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Is Dave ja vu (which used to be Dave +1) an awkward play on déjà vu?
I know that YeSTERDAY was UKTV History, but why the lower case 'e'? And for how much longer will QUEST (ie Discovery) be coming soon? Fliss -- She said: You're going stay here with your ex-wife because her sheep's dying? He said: No, because *our* sheep's dying... |
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On Mar 3, 6:46*pm, "Felicity S." [email protected] wrote:
Is Dave ja vu (which used to be Dave +1) an awkward play on d j vu? I know that YeSTERDAY was UKTV History, but why the lower case 'e'? And for how much longer will QUEST (ie Discovery) be coming soon? Fliss -- She said: You're going stay here with your * * * * *ex-wife because her sheep's dying? He said: No, because *our* sheep's dying... You mean déja vu. And yes, it is. Quite a clever one i thought, déja vu meaning, quite literally, already seen, so if you saw Top Gear on BBC2, or then on BBC3, or then on Dave, you could quite reasonably have déja vu when you watch it on Dave ja vu. |
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Felicity S. wrote:
Is Dave ja vu (which used to be Dave +1) an awkward play on déjà vu? Yes I know that YeSTERDAY was UKTV History, but why the lower case 'e'? Comes out as 'Yesterday' on my receivers. And for how much longer will QUEST (ie Discovery) be coming soon? 9 more weeks, Ref:- http://www.unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk/dtt/dtt.cgi -- Mark Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply. www.paras.org.uk |
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Mark Carver wrote:
Felicity S. wrote: Is Dave ja vu (which used to be Dave +1) an awkward play on déjà vu? Yes I know that YeSTERDAY was UKTV History, but why the lower case 'e'? Comes out as 'Yesterday' on my receivers. No , on the actual station advertising screen. YeSTERDAY. Classic design studio ****s and their big ideas. And for how much longer will QUEST (ie Discovery) be coming soon? 9 more weeks, Ref:- http://www.unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk/dtt/dtt.cgi 14th May - so we'll get all those brilliant aeroplane documentaries etc? I see Film 4 is starting earlier at 11am - why? they haven't the films to show all day now. |
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"Felicity S." [email protected] wrote in message news:[email protected] Is Dave ja vu (which used to be Dave +1) an awkward play on déjà vu? Seems to be. What makes these idiots think what someone is going to be more likely to watch it if it's called Dave jag vu. It's already bad enough that channel its parent channel is called Dave. I know that YeSTERDAY was UKTV History, but why the lower case 'e'? It's written Yesterday on my Sony STB. Stupid name for a stupid channel which has totally degenerated from when it used to show history documentaries. And for how much longer will QUEST (ie Discovery) be coming soon? Another stupid name. What don't the just call them, "Top Gear and old BBC Comedy Repeats loop", "Top Gear and old BBC Comedy Repeats loop +1", "Old ITV Historical Drama Repeats loop" and "Old Quiz Show repeats loop" Fliss -- She said: You're going stay here with your ex-wife because her sheep's dying? He said: No, because *our* sheep's dying... |
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Agamemnon wrote:
"Felicity S." [email protected] wrote in message news:[email protected] Is Dave ja vu (which used to be Dave +1) an awkward play on déjà vu? Seems to be. What makes these idiots think what someone is going to be more likely to watch it if it's called Dave jag vu. It's already bad enough that channel its parent channel is called Dave. I know that YeSTERDAY was UKTV History, but why the lower case 'e'? It's written Yesterday on my Sony STB. Stupid name for a stupid channel which has totally degenerated from when it used to show history documentaries. It's so they can show back to back Sharpe and be within the station parameters! And for how much longer will QUEST (ie Discovery) be coming soon? Another stupid name. What don't the just call them, "Top Gear and old BBC Comedy Repeats loop", "Top Gear and old BBC Comedy Repeats loop +1", "Old ITV Historical Drama Repeats loop" and "Old Quiz Show repeats loop" Fliss -- She said: You're going stay here with your ex-wife because her sheep's dying? He said: No, because *our* sheep's dying... |
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"Ed" wrote in message
... On Mar 3, 6:46 pm, "Felicity S." [email protected] wrote: Is Dave ja vu (which used to be Dave +1) an awkward play on d j vu? I know that YeSTERDAY was UKTV History, but why the lower case 'e'? And for how much longer will QUEST (ie Discovery) be coming soon? Fliss -- She said: You're going stay here with your ex-wife because her sheep's dying? He said: No, because *our* sheep's dying... You mean déja vu. And yes, it is. Quite a clever one i thought, déja vu meaning, quite literally, already seen, so if you saw Top Gear on BBC2, or then on BBC3, or then on Dave, you could quite reasonably have déja vu when you watch it on Dave ja vu. They nicked it from a story by Alan Davies on QI |
