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Hopesprings begins at the open space (public square?)where [[Spa Lane]], [[Pallant Street]], and [[Water Street]] meet. It does not quite reach the hill of [[the Tump]], as [[Tump Lane]], which connects Spa Lane to Pallant Street, causes it to intersect at a T-junction.   As with its close neighbour Spa Lane, being called a "spring" is interesting in this context: the old acqueduct that at one time brought fresh water into the city and which directly follows the line of Hopesprings is discussed more fully [[Mort Lake|elsewhere]] but there is circumstantial evidence to suggest that it was routed ''through'', rather than ''around'', the Tump. A spring is generally interpreted as a naturally occuring source of cold fresh water. Could a spring a of this nature once have existed here? Indeed, might the spring still be there and, like the spa of Spa Lane, still be visited by those who have faith in the healing properties of naturally occuring water? (which is, of course, a sacred spot in the worship of river gods, naiads and other deities). Of course, if the acqueduct was left untended to fall into ruin after the fall of the first Empire, the subterranean section running through the Tump might well have sprung a leak, which was mis-interpreted by earlier inhabitants of the area...
Hopesprings begins at the open space (public square?) where [[Spa Lane]], [[Pallant Street]], and [[Water Street]] meet. It does not quite reach the hill of [[the Tump]] as [[Tump Lane]], which connects Spa Lane to Pallant Street, causes it to intersect at a T-junction. As with its close neighbor Spa Lane, being called a "spring" is interesting in this context: the old aqueduct that at one time brought fresh water into the city and which directly follows the line of Hopesprings is discussed more fully [[Mort Lake|elsewhere]] but there is circumstantial evidence to suggest that it was routed ''through'', rather than ''around'', the Tump. A spring is generally interpreted as a naturally occurring source of cold fresh water. Could a spring of this nature once have existed here? Indeed, might the spring still be there and, like the spa of Spa Lane, still be visited by those who have faith in the healing properties of naturally occurring water? (which is, of course, a sacred spot in the worship of river gods, naiads and other deities). Of course, if the aqueduct was left untended to fall into ruin after the fall of the first Empire, the subterranean section running through the Tump might well have sprung a leak, which was mis-interpreted by earlier inhabitants of the area...


It is interesting that in this context, {{SAM}} specifically notes that a ''[[Water Street Bath-House|bath-house]]'', of all the unlikely things to find in Ankh-Morpork,  exists at approximately the point where Hopesprings meets Water Street...
It is interesting that in this context, {{SAM}} specifically notes that a ''[[Water Street Bath-House|bath-house]]'', of all the unlikely things to find in Ankh-Morpork,  exists at approximately the point where Hopesprings meets Water Street...


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Revision as of 11:47, 17 March 2013

Hopesprings begins at the open space (public square?) where Spa Lane, Pallant Street, and Water Street meet. It does not quite reach the hill of the Tump as Tump Lane, which connects Spa Lane to Pallant Street, causes it to intersect at a T-junction. As with its close neighbor Spa Lane, being called a "spring" is interesting in this context: the old aqueduct that at one time brought fresh water into the city and which directly follows the line of Hopesprings is discussed more fully elsewhere but there is circumstantial evidence to suggest that it was routed through, rather than around, the Tump. A spring is generally interpreted as a naturally occurring source of cold fresh water. Could a spring of this nature once have existed here? Indeed, might the spring still be there and, like the spa of Spa Lane, still be visited by those who have faith in the healing properties of naturally occurring water? (which is, of course, a sacred spot in the worship of river gods, naiads and other deities). Of course, if the aqueduct was left untended to fall into ruin after the fall of the first Empire, the subterranean section running through the Tump might well have sprung a leak, which was mis-interpreted by earlier inhabitants of the area...

It is interesting that in this context, The Streets of Ankh-Morpork specifically notes that a bath-house, of all the unlikely things to find in Ankh-Morpork, exists at approximately the point where Hopesprings meets Water Street...

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"Hope springs eternal in the human breast" - poet Alexander Pope, of course... who is also responsible for naming Mollymog Street after a character in one of his poems....