Re: How long is a Chain?

[Jack Russell <jackrussell@compuserve.com>]

As a kid I remember that the great work of literature "The Eagle" always expressed
everything in terms of London Buses or Nelsons column. i.e. The QE2 was 27 london
buses long and three Nelsons columns high. I always feel it a shame this did not
become the standard form of measurement rather than boring old metres etc.

Jack Russell


Athan wrote:

> In the interests of seasonal accuracy, having qualified to umpire cricket under
> the 1973 code, before metric took over in 1980 (bringing us the metric 6 ball
> over etc) we were taught that a chain is the distance between middle stump to
> middle stump, 22 yards.
>
> How long is a chain?  About a cricket pitch in length should suffice.