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    “Better than average” Wetherspoons

    As part of my trip to Blackpool we travelled on the Tram for a guided tour of Fleetwood. We visited the Wetherspoons, apart from one man who decided that he wanted to be a Billy No Mates and visit another Pub in the Good Pub Guide. I said you can see why I am now a former CAMRA member and nearly...
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    GWR Waterloo and Euston

    I saw a GWR train at Euston on Friday. Looking at the people standing around and on the train, it appeared to be a staff excursion.
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    Dangerous boarding procedures at Euston

    On leaving Euston my train had the announcement of the platform 15 minutes before departure. The information about the next train to a destination does appear about a minute before. On returning, following my nose to the Gents. I had to shuffle behind a train load heading towards a Manchester...
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    Euston station toilets in a disgusting state

    I and a number of men were once in agreement that confirmation of requiring a new pair of shoes, is when visiting a flooded Gents toilet.
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    Dangerous boarding procedures at Euston

    I will be using Euston on Monday to go to Blackpool North. If I had not been before all this talk and the talk about the Gents would get me worried. Similarly previous talk about the reception waiting at Blackpool North. In another situation I had to join a queue awaiting doors opening to grab...
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    BT Tower being sold off to US hotel chain!

    In a BBC article it stated that the restaurant was bombed by the IRA. In fact the bombers were The Angry Brigade. In any case the IRA was superceeded by The Provisional IRA.
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    What exactly did Thatcher do?

    I had the pleasure of being in the same place as Margaret Thatcher, when she was leader of the opposition, I was at a fete that she was due to open. It was organised by the local Conservative club. She gave a speech that went on and on and was being relayed by loudspeaker, so you could not...
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    Conscription.

    The UK found out that they were no longer a world power back at the time of the Suez crisis.
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    “Anti-social behaviour”

    Recently speaking to two men who I will not be meeting at a place in the future for the reason that they are banned. They maintain that they did nothing wrong. I wonder how many holders of these orders are unable to take in that their actions are unacceptable. In the cases above, one of them...
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    Conscription.

    Something that used to start circulating at times of conflict, Falklands, Bosnia, The Gulf Wars. Was a prank document you would send to someone which was joke call up papers. Anyone taking time to read it could see if was a joke when it advised bringing brown trousers with you.
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    Conscription.

    My Father worked in light engineering, a reserved occupation. He told me that if you volunteered and gave false details, you might last a few days and then be sent home. I have heard that former members of the International Brigade in the Spanish civil war, when volunteering in 1939 where...
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    Trains skipping stations when they are less than 5 minutes late

    I have just returned from a trip to Bournemouth. On the way down we were all chucked off at Southampton Central. The next train skipped five local stations. I thought if I was a local resident, I would not be very pleased.
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    Public Station Pianos.

    Regarding people walking around filming everwhere. Years ago, it used to be an American tourist with a camera with long lens snapping away at everyone and everything.
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    Storm Isha may affect your journey in parts of England, Scotland and Wales on Sunday 21 and Monday 22 January

    I have been cutting branches off a Buddleia which is more a small tree than a bush. It did not topple over in previous high winds, but is doing a leaning tower of Pisa impression.
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    Storm Isha may affect your journey in parts of England, Scotland and Wales on Sunday 21 and Monday 22 January

    It is starting to get breezy here in Essex. I always feel that these forecasts are accurate but actually a few hours ahead of when it is predicted. When the storm occurred that caused the damage on Jersey, I was in Scotland. Someone who lives in Lincolnshire left a day early to avoid the storm...

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