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  1. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    Hores drawn bus badges no longer needed in 1929
     
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  2. yorkshirehornet

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    Ceremonially dumped whilst a policeman saluted
     
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  3. colognehornet

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    That's it Yorkie - horse drawn buses (as opposed to ''Hores drawn buses'' <laugh>). Apparently they had a cache of 60,000 of them left over and the Museums didn't want them, and collectors had enough. So they were ceremonially dropped into the thames - one lone policemen saluted their demise and the end of a tradition which once filled London's streets - the last operative one was in 1914 but they couldn't compete with the motorised version and the poor horses were wanted for the war effort. Over to you.
     
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    All yours Yorkie :biggrin:
     
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    cheers....

    who scored 27- 3
     
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  6. yorkshirehornet

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    battle of words????
     
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    no guessers?

    Topical
     
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    Is it a rugby score ie. somebody scored 27 points and 3 tries eg. France against Uruguay ?
     
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    Three letter word score in scrabble?
     
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  10. yorkshirehornet

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    No... this is political
     
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    Was it the final score in this year's Westminster Cocaine Sniffing Championship final - Michael Gove beat David Warburton 27 lines to 3?
     
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    Number of dog attack victims in the White House ? Joe Biden's favourite ''Commander'' is beating his nearest competitor with 27 victims to 3 ? <doh>
     
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  13. yorkshirehornet

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    No.... but current this week....and was on the bbc news site
     
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  14. yorkshirehornet

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    A vote of some description ? There are 30 members of NATO, so I guess 27 were in favour and 3 against - could it be on the question of possible new members such as Sweden or Ukraine ?
     
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  16. yorkshirehornet

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    Good try...but..............
    No..... a party political UK thing
     
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    Political party
     
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    This was news item 5 days ago ..who was he knocking might be another clue
     
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