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Instead of the Olympic opening ceremony I watched 'Secrets of the London Underground'. Or more accurately I watched Siddy Holloway.

Goodnight all.

Bill Ankers?

Evening all from Estuary-Land. A bit late signing off tonight due to an unscheduled eyelid inspection. Problem was it was in the armchair and I've now got a stiff neck.

My car is a Nissan Note. Apparently it is built on a Renault Clio floorpan and was built in Sunderland. It was 16 years old when I bought it but with a low mileage for it's age. I'm quite happy with it but it was registered by the dealer and spent it's first 15 months as a demonstrator and was fitted with every available extra, I'm still finding out what some of the button's are for.

Tyres also made a lot of difference, the old crossply tyres gave you a warning that they are about to let go but radials, although they gripped the road better would give way without any warning.

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. I was going to do a bit of shopping this afternoon but the knees do protest mightily so the shopping is off until tomorrow. Not that I haven't got plenty to do today, another comic arrived today so that will be perused instead.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Another good night last night, woke up a couple of times but soon nodded off again. Just taxed the car, £255 I don't know what that is in Deltics but ouch! I was going to the Brentwood toy fair tomorrow but now it's doubtful as the knees are playing up.

Trains to and from Paris disrupted. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cxe24vg59lzt

https://www.facebook.com/TattyDivine/videos/475984851707758/

Goodnight all.

I understand that Rails had acquired the tooling rights for these.

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Talking of 2-up-2-down houses that is exactly what I lived in from 1983 to 1988. I did delve into the history of it. It was part of a terrace built in 1862 with just the four rooms and an outside privy. A scullery was added in the 1920's and a bathroom added to the back of that in the 1950's. Speaking to some of the locals I was told that during the Victorian era a large family lived in the house with about 12 children. It had no foundations as such, the walls had been built on a plinth buried about 6 inches beneath the surface.

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