...the cords and the cordwainers....remember that trusted guild...mentioned 'amongst many' in david long's book BIZARRE LONDON....PRIVATE EYE often features 'cords' ads...but then I suppose they have that type of readership....

I am relating cordwainers to swainers...to 'swans' for some reason....cord-swan-ers....a conflation of boatswain and cordwainer.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worshipful_Company_of_Cordwainers

ah, I remember now...asking daldry in a covert way...if he was one of that worshipful company - at the ambassador's party, prague....along the lines of:

"are you a 'mincer', darling?"

MINCING LANE...go figure:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordwainers%27_Hall

 

anyway, 'somebody's HQ' was going to be down mincing lane....and little colin knew it..."they'll be there" he was to tell one of the cerezo mob....the ELF people, I suppose....go figure:

 

 

 

....the mincing HQ and the 'mincers'...my mother used to have 'one of those'..."I'm going to mince you" she used to say...rimington actually tried...with our fingers....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_grinder

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boatswain