names of border towns and villages

[sheeshee]

1 (anag.) forsulmongac-
2 flattens with heavy weight-
3 a heavy fortress-
4 to pack away-
5 flintstoes baby-
6 a herby digit-
7 the small particle-
8 dirty 'eastender' by the river-


thankyou yapisle but don't quite get st abbs (dive here with the holy one

[Mamyalynne]

3 Castleton

[Mamyalynne]

5 Peebles ??

[yapisle]

St Abbs ....

a fishing village popular for scuba diving - the 'holy' bit is St (saint) :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Abbs

[yapisle]

1) Longformacus

[yapisle]

6) could be 'Minto'

[yapisle]

8) Denholm

[yapisle]

4) Stow

[yapisle]

7) I think the answer may be 'Rutherford'

[yapisle]

2) the answer may be 'Paxton'

(Pax sounds like 'packs' + 'ton' for the heavy weight)

[yapisle]

explanation for answer to 8) Denholm)

In Eastenders there is a character called Dirty Den + holm is a word for land by the side of a river.