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    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    Welcome to my world! :rolleyes:
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    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    and "Thompson Local" directories?
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    The "And in other news..." thread

    and now bananas....... BBC News 1740078555 20/2/25:- New scorpion wrangling club holds first meeting BBC News - Kent
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    BBC News - Manchester-Liverpool rail line closed after Salford car crash - 07/02

    BBC News - England
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    The "And in other news..." thread

    Crochet Feathers McGraw postbox topper 'stolen' BBC News, Derbyshire
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    I know that was Chuck Yeager, in the 1940s?
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Like Paul above, I remember the name, so will go altitude record? (but reckon it's wrong due to the US X planes!)
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    Chiltern Railways recovers over £1 million in unpaid fares

    BBC News, West Midlands It's unclear what proportion this represents of the total lost fare income. Are Chiltern more proactive in recovering lost income though settlement rather than prosecution? {Posted here on advice from Hadders, feel free to move if appropriate}
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Cameroon?
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Brazil?
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    England?
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    The "And in other news..." thread

    Dog locks locksmith out of his van BBC News - Norfolk
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    City of Edinburgh?
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Deputising for Samantha on I'm sorry I haven't a clue?
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    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    Traffic lights with "Stop" on the red lenses, and controlled by rubber pads set into the road surface.
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    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    Remember seeing them at football matches back in the sixties, lined up behind the touch lines. Powered by the Norton Villiers 200cc motor bike engine. They were fitted with a second contact breaker (remember them?) to run the engine backwards to reverse.
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    Low pressure sox lighting

    Probably those cables are 'private' cables ie highway authority owned, rather than individual columns being connected directly to the mains supply network. Likely that a whole street of lights being controlled by one 'master' light column.
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    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    BMW Isetta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isetta. My elder brother had one, and indeed reverse could be blanked off for licence requirements of the day (3 wheeler able to be driven on motorbike licence); other 3 wheelers were available too....
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    Word or spelling errors which frequently crop up on social media posts (Trivia)

    and again from the BBC:- Ski lift collapse in Spain injures at least 30 people
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    Word or spelling errors which frequently crop up on social media posts (Trivia)

    Yes! Especially its/it's, which even the BBC can't get it right a lot of the time'

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