards! Guards!]], [[Treacle Mine Road]] Watch house was [[Samuel Vimes\|Sam Vimes']] first station. As a young copper, he reported to a retired military officer, Captain [[Tilden]], a good-hearted old stick-in-the-mud Vimes remembers fondly enough. It was subsequently burnt down by a [[Noble dragon\|vengeful dragon]], which had had an arrow shot at its "voonerables" by [[Fred Colon\|Sergeant Colon]].

	The Treacle Mine Road station house also figures prominently as a central location in the historical retrospective {{NW}}, described with the poignance of fond memories revisited:		The Treacle Mine Road station house also figures prominently as a central location in the historical retrospective {{NW}}, described with the poignance of fond memories revisited: