Monthly Archives: July 2017

Would Penge by any other name smell so sweet? The origins of the P word

• 9th July 2017

Local historian Martin Spence explores the origins of the P-word Let’s face it, Penge is widely regarded as a bit of a joke, and a lot of that is down to its name. But why exactly is the name thought to be so funny? Is it because it’s a single syllable? Is it the dialectical…