The first passengers of the first train pulled by George Stephenson's "Locomotion no 1" travelled between Stockton and Darlington. I remember it well from history at school.
Just had an email reminder from my insurers about this, that's never happened before so it must be a nasty onelooked for the weather category but can't find one
https://news.sky.com/story/lib-dems-gear-up-for-celebratory-conference-but-can-they-keep-up-the-momentum-12964909 Apparently their conference is "celebratory"! Ok they won a few by-elections but... ...
I love the 1% Club quiz and am enjoying the free App which gives you a new question/puzzle every day. Thrilled today as I was,able to answer a (deemed) 1% question correctly. It also let's you play... ...
Does anyone have a working spell checker for AB? The one I thought I'd found wanted a fee after a few corrections. https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/AB-Editors-Blog/Question1849764.html ^^^Chris's... ...
Just heard her laugh described as 'wonderful and infectious'. Is it me? It may be 'infectious', but so is typhoid!! I can't do with her, her 'positive' big woman 'image', her gormless Brummie accent,... ...
Or is it past it's sell by date? I find it very false, everyone loves everyone else (not), audience making so much noise, it seems so dated to me. But I am just a grumpy old woman... ...
I have received a note from the post office that a letter is being held for me that has not had postage paid and is available for collection on payment of £1.10 I haven't yet called at the post... ...
Been told a fence panel & post (maybe 2 posts, it's not clear) at a rented property need replacing, possibly repairing (not sure the latter's a good idea). The letting agent's got a quote of -... ...
I am not a fan of soaps, and don't watch them. That said, when I did watch, I became aware that a standard plot device for all of them, was everyone having a turn working in the central points -... ...
Hi, BT have said my new digital voice service is up & running so I've plugged the phone cable into the router, leaving the router cable plugged into the wall (with filter). When I check the phone... ...
4 weeks on, I was wondering if anyone had breathing trouble (oxygen is okay 95/96) and a rubbish voice? I feel like I need to clear my throat all the time, and I have a range of about five low... ...
I'm looking for a pate type food for Toby. He'll happily eat Gourmet Gold pate...but that's about the only one I can rely on. His other favourite bybtge same maker was discontinued. I've tried... ...