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    What English town got its name from a "ford suitable for the passage of an army" and can be considered as both a hometown of cider and of the British Special Air Services?

    Question #59712. Asked by Flem-ish. (Oct 02 05 9:51 AM)


    mibmob

    		Hereford

    Oct 02 05, 9:53 AM
    Flem-ish

    		Quite right.
    "Here" as in German "Heer".
    SAS is at the village of Credenhill which is part of Hereford.See http://www.specwarnet.com/europe/sas.htm
    Percy Bulmer produced his first cider with apples from the Credenhill Rectory Garden.


    Oct 02 05, 10:36 AM

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