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Matthijs De Smedt
Matthijs De Smedt
@anji@metalhead.club  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@brucelawson I wonder if this is where Terry Pratchett got the name from for the unusually nasty (for his books) secret police organization the "Cable Street Particulars" in the book "Night Watch"

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Matthijs De Smedt
Matthijs De Smedt
@anji@metalhead.club replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@brucelawson I wonder if this is where Terry Pratchett got the name from for the unusually nasty (for his books) secret police organization the "Cable Street Particulars" in the book "Night Watch"

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Jos Dingjan
Jos Dingjan
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@anji @brucelawson “Cable Street Particulars” came from “Baker Street Irregulars”, apparently (see the Annotated Pratchett File, under “Maskerade”).

Cable Street itself may be named for London’s Cable Street, but who knows.

#GNUTerryPratchett

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