Philadephia; Where And Why? The cream cheese was invented by mistake in New Yoick in 1872. Its inventor was trying to make Neufchatel cheese … … and put too much cream in the mix. The name was chosen to reflect the fact that Philadelphia city was renowned for its high quality dairy produce. Now a popular product world-wide it even…
There’s an oddly shaped war memorial in Bethnal Green Gardens, the park next to my local tube station. It looks like an upside down staircase, made of what I’m assuming is wood but looks to be brick; inscribed on it are surnames. Aarons, Asser, Bailey, Baker. I’ve passed this structure a dozen times a week for nearly five years now,…
Disruption no matter how well planned is always a hot topic with rail passengers – and has been well publicised over the past 12 months with both extensive engineering works and industrial action across the network. Some impacts on passengers however cannot be planned for – as we’ve seen recently with Nuneham viaduct in Oxfordshire making headlines. The Nuneham viaduct…
It All Depends … Another cunning cartographic conceit shows vast areas of scorched earth to the east and north of Leighton Buzzard’s’ traditional housing area. We now know that the “exciting new network” is actually an exciting new reduction in service on all he traditional routes, those numbered D1, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36A and 36C, These are replaced, mostly…
Electra Commercial Vehicles has secured funding from the European Horizon 2022 framework to build a long-haul 40-tonne HGV, with a range of 800 km, as part of the Escalate Project. Escalate is a pan-European 37-member consortium from 13 countries. The project aims to advance the development of heavy vehicles of 40 tonnes and above with electric drive, including battery electric,…
Zemo Partnership’s 20th Anniversary Conference and celebration reception Zemo 20:Zero takes place on Thursday 15 June at City Hall, London. Supported by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, the event – called Zemo 20:Zero – has also been scheduled to coincide with national Clean Air Day 2023. It will review progress so far on the ‘Road to Zero’ in transport…
PLEASE NOTE : today’s blog suffered “technical difficukties” and has been split into tow with the rest to follow tomorrow – and with and explanation! And It Keeps Growing! The above cartographic concoction shows an immediate post WW2 town placed on top of a more recent map. It is this recent splurge that was servied by routes 32, 33, 34,…
Head of Planning and Scheduling A dynamic and ambitious company, Metroline is proudly serving one of the world’s busiest cities. Every day we strive to meet our customers’ expectations, be it through excellent service, a clean and presentable vehicle or simply getting you to your destination on time. We’re looking for a Head of Planning & Schedules to manage…
DP World is to directly incentivise customers to move their imported goods off the road and onto rail in a major new initiative, as part of its ambition to be the most sustainable logistics business in the UK. The company’s Modal Shift Programme is designed to increase the attractiveness of intermodal rail for customers through the use of financial incentive…
Half A Cheer For The NHS? fbb’s latest appointment for Maculae eye-stabbing was yesterday 0945 at Axminster Hospital. The letter arrived at fbb mansions yesterday at 1145! Thank fully Mrs fbb had contacted Axminster Hospital on Friday last who confirmed the unannounced appointment. Yesterday was also the second of the monthly duplicate Fellowship meetings. If this blog is inexplicably curtailed, you…