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"Ed" wrote in message
... On Mar 3, 6:46 pm, "Felicity S." [email protected] wrote: Is Dave ja vu (which used to be Dave +1) an awkward play on d j vu? I know that YeSTERDAY was UKTV History, but why the lower case 'e'? I wonder whether they'll continue to show *natural* history programmes as they (usually) aren't about 'yesterday' and their station name no longer has 'history' in it. I expect they will, and all the period dramas like Poldark which don't (AFAICR) feature historical events or characters. And for how much longer will QUEST (ie Discovery) be coming soon? It gives the start date on the screen, 14 May. You mean déja vu. And yes, it is. Quite a clever one i thought, déja vu meaning, quite literally, already seen, so if you saw Top Gear on BBC2, or then on BBC3, or then on Dave, you could quite reasonably have déja vu when you watch it on Dave ja vu. Except that the station name doesn't convey that it is Dave programmes plus one hour. -- Max Demian |
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On 3 Mar, 20:48, "Agamemnon" wrote:
"Felicity S." [email protected] wrote in message news:[email protected] Is Dave ja vu (which used to be Dave +1) an awkward play on déjà vu? Seems to be. What makes these idiots think what someone is going to be more likely to watch it if it's called Dave jag vu. It's already bad enough that channel its parent channel is called Dave. I know that YeSTERDAY was UKTV History, but why the lower case 'e'? It's written Yesterday on my Sony STB. Stupid name for a stupid channel which has totally degenerated from when it used to show history documentaries. And for how much longer will QUEST (ie Discovery) be coming soon? Another stupid name. What don't the just call them, "Top Gear and old BBC Comedy Repeats loop", "Top Gear and old BBC Comedy Repeats loop +1", "Old ITV Historical Drama Repeats loop" and "Old Quiz Show repeats loop" And "Five US" could be "The CSI Channel". -- WH |
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wrote: Truly awful puns like this show the planners have too much time on their hands. ...and not enough intellect to fill it with anything worthwhile. Rod. -- Virtual Access V6.3 free usenet/email software from http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtual-access/ |
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"Felicity S." [email protected] wrote in message news:[email protected] Is Dave ja vu (which used to be Dave +1) an awkward play on déjà vu? I know that YeSTERDAY was UKTV History, but why the lower case 'e'? I'd think that the mixed lower and upper case is similar to using letters reversed and allows the ident to be copyrighted/trade marked - e.g. ABBA has single B as mirror image and is a trademark -- Paul S |
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On 3 Mar, 18:46, "Felicity S." [email protected] wrote:
I know that YeSTERDAY was UKTV History, but why the lower case 'e'? Ye Olde stuff, innit? |
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Truly awful puns like this show the planners have too much time on their hands. I thought it was quite imaginative. Certainly more so than the predictable numbering of BBC channels. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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Graham. wrote:
Truly awful puns like this show the planners have too much time on their hands. I thought it was quite imaginative. Certainly more so than the predictable numbering of BBC channels. But ultimately pointless |
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"Sofa - Spud" wrote in message ... Graham. wrote: Truly awful puns like this show the planners have too much time on their hands. I thought it was quite imaginative. Certainly more so than the predictable numbering of BBC channels. But ultimately pointless I don't think we need +1 channels using the limited bandwidth of Freeview, if you wait a dew days the program you missed gets repeated anyway -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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Mark Carver wrote:
Felicity S. wrote: And for how much longer will QUEST (ie Discovery) be coming soon? 9 more weeks, Ref:- http://www.unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk/dtt/dtt.cgi Thanks for the list, why is Quest taking until 14th May? Fliss -- She said: Sa-anta Claus is coming to town. She said: Just seeing a Santa... Shall I try a Santa? How the hell do you draw a Santa Claus? |
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Agamemnon wrote:
Felicity S. wrote: I know that YeSTERDAY was UKTV History, but why the lower case 'e'? It's written Yesterday on my Sony STB. Look at the on-screen logo. I carefully wrote "lower case 'e'" rather than "little 'e'" since the letter is the same height as the others. Fliss -- She said: Get up! Get up! Get up! God damn it! Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up!! What is that noise? He said: It's the chick! She's- going through some changes. |
