THE DRAY MAN
With his horse pulling
the dray loaded with beer kegs
he goes pub to pub
Category Archives: Transportation
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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Obscure words explained 103. – bobtail
Escuchar el silbato del tren
LISTEN TO THE TRAIN WHISTLE
Freight trains on the move
Mournful sound nearing crossing
carried on the wind
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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
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Unusual U.K. place names19. – Framilode
FRAMILODE, Gloucestershire
On the Severn’s Bank
The Tidesman* opens the lock
for the passing trows**
*Tidesman is a lock-keeper
**Trow is a flat-bottomed barge-like boat about 70Ft long for hauling cargo
The name Framilode means Frome crossing.
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Unusual U.K. place names 2. – Lulsgate Bottom
LULSGATE BOTTOM
Bristol’s airport site
former Royal Air Force base
A great place to land
Fa - the Green Dragon 