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I believe that phrase was mentioned in a song from the early 1970s and wonder if anyone can explain where it came from or what it was.

Many years ago, I remember reading about the Seghill Railway and of the history of the Cramlington Waggonway and at the time I made a note about the location of Prospect Hill railway station, saying it was opened on 28th August 1841 and was not closed until 27th June 1864. It appears there had...

Quite some years ago, I recall that Manchester were attempting to build a cultural link to a settlement somewhere in Central America, and I wonder if this is so, does anyone know the reason why Manchester wanted to do this?

Occasionally, when making a posting using my HP Pavilion desktop computer, what appears on the screen is what I can only describe as a precursor image, but the pressing of the F5 key shows the normal image. Can anyone offer me advice on what has occurred?

Has anyone any recollections of when this Liverpool area newspaper was first launched and what its aims were?

I have heard that someone local to me who uses the Norton VPN has no problems when the VPN is switched off, but when on, a Wikipedia "embargo screen" says whilst Wikipedia can be used for reading, the user is forbidden to edit upon it. Has anyone any information as to why that might be the case.

What are the full schedule of works that are being carried out at this station and when are they scheduled to be completed?

In the more arcane versions of the Bible, that phrase is often used. Was that phrase in common usage in Britain at the time when these versions were first published?

Being a mathematician, the word "rhombus" of that ilk has never come into any conversation I have had since leaving secondary school in 1961/2 and university in 1966. I am sure there are website members with countless examples from their schooldays that have never been used since.

Do most of these drug names have their bases in the classical languages of Greek and Latin?

Who were the people who this title was given to? Sam, the singer of "Wooly Bully" was said to be one of those, who spoke in a strange patois.

In what areas of Britain is this likely to be heard?

Has anyone had any problems recently in accessing the sections of this website, particularly the transport projects one?

One of my twin sons has been left six of these "springback" stamp albums in a will request containing a good collection of Danish stamps. He was told tat these albums were supplied by the manufacturing company who were based in North Wales, but cannot trace any information on the company, so I...

In a discussion, it was put to me that a station (not obviously on the same station site that was closed) would be a useful tourist aid, noting the bay area and the historical island site of St Michael's Mount. I remember the days when the Fyffes Monro horticultural group had a thriving fresh...

I am interested to learn how this name became the name carried on the buses. Which area do they operate in and do they have coach holidays as part of their business that are run by their coaches?

Quite some years ago, I boarded a bus at Clitheroe Interchange that had been recommended to me as a scenic route. The village of Cow Ark was met reasonably soon and the bus traversed much farmland and passed over some ancient bridges. It then entered a fenced-off area going over a cattle grid...

When, if at all, was the power of the reigning English monarch to sell off religious properties and places of worship finally ended?

I notice that over the last 18 months, when very high temperatures are forecast, the previous childish obsession with "will this break the temperature record" has now been replaced by an understanding of the danger to health in some age groups and mention of that now is the norm. I wonder why it...

There were two stations upon this branch line, Dicconson Lane and Aspull (closed 1954) and Hilton House (closed 1954). What type of passenger or goods services were users of that branch line? There also was a junction on that branch line that allowed trains from Blackrod to access the Atherton...