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A few cars c1970 still required a double declutch to change from 2nd gear down to first, which, given you'd only ever want to do that going up a steep hill, could be a bit hairy. The drive up from St Margaret's Bay in Kent was where I made a hash of that. OK, you can stop and start again, but I'd stalled the engine and on the car in question the fuel pump wasn't strong enough to lift fuel from the tank when you were on a 1 in 6. My other double declutch adventures were when driving tractors with a trailer stacked with straw on the back. Those 1970s tractors didn't have synchromesh gear boxes, and nor did they have good brakes. There was a steep hill leading down to the crossroads where we had to turn right to get to the farm yard. You had to go down in low gear but that meant stopping at the top to change down. Do that though and you were going at 4 mph down the not so steep bits as well. If you felt confident though you could double declutch into a lower gear when you got to the top of the 1 in 10. If you made a hash of it though you were off down the hill out of control and hoping there was nothing at the cross roads stopping you going straight on onto a level bit where your brakes might work. You didn't want to take the corner because you'd tip your load into the ditch and worst case - the boss did it - turn the tractor over.

Lonesome Whistle -- Hank Williams

A Salty Dog. - Procol Harum

Make way for the dogsbody (Largo Al Factotum). - Rossini

Name of the Game --- ABBA

Flash -- Queen

Hit the road, Jack --- Ray Charles

The Eton Boating Song --- Generations of future Prime Ministers

Cromwell's back ...... This is my song for the asking --- Paul Simon

Girls on Film -- Duran Duran

Descendants of the old haystack designs I presume, or Belpaires on steroids

Audrey Hepburn was more Dutch than Belgian, her parents just happened to be living in Belgium when she was born. But she also went to school in England and her parents were married in what is now Indonesia. A very well-travelled lady, but not someone imo who should be a thread of plug uglies. However Borsig's offerings were a different matter. Though the earlier version with smaller driving wheels was less of an offence on the eye This class lasted well, and one is preserved in the Utrecht museum. The tender cab extension was a result of their use on goods services on minor lines in their last years

When you danced with me --- ABBA

Little Brown Jug ---- Glenn Miller

Bleecker Street --- Simon and Garfunckel

It's the local club, not the 3mm Society. The loco has tender drive, a modified Helliwell motor bogie. I made my own gear plate to let the motor sit lower. On the loco itself the front axle is rigid but the rear two axles are in a subframe that is pivoted at the back so the drivers can rise up and down. It is lightly sprung to make it bear some weight. The rear axle is also balanced on another axle which is at right angles so that it rather than the drivers reacts to lateral unevenness in the track

When a felon's not engaged in his employment - - - - Gilbert and Sullivan, the Pirates of Penzance

Those were the days. - - - Mary Hopkin

Days. - Kirsty Maccoll

A quick snap of the freelance single. I was working towards a photo to enter in the club's annual photo comp, but the meeting is now a Covid-19 victim so I have a bit more time. The backscene is from this month's Modeller.

Can I call for a steward's inquiry?

The End of the World -- Skeeter Davies

Away Away! My Heart's on Fire --- from Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert and Sullivan

If you want an unbalanced 2-4-0, how about these Beyer-Peacocks supplied to the Dutch State Railways Though they don't look too bad in three quarter view But the next offering from Beyer-Peacock was slightly bigger and had a front bogie Overall though I think these BP locos supplied to the Netherlands should be in the thread of most handsome locomotives rather than this one. The same can't be said of their Holland Railway competitor, their Borsig locomotives definitely belong here

The Only Living Boy in New York -- Paul Simon