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Calthrop

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(I loved those books. Found Roger Brook -- Wheatley's "Napoleonic James Bond" -- good fun too.)


My question: What is the linking factor concerning the following: beetle / bombardon / corncob / gooseberry / mulberry / phoenix / spud / whale ?
 

Calthrop

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D-Day it is: re the artificial landing-points -- "Mulberry Harbours" -- @Xenophon PCDGS: the other words, basically yes -- code-words for various matters associated with same.

@DaleCooper -- "D-Day", a fine and sufficient answer. Congratulations ! I appropriated this question (slightly changing the form) from a gen. knowl. quiz on another message board which I frequent -- people on there, had a terrible time with it: many and varied suggestions, before answer finally achieved (I'd heard of Mulberry Harbours, but the other stuff meant nothing to me).

DC -- your go.
 

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D-Day it is: re the artificial landing-points -- "Mulberry Harbours" -- @Xenophon PCDGS: the other words, basically yes -- code-words for various matters associated with same.

@DaleCooper -- "D-Day", a fine and sufficient answer. Congratulations ! I appropriated this question (slightly changing the form) from a gen. knowl. quiz on another message board which I frequent -- people on there, had a terrible time with it: many and varied suggestions, before answer finally achieved (I'd heard of Mulberry Harbours, but the other stuff meant nothing to me).

DC -- your go.
Don't forget Pluto (Pipeline Under the Ocean).

Next question:

What would you find in a clowder?
 

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Thank you.
In the late 60s/early 70s West Ham had two players who were to become fathers of arguably two better players.
Who were the fathers and sons?
 

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