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Tag Archives: technology
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 106. – doover
Hungry chicks
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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Obscure words explained 88. – chyron
Unusual U.K. place names.81. Baddesley Ensor
BADDESLY ENSOR, Warrickshire
known for its Common
Beautiful views to be seen
Close to Watling Street
Fa - the Green Dragon 
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