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  1. I Feel The Earth Move – Carole King
  2. A Well Respected Man – The Kinks
  3. Last Time Forever – Squeeze
  4. Brother Doctor, Sister Nurse – Mickey Jupp
  5. As Long As The Price Is Right – Dr. Feelgood
  6. Lucy Fears The Morning Star – Diablo Swing Orchestra
  7. The Sheltering Sky – King Crimson
  8. Oh, Bella (All That's Hers) – Humble Pie
  9. Electric Reflections Of War – Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush
  10. Mercy – Duffy The cover by The Third Degree is, IMO, far better though... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVh693z-W_A
  11. Solid Gold Easy Action – T. Rex
  12. Awakening Of Cheerful Feelings On Arrival In The Country — Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 In F Major, Op.68
  13. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens – Louis Jordan
  14. Things We Said Today – The Beatles
  15. Try your local corner shop. Mine stocks Caustic Granules/Powder at £1.69:— Beware though, when adding it to water the reaction is exothermic & if you add too much the water can boil. This doesn't matter on etched items, but will distort plastics. **Don't** use it on anything made out of Bakelite or aluminium - it destroys these. Pete S.
  16. Small Parts Isolated And Destroyed - NoMeansNo
  17. K14

    Thorpe's trial & error

    Birds of prey: https://www.etymonline.com/word/pounce
  18. 92 & 93 are in 'Llangollen Red' as supplied by Williamson's. Having seen an original sample of Lake, I reckon the Llan got it about right. Where it fell down originally IMO was by applying only one topcoat over Williamson's recommended undercoat which is a rather nice red colour but shifts dramatically depending on the lighting conditions. When I repainted 93, it got two coats of Llan Red over a neutral grey undercoat. The original sample had evidence that Swindon used a pink undercoat (probably white lead + lake). Pete S.
  19. Both... Treads were black both sides & the vertical part was white. The curved handrail(s) were black, apart from the feet, which were white. Source: RWA Fig. 206 - Tevan 105804, c.1938; Wagons & Loads Fig. 111 - Vent-Insul-Meat 59828 c.1941, Fig. 112 - Insul-Meat 105829 c.1941. One interesting feature of these photos is that the wheels and the vacuum pipe are quite clearly a darker shade than the chassis (RWA Figs 204 & 206 are the clearest). So were the underframes painted grey? @Miss Prism
  20. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sussex_Senior_Challenge_Cup Back then there seems to have been a lot more organised Amateur footy than there was Professional. see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_football_association
  21. Can't really help there, that was before my time - mid '80s? That said I've a vague recollection that a 'job lot' of 5-gallon drums of a very deep purply-red/brown paint was either donated or otherwise obtained & was deemed to be near enough so got used. @Western Star might know more.
  22. Best guess... L-shaped strengtheners? They seem to occur where there's an unsupported length of roof & coincide with the hoops. Pete S.
  23. https://www.handover.co.uk/brushes Top quality hand-made brushes for pretty much any application. P.
  24. I'm not really involved these days - real life has got in the way - but I'd venture that there are no immediate (or even mid term) plans for it. Possibly after 290 & 975 are finished, although I've heard it rumoured that a certain 70 footer might happen then. It'd make sense to do (6)820 in tandem with long term back-of-the-shed resident (6)824, with 820 being restored as NG & 824 getting a BG chassis. That would plug two gaps - Centre Luggage and the 1892 Gauge Conversion. There will be plenty of clues for those that can be bothered to look - partition locations & thickness, upholstery depth, luggage rack support positions, picture rails, ceiling panelling, steam heat radiators & piping to name but some. Didcot's (6)824 has some rather neat let-ins in the roof where it was converted from oil to gas lighting, and the remains of the luggage compartment has areas of graining/scumbling. Underneath, the longitudinals (stringers/bottomsides) feature two sets of large bolt holes, the second of which dates from the gauge conversion. Pete S.
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