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Edward A.Bowden wrote:
Felicity S. wrote: Is Dave ja vu (which used to be Dave +1) an awkward play on déjà vu? You mean déja vu. You mean "d e-acute j a-GRAVE v u". I wrote it but your computer can't read it. Fliss -- She said: If you're an alien, why do you sound like you're from the north? He said: Lots of planets have a north. |
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Sofa - Spud wrote:
Mark Carver wrote: Felicity S. wrote: I know that YeSTERDAY was UKTV History, but why the lower case 'e'? Comes out as 'Yesterday' on my receivers. No , on the actual station advertising screen. YeSTERDAY. Classic design studio ****s and their big ideas. I guessed it was something like that but I still don't see what was the idea of their ****ty design. For example, YesTERDAY is more affirmative, while yesTERDAy is more proclamational with its implied fanfare. And for how much longer will QUEST (ie Discovery) be coming soon? 14th May - so we'll get all those brilliant aeroplane documentaries etc? And wildlife films with an American voice instead of Attenborough's. I see Film 4 is starting earlier at 11am - why? they haven't the films to show all day now. They just have previews at 11am, and films shown during the afternoon can often be the best ones - today you missed "I Was a Male War Bride". Fliss -- She said: Are you all right in there? He said: I just got a bit of a fright - on a plus side, though, I've found the key. |
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Jonathan Harris small wrote:
On 3 Mar, 18:46, "Felicity S." [email protected] wrote: I know that YeSTERDAY was UKTV History, but why the lower case 'e'? Ye Olde stuff, innit? The sterday? Fliss -- He said: You guys need anything? She said: Yes, a tear in the space-time continuum so he can go back and say 'I love you'. |
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"Felicity S." [email protected] wrote in message news:[email protected] Sofa - Spud wrote: Mark Carver wrote: Felicity S. wrote: I know that YeSTERDAY was UKTV History, but why the lower case 'e'? Comes out as 'Yesterday' on my receivers. No , on the actual station advertising screen. YeSTERDAY. Classic design studio ****s and their big ideas. I guessed it was something like that but I still don't see what was the idea of their ****ty design. For example, YesTERDAY is more affirmative, while yesTERDAy is more proclamational with its implied fanfare. I would stop there, unless you want to lower this thread into the realms of the scatological. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 10:49:04 -0800 (PST), Ed
wrote: On Mar 3, 6:46*pm, "Felicity S." [email protected] wrote: Is Dave ja vu (which used to be Dave +1) an awkward play on d j vu? I know that YeSTERDAY was UKTV History, but why the lower case 'e'? And for how much longer will QUEST (ie Discovery) be coming soon? Fliss -- She said: You're going stay here with your * * * * *ex-wife because her sheep's dying? He said: No, because *our* sheep's dying... You mean déja vu. And yes, it is. Quite a clever one i thought, déja vu meaning, quite literally, already seen, so if you saw Top Gear on BBC2, or then on BBC3, or then on Dave, you could quite reasonably have déja vu when you watch it on Dave ja vu. In French we also have J'ai vu (I saw.....) which is close to 'ja vu' |
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On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:32:59 +0000, Joseph opined:
In French we also have J'ai vu (I saw.....) which is close to 'ja vu' hmmmmm... "I have seen" would be a closer translation. |
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Tony wrote:
On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:32:59 +0000, Joseph opined: In French we also have J'ai vu (I saw.....) which is close to 'ja vu' hmmmmm... "I have seen" would be a closer translation. Do theyb have * ******** I've seen this three times this week!* |
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Graham. wrote:
Felicity S. wrote: Sofa - Spud wrote: Mark Carver wrote: Felicity S. wrote: I know that YeSTERDAY was UKTV History, but why the lower case 'e'? Comes out as 'Yesterday' on my receivers. No , on the actual station advertising screen. YeSTERDAY. Classic design studio ****s and their big ideas. I guessed it was something like that but I still don't see what was the idea of their ****ty design. For example, YesTERDAY is more affirmative, while yesTERDAy is more proclamational with its implied fanfare. I would stop there, unless you want to lower this thread into the realms of the scatological. Ah, that would be yesTERDay. Or maybe the history of baking, concrete & prisons, with yeSTERday. Fliss -- She said: So, fighting all those aliens is okay with you, but a bit of skateboarding, and whoa. She said: I know, shame on me, I've gone all Mumsy! |
