Down on the old Preston Dock site there is an unusual little engine shed, which was built for Preston Borough Council (long before they became City) in 1985. In 1986 it won The Brick Development Association’s Structural Brickwork Award. It looks like this:
Considering the options, I think it was a wise choice for the ersatz-Deacon to not go with any of the real John Deacon’s historic hairstyles, and just shave his head.
‘cos Mr. Deacon had some tragic haircuts, even compared to Mr May
It can be hard at times to define where The North is. Luckily, back in ancient times, two noted geographic scholars, William Ernest Drummond and James Francis Cauty, published a justified tract, listing places that were in the north,
Here I shall explore that work in full.
The latest inductee to The Library of Cool is “An Illustrated Guide to the Funicular Railways of Great Britain” by Amy Bartle.
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Back in 1987, Chris Boucher created the TV series Star Cops, and accidentally foretold everything about your daily life.
A while ago, 2017 to be exact, I started working on a plan to visit every Merseyrail Terminus in one day, passing through every station at least once. Originally I planned to start and finish at Southport, while on holiday, but plans changed and I was going to try again in April 2020. Then Covid hit.
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Ordering a pizza used to be a hassle. Hunt down the leaflet, phone the number, recite the order, get them read in back to you, tell them your address, get them to read it back to you, put the phone down and hope for the best.
Now in the modern world, the apps make it all so simple. There is only one real dilemma left in the process… What size pizza gives you the best value for money?
In which Callum McCormick (DX Commander) receives his prototype RF Visualization Goggles…
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