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These are interesting - but you can see why they have stayed. . Otherwise what would you have? Save icon - tricky - picture of a lifeboat? Level crossing - rectangle on wheels sideways on Phone - rectangle with another rectangle inside Bus - rectangle on wheels facing you EV charging point -...

The whole of London was a no-go area for Trump on his last state visit as far as I can gather. But that was for excellent reasons!

Pubs with the name Betsy are few and far between. The Betsy Wynne is in Swanbourne and is named after a real local lady. The Betsy Trotwood is in Farringdon Street in he City of London and is, of course, named after a fictional character who appears in Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield.

Dunkerton

Fishponds Sorry about the wrong turn after Yate.

Yattendon is wholly owned by the Iliffe family and is a so-called "private village". Similarly Clovelly in Devon is owned by the Rous family.

Presuming that we take the GWR route south of Yate, as continuing on the MR line would involve at least one reversal to access the Bristol & North Somerset Brislington.

Yes, so if only Ukraine would be sensible and put themselves back under Putin's rule the Republicans would win the mid terms and Trump could look forward to another two years of unfettered madness.

So Trump has now announced an "energy ceasefire" but it seems to be a surprise to Ukraine and Russia has yet to comment. He's really thrashing about desperately now. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6pvg4jyz1m0o

Deopham in Norfolk also benefited from "Queen Anne's Bounty", a fund set up to augment the income of clergy in poor parishes.

Washington (2nd station .... 1850-1963) Incidentally the station of Durham Turnpike is incorrectly positioned on the Wikipedia template for the Stanhope & Tyne Railway. It was actually at the point where the railway crossed the line of the Roman road heading for the Tyne crossing, between...

It's a very stupid move by Trump because it won't make much difference to the price of diesel in the USA and a very smart one by Putin, because he will very shortly say that he is unable to deliver fast enough because Ukraine is attacking his refineries. Cue Trump cutting intelligence...

Acklington

Goswick

Peak Forest was once a place where a minister could perform a marriage without first having to read the banns, as had to be done elsewhere in England. For this reason, like Gretna Green, Dumfries and Galloway, it was well known as a target for eloping couples.