Jon Ison
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| posted on 21/7/13 at 07:38 PM |
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Ramper ?
Got a road near you known as the "ramper"?
Where does the term come from, google doesn't seem to help me or my search is pants.
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40inches
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| posted on 21/7/13 at 08:05 PM |
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"Ramper", according to Google, is an old french word meaning to rise or rear up. So roads that climb an incline?
ramp 1 (rmp)
n.
1. An inclined surface or roadway connecting different levels.
2. A mobile staircase by which passengers board and leave an aircraft.
3. A concave bend of a handrail where a sharp change in level or direction occurs, as at a stair landing.
[French rampe, from ramper, to slope, rise up, from Old French; see ramp2.]
ramp 2 (rmp)
intr.v. ramped, ramp·ing, ramps
1. To act threateningly or violently; rage.
2. To assume a threatening stance.
3. Heraldry To stand in the rampant position.
[Middle English rampen, from Old French ramper, to rear, rise up, of Germanic origin.]
ramp n.
[Edited on 21-7-13 by 40inches]
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big_wasa
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| posted on 21/7/13 at 08:10 PM |
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A52 between Grantham and Boston
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This section of road is known locally as The Ramper, a name from the turnpike era.
[Edited on 21/7/13 by big_wasa]
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Peteff
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| posted on 21/7/13 at 10:39 PM |
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Tibby ramper Jon ?
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 21/7/13 at 11:57 PM |
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There all over, the main road from Bolsover to Clowne is also locally known as the ramper, as is the 617 from Glapwell to Pleasley. Why?
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 22/7/13 at 01:25 AM |
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Looking at the info here I'd say it's because the track goes up and down quite a lot
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johnwilders
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| posted on 22/7/13 at 06:39 AM |
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Got a Ramper road here, Flat as a board.
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JoelP
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| posted on 22/7/13 at 06:44 AM |
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never heard it myself.
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r1_pete
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| posted on 22/7/13 at 08:16 AM |
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Got a mate who lives on that stretch of A617, an old Dr's house behind the bus stop on the Chesterfield bound side, I'll ask him if he
knows any history behind it.
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mark chandler
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| posted on 22/7/13 at 08:53 AM |
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Not heard of it either, have seen 'blowers hill' which comes from horse and cart days as the horses breathed heavily dragging anything up
them.
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nick205
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| posted on 22/7/13 at 09:25 AM |
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Not hear the term before myself
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HowardB
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| posted on 22/7/13 at 01:29 PM |
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There is a Ramper road in Gainsborough, no idea of the derivation - sorry
Howard
Fisher Fury was 2000 Zetec - now a 1600 (it Lives again  and goes zoom)
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daveb666
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| posted on 23/7/13 at 12:43 PM |
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Never heard that for any road round here. Got a couple of 'mad-miles' though.
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