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Whereas the Bull’s Head at Foolow changed its name to ‘The Lazy Landlord’, but later reverted to its old name, the Bull’s Head at Breightmet near Bolton has changed its name to Henighans and has kept its new name.

Flagg in Derbyshire also hosts point-to-point races.

…”and would be an excellent diversion during engineering”.

L.S. Lowry often holidayed at Berwick and painted many pictures of it. He lived for many years until his death at Mottram-in-Longdendale, Greater Manchester.

East Mey has a post box on a metal column with a red crown on a silver rectangular plate. Its collection times are 0900 Mon-Fri and 0700 Saturday. An identical box (albeit with its Royal Mail sign not missing) can be found in Skipwith Gardens, Rossington, South Yorkshire.

Mybster has a broch, a stone tower common in the Highlands. There is also a Broch of Gurness, on Orkney. The nearest settlement to it seems to be Evie.

I usually have a weekly pass on my phone, but - in your neck of the woods - whenever I do need to tap off the 357 to Finningley, there is always the same damn schoolgirl stood in front of the device. There are usually seats free. I always say, ‘you are blocking the machine’, and she flounces...

There were two regulars at North Western‘s Glossop depot in the early 60s. I remember one was fined for leaving her indicator on for an excessive time between Glossop and Hayfield, as reported in the Glossop Chronicle.

A lot of posters are ignoring the OP’s criterion.

Three weeks ago, I caught the Dalesbus 875 from Leeds to Kettlewell to access the source of the Nidd by first climbing Great Whernside. It was a great walk on a lovely sunny day. The decision to follow the Nidd down from its actual source, rather than take a path above it was a mistake: tussocks...

That’s right Dale. A gar has a lot of teeth. All yours.

Cushion - a subatomic particle on the edge of a snooker table

The author Peter Wright in ‘The Cheshire Chat’ contended that Alsager was pronounced “Aujor“ by locals. Whether this is true or not, Appletreewick in North Yorkshire is definitely shortened to ”Aptrick” in speech.

Clue 2: it’s mostly served by Northern trains.

Clue: The part of the clue that refers to an American fish is not cryptic. It is the name of a rather scary-looking denizen of freshwater swamps.

Almost!

Whereas Penrhosgarnedd is home to Bangor’s major hospital, Stepping Hill is the location of Stockport’s.

Can I have a go? American fish just misses out on medals at this station, we hear

The best announcements at Leeds are definitely in the Gents next to M and S. Clear voice in an enclosed space, and nobody is talking to each other!

Thanks for your observations, @John Webb The line of the railway on the map seems quite distinct in the Scar House area, and I was surprised it hadn’t been used as a footpath as similar disused tracks have. Perhaps it’s overgrown? This Sunday I could walk from Kettlewell over Great Whernside...