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Lullaby of Broadway - Warren and Dubin

At the Zoo - Simon and Garfunkel

There were (and are) a wide variety of methods. Sandstone blocks carved into a "V" shape were common. Ridge tiles were also used. See attached photo for examples of both.

I wanna go back to Dixie - Tom Lehrer

Design for living - Flanders and Swann

Had WW1 been averted, Britain's mining industry would have been in a far better shape in 1919 to modernise itself. Both coal and iron mining was ultimately controlled by the government in WW1. The urgent demands for Coal and Iron ore lead to reserves being taken far faster than planned and without the necessary development being undertaken to make further reserves available. After the war, money that needed to be spent on modernising the plant had to be spent on development work instead.

My Home town - Tom Lehrer

Think I will try that next time someone stops across the pedestrian crossing!

Being plagued by an outfit called Greenhome Media - they keep on ringing and then saying nobody is available to speak to me about something which is not urgent. Seems like it is an actual company in Derby, though what their business plan is is a bit of a mystery. Certainly made sure I will never use them. Like others, I am not able to use Call Guardian at the moment (in my case due to an elderly mother with poor hearing).

No need for a yellow box as you should not be stopping in the Pedestrian crossing (although I suspect a lot of motorists ignore the rules). From the Highway Code: 5. Pedestrian crossings (191 to 199) 191 You MUST NOT park on a crossing or in the area covered by the zig-zag lines. You MUST NOT overtake the moving vehicle nearest the crossing or the vehicle nearest the crossing which has stopped to give way to pedestrians. Laws ZPPPCRGD regs 18, 20 & 24, RTRA sect 25(5) & TSRGD regs 10, 27 & 28 192 In queuing traffic, you should keep the crossing clear. Quite agree regarding traffic light phases, there are some on the northern road out of Gloucester which are equally unfriendly to pedestrians.

Suit yourself, but I have just checked in a 1909 book of analyses of coal and coke and of the 30 collieries in Yorkshire for which analyses are given only 1 gives coking coal as a pat of their output. In Lancashre the figures are 26 collieries of which 2 give coking coal as a major part of their output and 1 gives it as part of t=its output. All those 3 are in the Burnley coalfield. As the NCB tables indicate, you can get coke from gas coal it just is not as good as the high quality stuff.

At the risk of blowing my own trumpet, sometimes the local does not have adequate experience.

Come into the Garden, Maud - A Tennyson arr M Balfe

Not in my line of business it isn't. You cannot examine rocks or buildings adequately without being there.

Last week I had to go to Edinburgh for a morning meeting. Used the Caledonian Sleeper for the first time to get there without any hassle and then came back on sundry cross country trains in the afternoon. A very enjoyable and productive trip, far less hassle than flying would have been (I hate flying, anyway) and by the time costs of taxis to and from the airports and an overnight hotel stay were included, no more expensive. As for the thought of driving all the way there and back (8+ hours each way) I'm far to old to do that these days!

The NCB coal rank map attached shows that the coal in the South Lancashire and Manchester coalfields is much the same as that in Yorkshire - it just is a rather smaller area. (Note that the map shows the general product of the area - coal ranks vary from seam to seam in the same area, generally being slightly higher (i.e. lower number) for lower seams. Main products of both are coking/gas coals, general purpose coal and high volatile steam coals. The Burnley area of the Lancashire Coalfield produced high quality coking coal, as did Durham - both would have exported it to steelworks around the country (Durham coking coal was extensively exported over Stainmore pass to Workington). Also attached is the explanation of what the coal ranks mean.

The lover's ghost - trad

Because I habitually procrastinate on these things!

Got mine finished today - Yippee!!

Young Love - Gordon Giltrap

Love me do - The Beatles (who else?)

Show me the way to go home - "Irving King" (Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly)

Nothing matters when we're dancing -The Magnetic Fields

You don't know where your interest lies - Simon and Garfunkel

Georgia on my mind - Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell