Brookmans Park its transmitter station at Bell Bar. The war years resulted in many being evacuated to Brookmans Park from London, but the surrounding area was also hit. Brookmans School was built as the village grew. Local legend has it that Miss Muffet was Patience Moffat, daughter of entomologist Dr. Thomas Moffat (possibly Moffett or Moufet), who lived in the area from 1553 to 1604 on a farm. He had invited a poet over for Christmas. During his stay he overheard Miss Moffat tell her father of how she was eating her curds and whey when a spider came down from the
Johny Johny Yes Papa Johny Johny Yes Papa "Johny Johny Yes Papa" is an English-language nursery rhyme. The song is about a child, Johny, who is caught by his father to have lied about whether he is "eating sugar". Versions with more than one verse usually continue with variations on this theme. A 1989 book by the American scholar and professor Jessica Wilson states that it originated in Kenya although anecdotal recollections from India suggest that the rhyme has even earlier origins in a now-defunct Indian newspaper "Blitz". According to Vinoth Chandar, the CEO of ChuChu TV, the nursery rhyme is old enough to