[lit-ideas] Stars and Comets on Tiger Bay

  • From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:52:09 EDT

I was searching the OED to see if they would give a clue as to the  origin of 
the toponymy, "Tiger Bay". Apparently, "Tiger Bay" is used only _once_  in 
the whole dictionary, and in a quote for 'star' -- I first thought it would  
refer to the constellations of stars as seen from the bay. Then I noticed the  
name, and I thought, 'wow, perhaps that was the place where the comet was best  
seen.
On second reading, I realize they are talking about Hayley (not  Halley) the 
actor (?) and yes, he was a start (but a teenage one) and yes, in  Tiger Bay.
Cheers,
JL
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From the OED
 
1976 Oxf. Compan. Film 468/2 
Hayley..has been the more prominent in films, scoring a  success as a teenage 
star, notably in Tiger  Bay.



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