Bob Walkden wrote:
well, that's very new indeed. Most of us live in houses that you guys would treat as museums. My house was built in 1896 and is perfectly ordinary. My sister's was built in 1837, which is no age at all. My boarding house at school was built in 1585.
And New College, Oxford, was founded in 1379.
We're not the only ones. The French do it too. The Pont Neuf (New Bridge) was built in the 1500s - and is the oldest bridge over the Seine.