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"Alan Pemberton" wrote in message rve.co.uk.invalid... "Felicity S." [email protected] wrote: I guessed it was something like that but I still don't see what was the idea of their ****ty design. For example, YesTERDAY is more affirmative, while yesTERDAy is more proclamational with its implied fanfare. Many years ago when vcrs were still a novelty, YTV ran a some trailers that had the name of the day of the week rapidly zooming out of the screen. What fun we had trying to pause the tape at exactly the right moment half way through the saTURDay one. The BBC's 'Tonight' titles (the '70s late-night one, not the '60s Fyfe Robertson teatime one, or the unwatchable Trever Macdonut version) had something similar. The letters imploded inwards on themselves until only TIT was visible, usually followed by a shot of Austin Mitchell. Many years ago I was in the living room of an elderly lady and her female companion, demonstrating the operation of the new TV set. For some reason the teletext was faulty, and the screen filled with a very large jagged image that looked rather like a well-known four letter word. Bill |
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Alan Pemberton wrote:
"Felicity S." [email protected] wrote: I guessed it was something like that but I still don't see what was the idea of their ****ty design. For example, YesTERDAY is more affirmative, while yesTERDAy is more proclamational with its implied fanfare. Many years ago when vcrs were still a novelty, YTV ran a some trailers that had the name of the day of the week rapidly zooming out of the screen. What fun we had trying to pause the tape at exactly the right moment half way through the saTURDay one. The BBC's 'Tonight' titles (the '70s late-night one, not the '60s Fyfe Robertson teatime one, or the unwatchable Trever Macdonut version) had something similar. The letters imploded inwards on themselves until only TIT was visible, usually followed by a shot of Austin Mitchell. Let's hope the town of S****horpe never acquires a local TV channel. -- Mark Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply. www.paras.org.uk |
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Mark Carver wrote:
Alan Pemberton wrote: "Felicity S." [email protected] wrote: I guessed it was something like that but I still don't see what was the idea of their ****ty design. For example, YesTERDAY is more affirmative, while yesTERDAy is more proclamational with its implied fanfare. Many years ago when vcrs were still a novelty, YTV ran a some trailers that had the name of the day of the week rapidly zooming out of the screen. What fun we had trying to pause the tape at exactly the right moment half way through the saTURDay one. Let's hope the town of S****horpe never acquires a local TV channel. ....or Penistone? -- Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks" |
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"Phil Cook" wrote in message ... Mark Carver wrote: ...or Penistone? In the CB days it was always called penis town. Bill |
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"Mark Carver" wrote in message ... Alan Pemberton wrote: Let's hope the town of S****horpe never acquires a local TV channel. What about Ruf****ton or Sim****ton or even Shovitt-upper-Jacksey? Bill |
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Alan Pemberton wrote: Let's hope the town of S****horpe never acquires a local TV channel. What about Ruf****ton or Sim****ton or even Shovitt-upper-Jacksey? Bill There is a place near here called... ....well as there's a lady present I'll just post a link http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/mbb/mbbc34.htm Not too far from a place called Little Lever. When I was young I wondered why the internationally known pop-star who sang "The Locomotion" would name herself after a small place near Bolton ;-) -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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"Alan Pemberton" wrote in
message rve.co.uk.invalid... "Felicity S." [email protected] wrote: I guessed it was something like that but I still don't see what was the idea of their ****ty design. For example, YesTERDAY is more affirmative, while yesTERDAy is more proclamational with its implied fanfare. Many years ago when vcrs were still a novelty, YTV ran a some trailers that had the name of the day of the week rapidly zooming out of the screen. What fun we had trying to pause the tape at exactly the right moment half way through the saTURDay one. The BBC's 'Tonight' titles (the '70s late-night one, not the '60s Fyfe Robertson teatime one, or the unwatchable Trever Macdonut version) had something similar. The letters imploded inwards on themselves until only TIT was visible, usually followed by a shot of Austin Mitchell. -- Alan Pemberton Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England To e-mail me directly, please visit http://www.pembers.freeserve.co.uk/index.html#Mail-me Heck Alan, you really are old aren't you? I bet Bill can remember that as well as me and you, and the prospect of having to watch Austin Mitchell................yuck! -- Woody harrogate three at ntlworld dot com |
