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It was around 1991-2. The Warehouse nightclub was almost under the bridge and closed in 1991, to make way for the road, so it can't have been long after that.

You're welcome. Been hunting for my Quail track diagram book, to see if there's an accurate measurement in there, but it appears to be in a box somewhere.

A quick rough and ready measurement from this map:

https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/575617/155910/12/100659

gives a length of about 125m.

If you have a screen with decent resolution (or better eyesight than me), you might be able to make it out here:

http://www.s-r-s.org.uk/html/sre/R1629.htm

San Diego - Hinds. 

Pure 60s Garage from 21st Century Spain, utterly brilliant (if 60s Garage is your thing).

I'm not normally one for greenery and bucolicism, but this is really cracking!

In a Yello mood today. The 'Claro Que Si' album followed by 'You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess'.

It was in the little wire mesh "strange things that don't really belong in a food supermarket" bins, alongside the cycling helmets, thick socks and drills.  But they do have some great stuff in that section from time to time.

How can Roy Hodgson argue that he selects players that are in form, when there is a midfielder who so far this year has made more tackles, made more successful passes, has a higher pass completion percentage and created more chances than each of Milner, Henderson, Delph, Carrick and Dier, playing for the team currently fifth in the League, that has beaten Liverpool (three times), Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester City?

How can Mark Noble not even get into a squad for friendlies? What will Hodgson learn about Henderson or Milner that he doesn't already know?

And now I read that he's considering playing John Stones in midfield! A young defender with less than 100 games under his belt, ahead of a mature midfielder with over 300 games to his credit!

Oh, and he will pick Jack Wilshere 'if he's fit' for the Euro squad, even though he hasn't kicked a ball in competitive football this season.

Utter madness.

Do you remember The Pipettes? Great fun, catchy pop sung by three cute girls in polka-dot dresses. Did you ever wonder what they did afterwards?
Well, if you're Gwenno Saunders, you release an album of catchy, electro synth-pop full of motorik rhythms, danceable beats and galvanising hooks. However, this one is influenced by an out-of-print sci-fi novel set in a dystopian future, where Mankind has been subjugated and brainwashed by robots.
And it's all in Welsh. Oh, except for one song. That's in Cornish.
And it's all utterly brilliant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXMT5fL3cKg

'Into The Syntax Era With The Sine Waves' - imagine surf rock meets '50s sci-fi B-movies with a healthy dose of Man or Astro-Man?.

Favourite track - 'Tsar Bomba':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReU1izhvgpE

This is a bit cheeky, but...if anyone's interested, my Mk3 Granada (http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/73445-for-those-interested-in-old-cars/page-10&do=findComment&comment=1197000) is up for sale. It's by no means perfect, but then it's not expensive either

Full advert (on another forum) here - http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/186471/1992-granada-scorpio-change-london

I have more pics on Photobucket but can't access that at work...

Drop us a PM if you're interested.

This looks like it's going to be right up my alley!

What's the correct procedure when stopped with the engine running (at traffic lights, for example) in an automatic?

• Handbrake and in Neutral, as in a manual.
• Footbrake and in Drive.
• Handbrake and in Drive.
• Footbrake and in Park.
• Handbrake and in Park.
• Something else.

I've been told Handbrake and Drive, but that seems counter-intuitive to me, as the engine will be trying to go, the handbrake will be trying to stop it, and I could envisage tears before bedtime.

If I was stopped for any length of time, in a traffic jam for example, then I'd go with handbrake, Neutral and engine off.

East End boys beat West End girls 

While bored on night shift, I've been looking at Bristols.

I doubt I'll ever be able to afford one, but was wondering if anyone had (especially a late 411 or a 603)? I'd be interested to hear about experiences, and if they're really all they're cracked up to be.

Don't forget though that successive generations of cars are often bigger than the previous model - the current Fiesta is considerably larger than the Mk1 Fiesta!

My Mk3 Granada is smaller than the current Mondeo, which was the car *below* it in the lineup when it was new!

A Mk1 Mondeo is 176.4in long, 68.8in wide and 54in high.

A Mk4 Mondeo is 191.7in long, 72.9 in wide and 58.1in high.

In comparison, the Granada is 184in long, 69.5in wide and 57.1in high.

IMG_4642rmw.jpg

I want that one...

A follower of this thread Cary Hill will bouncing with this result and I see that Leicester are above Man U, Arsenal and Chelsea in the early season table.

And West Ham are above all of them

I tell you what, I've found out that owning a football club is a breeze!

On Thursday, I bought two shares in Real Oviedo, a Spanish club in División Segunda B (the third tier of Spanish football).

Three days later, they won promotion!

Oviedo needed to raise €2m very quickly,or go out of business, so hit upon the wheeze of selling shares (at €11.50 a go) to anyone who wanted them, so I thought 'why the hell not?'.

There's over 8000 minor shareholders, but the majority shareholder in the club is actually Carlos Slim, the world's richest man!

I have to say, I did not see that coming! Chapeaus doffed.

Indicators arrived at 11:30 this morning, in their original Ford boxes. So, for your hard-to-find classic Ford parts, try www.motomobil.de, they're brilliant!

I'm very impressed with this German supplier so far.

I got an email confirming the parts were in stock and ready to be picked, signed off 'with best regards from sunny Munich'. You don't get that from Halfords.

Then I get a copy of the packing note and all the despatch information, telling me exactly who processed the order and who packed it!

Let's hope the rest of the experience matches up.

Needed a new indicator for my Granada, and the best I'd found was £43 from the local Ford dealer, if I collect it.

Was having a browse through eBay, and one of the sponsored ads caught my eye.

I have just ordered an indicator for each side, delivered from Germany, for £41 in total

You can get reproductions of various years to stick in, my dad is buying some for the MG's for the year they were first registered

I bought one of the right age off eBay for the princely sum of two pounds and twenty pence.. It's actually for an A-reg Porsche, but the text is typewritten so small, it's barely noticeable.

I am such an idiot

For some reason, I'd always thought this was 7mm, and given it a swerve, but with a fairly easy shift at work I thought 'I might as well have a flick through it'.

I can't believe I've missed 37 pages of fantastic 4mm modelling!