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We have a 'P' registered BMW 740i parked outside our house; it's really an 'L' reg (whatever year that was) but the P reg is a personalised plate. It's the Missus' little runabout, not that she runs around in it much these days as it's not ULEZ compliant. I've christened it 'Hilda'. Seems...

It would have needed some sort of flyover to separate the flows and space there is limited. To be fair, changing at London bridge is normally fairly quick, at least if you're able-bodied. CL

Is there? We certainly missed it!

The Charing Cross trains from Purley and East Croydon are much missed. But we were told that running them would cause too many conflicts with the revamped, higher-frequency Thameslink services. Win some, lose some, I suppose...

I had the 'pleasure' of visiting Newhaven Harbour the other day. Does it win the title for Britain's most insalubrious station entrance? Along with the broken concrete, toppled crash barriers and car workshops, what did it for me was the BMW gradually being overwhelmed by ivy. On top of that...

I have a memory of the 1983 general election of trekking out on the bus from Birmingham into the wastes of the Black Country to hear leader of the opposition Michael Foot give a speech just before polling day. It was in something like a wooden Scout hut; there were a few TV cameras but no great...

Going on holiday sure was hard work in those days.... 1753827747 Grim beyond belief. No wonder we all started flying to Spain instead...

Am I right in thinking some of those trains had refreshment stops of an hour or so somewhere like Bristol Temple Meads? Quite unusual in the age of corridor coaches and buffet cars.

I remember reading in a guidebook that Ercan, the main airport in North Cyprus had no public transport. However, the airport website states: 'There are 13 bus services from Ercan Airport to various parts of the island' though without being any more specific. Is that 13 routes or 13 departures...

I can speak from personal experience as I attended that very match, though we went by car from Birmingham, not by train from London. We thought at the time the Police reaction to the visit by the 'big London team' was completely over the top, with fans being frisked before entering the ground -...

There are/were some in a scrapyard near Clapham Junction. CL

That's perfect; fits in very well with the timeline in my story... CL 1751879736 Well spotted; in fact, my story is about a Charlton fan visiting Derby for that game. 1751879793 Yes, that chimes in with my vaguely remembered experience... 1751879902 Point taken. I've decided he and his mates...

I'm writing a short story about a football supporter on a day trip from London to Derby on 5 March 1988. What time would the last train from Derby back to London St Pancras have been on that date (it was a Saturday)? We can rule out very lengthy connecting services, or obscure routes; just the...

I have a soft spot for Ramsey on the Isle of Man. A distant view of the hills behind and it is a proper old-fashioned bus station.

I have one of those too; only issue I have with it is that it's too big to go into the cupholder in the car.

But on the other hand you could start very early and finish very late. If you could get six complete circuits in, that would be 162 miles. Of course, you'd need to convince the driver that you weren't completely mad.

Could you get on a circular route like the 11A/C in Birmingham and just go round and round all day?

I think the Lansdown Road footbridge at East Croydon was supposed to get a split footbridge but it hasn't happened yet and possibly never will. CL

Somewhat off-topic, but I think the RAF Valley station on Anglesey has some means of warning the railway in the event of an aircraft encroaching on the runway.

A few years ago, I was travelling on a Eurostar from London to Paris. Opposite were a young-ish couple (two blokes) who had been meant to catch a Brussels service changing at Lille for a service to the south of France but had somehow contrived to get on the Paris train instead. The guard came...