I must find a decent biog of him - I seem to have one of most of the others. (View Post)

THat didn't go to Manc ... save that for the Northern Powerhouse Railway. Er ... sorry, see the problem. (View Post)

You do need to check if it is second or fourth declension. It's second declension, so the plural is phalli, not phallus. (View Post)

Make it Stephenson G and John Locke *together*. They did the Grand Junction Railway (Brum to L&M). Smeaton was a canal chappie wasn't he? (View Post)

No grass here at Maison Carnyx - all given over to flowers for the bees and insects. So no idea what I say! (View Post)