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MARKH
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by MARKH Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:21 pm
I was told that the Morris badge was derived through the cow on top of the wavy lines being cow and lea, which means meadow, so Cowley. Is this right or wrong? -Mark
bigginger
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by bigginger Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:23 pm
An Ox and a ford, I think
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MARKH
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by MARKH Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:49 pm
So was my first post a load of bull then?
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by bigginger Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:59 pm
Certainly one I've never heard before - and doesn't explain why Oxford so often uses a similarly themed logo
Sidney'61
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by Sidney'61 Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:36 pm
Well I always thought it was and Ox and ford aswell
Andy W____________1961 2-door 948cc (Sidney)_____________1963 2-door 1275cc (Emily)_______
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by bigginger Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:39 pm
I'm pretty certain it is. If it was a lea, I think they'd have chosen green for the wavy lines
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