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It’s not unusual for buildings to be named after people. Just think about the royal family. I’m sure Queen Elizabeth wouldn’t have any idea how many hospitals, schools or grand buildings a building! Our What’s in a Name for this week (page 5), reader Idobel Mudd was! She told us that when her dad went to register her birth, the building he went to was called Idobel. So that’s what he registered. ’Mum never forgave him,’ said Idobel. Ironically, her dad never actually used her real name. With elder sisters Violet and Rose, Idobel got called Pans, short for pansy, which is really sweet. I suspect the building where my name was registered by my dad was called something like Births, Deaths and
