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4th September 1949
Seventy-one years
Since the Brabazon took flight
Test pilot, Bill Pegg
Footnote: I wrote this in April and scheduled it for publication on September 4th, the anniversary of the maiden flight. In the meantime, WordPress changed its format nd my scheduled post disappeared. So here it is resurrected.
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Selangor
Obscure words explained 93. – chockablock
CHOCKABLOCK
A nautical term
when blocks drawn close together
permit no movement
Note: Originally chock and block, part of the tackle on rigged sailing ships
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Unusual U.K. place names 46. – Lydford Fair Place
LYDFORD FAIR PLACE, Somersetshire
In the Mendip Hills
Leisurely and Moderate
Great routes for runners
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The Boatswain’s call – aka – the Bosun’s Pipe
E BOATSWAIN’S CALL
Gun, keel, buoy, shackle
all parts of a Bosun’s pipe
for calling All Hands
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Unusual U.K. place names 26. – Bishop’s Stortford
BISHOP’S STORTFORD, Hertfordshire
An historic town
at a ford crossing the Stort
river flowing through
Fa - the Green Dragon 