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I suppose that rather depends on what you mean by "first in traffic". They were all WD run, during the WWII and I believe that would mean they all wore WD Khaki green. After being sold off after the end of WWII they would have been black, {Post War austerity would not allow money for fancy colours} with the marking of the railway region they went to. {Edit. Apologies, to keep to your question they would have had BR markings, which for their first appearance in Civvy traffic would be Black, BR Early / Late Crests getting applied later.} Some time later the two owned by the Army, at LMR, were Blue with red trim. {The Black and Khaki Green can be seen here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD_Austerity_2-10-0 The later Army colours can be seen here https://www.flickr.com/photos/david_christie/13757866044/in/photostream/ you may find some WD Khaki Green by scrolling through.} Are you looking at the Ellis Clark website?

More chance of success than a Ford 1,172 Side-valve**....? **Even in N Gauge.

Back along a while, we would see them, frequently, on bridges around the country, quite a common sight really..... ..... Oh!,... I think I might have just created a new definition for an Ancient Old F*rt!! 🤔

Can't be, she's giving clear cut, precise, concise, directions**. ** Not Holdin'.....

Umm..... still no sign of the Black Panther..... ..... Err, have you checked... Behind youuuu......!!

Fast train whistles..... illustrated edition.

Maybe a good idea to report it to the police, so they are aware of your good intentions, before any other story gets to them. {maybe you have already...}

That has to be a photoshop..... not even over there..... On the other hand there many, over there, who seem to claim to be straight talkers.....?? Maybe.....?????

This seems to look like Dunster, looking towards the Conygar Tower. I just noticed, the reflection from the inside of what looks like the inside of the windscreen, above the cream buildings, on the right. That line on the Metro might be more of the same effect.

Yes, indeed there was. I suspect that her car was small enough to be out of view, even for him and it was very close to the Tank, because the road was only just wide enough for the two vehicles. Perhaps he thought that his Driver would head for the far left-hand lane of the 3 lane road they were turning into. I rather think she just wasn't seen, as the space available was so small and she had to be so tight up against the Tank. I didn't consider there was enough clearance for my Ford Escort. The Tank was indicating right, too, so she must have missed that as well, or been silly enough to ignore it / maybe thinking she could outrun it, off the lights. She can't have thought it out any too well. I was the car behind her and stayed behind the Tank, as it was signalling right, like you would for any sizable vehicle.

I saw that on the News, what a complete pratt! I'm no Chicken for many things - BUT!! - the very idea of taking a car down the road, with the visibility of a Tank Driver, scares the H*ll out of me! {NB. I do know what he visibility for a Tank Driver is, I was invited to have half a day driving a Chieftain. I was also driving behind one, in Berlin, and witnessed a woman, in a small car draw up the right-hand side of a Chieftain, at some traffic lights, onto a main road. When the lights went Green, the Tank Driver drove forward, sufficient to have space to turn right and hauled on the Right-hand lever!! She wasn't quite so quick off the mark, lucky for her! She had only reached the front Idler Wheel when he turned, so the tracks went up and over the car bonnet. It was a very close thing, as there was nothing left attached in front of the Bulkhead and one very scared, screaming lady.}

I think you are probably quite right, with Father's having the UK more drooped version similar to your picture. looking at it, it looks like it might be an improvement to the straight bars I currently have. Maybe the Old Boy, was wiser than his sons gave him credit for. {Ok, just joking, misquoting a Mark Twain observation about his Father, ours was a very wise and kind gent.}

My father had a bike from pre-WWII times, with back pedal braking and it was still in the garage, in 1956. It also had unusual handlebars, which could probably be best described as semi-drop bars; sort of halfway between modern straight bars and full drop bars. It must have been sold then, as it didn't appear when we moved to Devon.

That's an unfortunate accident and good to know that the ambulance was able to take him to hospital and not committed to another priority shout.

That , looks very much like active job creation... tusk, tusk!! 🤫

'Twas on a Range, so it must have been the Butts. 😉

I thought that at first, then thought about what the Range Warden might be offering... the complete Rack....? that's 2 dozen chops, so not quite such a bad price at that, particularly recently, in the UK. All of little relevance, since the picture is a photoshop, albeit a funny one.

...... Perhaps not "always won", but always bravely done.

Very likely, grass drying out and no potholes... wherever it is, it can't possibly be the UK.

The question was UK rivers - That's called make up an answer......

I seem to remember that they weren't working for the Welsh back then {or several other British River boards}, but may have been in Melksham at the time and got tyred of the direction it's river took. An aside - does anyone know how many Avons (Afon) there are in the UK?

I knew a girl, a good few years back, who eventually got married and had two daughters. Oddly she named them both after rivers, I never knew Wye, but I knew the other crafty one was Wylye.

Opps... wrong thread...

.................... "Nurse!... NOW!!!...

Perhaps remove the pane above the dishes and take them out from above?