This now seems to be used universally, but 30 years ago everyone would call it a railway station. It doesn't particularly bother me, but does anyone know when/why "train" replaced "railway"?
Could anyone shed some light on the meaning of this phrase please - i heard it in australia whilst travelling. ' If a dog barks and barriers are broken, then only the simplest pleasures in life can be...
The battery on my father's Jaguar XJ6 has gone flat. Apparently the key will open the car door manually but not the boot. Any suggestions how to get into the boot to access the battery please.
I heard somewhere that an Ice Cream truck was selling its wares to service men on the English coast prior to the D-day invasion. It got caught up in the confusion and traffic and was actually loaded,...
I was told some years ago that the MOD as hudreds of old steam trains hidded away, I ask why and was told that if we was attacted and lost our power they would need them, as diesal and gas would also...
Before I email the BBC to tell them they were wrong, would someone confirm that the 60's, means any yr between 1960 & 1969. They said Nat. Ser. ended in the 60's. I was 18 in 1958 and it had ended...
I haven't done any research into my family history but thinking about it and there is one person in particular I want to find out more about and that is my maternal great-grandfather. His surname was...
my dad is teaching me to drive, but he is old and keeps telling me things that i am sure are not true or wrong, can someone confirm or deny these for me. firstly he says, when following a single road...
This is a question for our American ABer's, here in England our Police Force all wear the same style and colour uniform, and drive the same marked police cars, why after watching an American "COPS"...
