KeithMacdonald

...and when they perform Hamlet, it would be the Royal Danish Bacon Company.

Have you found an OO-gauge floating barge and crane to work on sea wall repairs?

David, many thanks, that's solved the puzzle over how GWR had fitted that many sidings into the space south of the station. On the older map, south of the station building, there was a triangle of ground with trees, which I'd assumed was the limit. From your general plan, it's now obvious it has been used to both extend the sidings and reduce their curvature. Here's my "Mark 3" attempt, using the extra space, along with a goods shed, the station building, footbridge and a signal box.

Is it House or Shop Breaking?

Yes, and the Ratio kit of a round GWR water tower. https://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/p/17716/528-Ratio-GWR-Water-Tower-Round-Type

Just played with that. Nearly everything above FL400 is private business jets, most at FL410. Just a very small handful of BA flights at FL410 to FL430. Most of what I can see at FL450+ is a Gulfstream. It reminds me of a story from a friend of a friend on traffic control at Prestwick, perhaps 30+ years ago. One transatlantic flight requested permission to descend from FL600 feet to FL400 . "Say again?" was said twice. Might be an urban myth? Or a U2/SR71?

Not just Longbridge, but even some very expensive brands. I can still remember going down Hythe Road in Willesden, c.1970, coincidently past the Mulliner Park Ward factory. Where they built the body shells for Rolls Royce. I was shocked to see spare body shells lying outside the factory, all going dark brown with rust. It seemed a very strange way to build a "quality" product. But it was "standard operating procedure" at the time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulliner_Park_Ward

Is that the correct flight number? Flight Tracker doesn't recognise it.

OK, I'll bite. Why quarter-sized?

Like a three-legged stool after one leg breaks off?

For those that like Harriers... https://www.wired.com/2012/04/opinion-dyson-harrier-resolve/

I know of some people down on the south coast who are making a brand-new (and rather wonderful) wooden aircraft. https://www.peoplesmosquito.org.uk/ Got the T-shirt 😀

My wife's Peugeot 306 had that kind of Demonic Possession. Being reduced to 10mph on the hard shoulder of a busy motorway is a hellish experience.

Is it trouble with the Catalytic Convertor or a Catholic Conversion?

I just looked on Flight Radar, and it's not even showing as an operational airfield any more. Which I'm guessing means no active air control on-site, and maybe the light aircraft flights (Grobs etc) are uncontrolled?

A man sees a sign outside a house - 'Talking Dog For Sale.' He rings the bell, the owner appears and tells him the dog can be viewed in the back garden. The man goes to the garden and sees a very nice looking Labrador Retriever sitting there. "Do you really talk?" he asks the dog. "Oh Yes!" the Labrador replies. With a sly wink, as though he was from that Churchil advert. After recovering from the shock of hearing the dog talk, the man asks: "So, tell me your story?" The Labrador looks up and says, "Well, I discovered that I could talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the government, so I was sold to the SAS. In no time at all they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders, because no one imagined that a dog would be eaves dropping. I was one of their most valuable spies for eight years. But the jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn't getting any younger so I decided to settle down. I signed up for a job at Heathrow Airport to do some undercover security work, wandering round near suspicious characters and listening in. I uncovered some incredible dealings and was awarded several medals. Then I got married, had a few puppies, and now I've just retired." The man is amazed. He goes back into the house and asks the owner how much he wants for the dog. "Ten quid," the owner says. "£10? But your dog is absolutely amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so cheaply?" "Because he's a lying bastard, he's never been out of the back garden!"

Portsmouth to Jersey is c.10 hours on the Condor Commodore Clipper (monohull). Slow and relaively sedate. Poole to Jersey on the Condor Voyager is c.4 hours. My wide calls it the Vomit Comet.

It looks like Lon Chainey Junior and the Queen both ticked the [X] no publicity box. Has anyone met his tailor yet?

J.F.J. De Nul, a dredger https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9260677

In all the excitement about Freguson's shipyard finally launching one ship, I'd nearly forgotten this: https://www.thenational.scot/politics/20033085.scottish-ferries-row-misses-real-issue---vessels-unsuited-islands-serve/ And what we could have had. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/23032451.scots-executive-fronts-800m-clyde-shipbuilding-revolution-resolve-ferries-crisis/

Was it Sir Les Patterson?

Fred Dibnah is alive and well, and still repairing chimneys.

Just spotted on Al Beeb. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68806116 Goodness me chaps, I do wonder what on earth Mr Ramsay's response might be? I could include a few guesses, but I'd prefer not to get banned by RMWeb mods.

FTFY

True, but just wait until I show my model of Bridport Station. There's a Class 121 Bubble-Car somewhere in there.