My first-ever Blog post here at The Ham and Egger Files gave an introduction to what a Ham & Egger is! New Brighton's Ham and Egg parade was 'famed' for serving Ham and Eggs to customers in its Tea Rooms, however the area gained a bad reputation for immoral goings-on in these "Tea Rooms", and the situation got so bad that in 1907 the area was demolished and replaced by Victoria Gardens.
Adventures on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour (and in other sports and games). Ham and Egger – 1. n. Orig. Boxing. An amateur or semi-professional boxer, esp. of mediocre skills (broadly) an oaf; palooka (Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Vol 1, 1994) 2. n. From the old days when miners held boxing matches, the winner got money, the loser got a ham and egg meal (Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English). Ham and Eggs – Richard Gottfried’s pre-competition meal of choice.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Ham & Egg Parade in New Brighton!
On the 19th March 2011 we headed to New Brighton, Wirral, to check out the seaside resort and search out some of the town's Crazy & Mini Golf courses. We also found the remnants of the Pier, and perhaps most interestingly, ended up on "Ham and Egg Parade"!

My first-ever Blog post here at The Ham and Egger Files gave an introduction to what a Ham & Egger is! New Brighton's Ham and Egg parade was 'famed' for serving Ham and Eggs to customers in its Tea Rooms, however the area gained a bad reputation for immoral goings-on in these "Tea Rooms", and the situation got so bad that in 1907 the area was demolished and replaced by Victoria Gardens.
My first-ever Blog post here at The Ham and Egger Files gave an introduction to what a Ham & Egger is! New Brighton's Ham and Egg parade was 'famed' for serving Ham and Eggs to customers in its Tea Rooms, however the area gained a bad reputation for immoral goings-on in these "Tea Rooms", and the situation got so bad that in 1907 the area was demolished and replaced by Victoria Gardens.
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