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Woody wrote:
Heck Alan, you really are old aren't you? I bet Bill can remember that as well as me and you, and the prospect of having to watch Austin Mitchell................yuck! Was he related to Ford Prefect ? -- Mark Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply. www.paras.org.uk |
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On Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:24:26 +0000, Mark Carver
wrote: Heck Alan, you really are old aren't you? I bet Bill can remember that as well as me and you, and the prospect of having to watch Austin Mitchell................yuck! Was he related to Ford Prefect ? No, Maurice Binder. He did title sequences... |
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"Graham." wrote in message ... http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/mbb/mbbc34.htm Not too far from a place called Little Lever. When I was young I wondered why the internationally known pop-star who sang "The Locomotion" would name herself after a small place near Bolton ;-) Ahh, childhood misapprehensions. In infant assembly we sung 'There is a green hill far away.' The headmistress had the absurd name of Miss Greenhouse and I assumed we were singing a song that would somehow magically make her 'far away' -- which I saw as being a common good. Later we should have chanted "Hallowed be thy name . . " but since the Prime Minister was Harold MacMillan we always said "Harold be thy name . . ". It seemed reasonable to pray to such an important man. (Many years after this I was to work for Mr MacMillan's nephew, who told me amusing stories about him. In return I told him how we would pray to his uncle, which bemused him.) In the summer holidays following the second year of infant school I was apprehensive about the junior school. The boy next door, Tommy Scholey, was two years older and thus was a hardened inmate of the Juniors. He was also a bit of a joker. He and I walked down the road to look at the Junior school. "You see that place up there," said Tommy, pointing to the tank room, which looked like a shed on the flat roof, "That's the caning room." Seeing my look of alarm he continued gleefully, "That's where they cane you." I'd heard rumours that it was possible to get the cane in the juniors, so my fear was immense and uncontrollable. When the first day of term came my feet were leaden indeed. Bill |
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"Woody" wrote in message ... Heck Alan, you really are old aren't you? I bet Bill can remember that as well as me and you, and the prospect of having to watch Austin Mitchell................yuck! Mitchell was better than the present insipid crew. Bill |
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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
... "Woody" wrote in message ... Heck Alan, you really are old aren't you? I bet Bill can remember that as well as me and you, and the prospect of having to watch Austin Mitchell................yuck! Mitchell was better than the present insipid crew. Bill Oh I wouldn't argue with that - which is why I never watch Calendar. H'es usually quite entertaining these days and being a celebrated member of the 'Awkward Squad' in the Westminster village he says what he thinks and often speaks some good sense. Doesn't stop me sympathising with Alan though if he had to be watched every night! -- Woody harrogate three at ntlworld dot com |
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Graham. wrote:
Alan Pemberton wrote: Let's hope the town of S****horpe never acquires a local TV channel. What about Ruf****ton or Sim****ton or even Shovitt-upper-Jacksey? Bill There is a place near here called... ....well as there's a lady present I'll just post a link http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/mbb/mbbc34.htm This is a long way from Bolton: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X...1&Y=162421&A=Y Terry |
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"Terry Casey" wrote in message ... Graham. wrote: Alan Pemberton wrote: Let's hope the town of S****horpe never acquires a local TV channel. What about Ruf****ton or Sim****ton or even Shovitt-upper-Jacksey? Bill There is a place near here called... ....well as there's a lady present I'll just post a link http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/mbb/mbbc34.htm This is a long way from Bolton: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X...1&Y=162421&A=Y Near here there's an area of country called Denaby Thicks, which always made my sister laugh when she was a teacher at Denaby Junior School. Bill |
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