Nautical

[Steve kay]

The railway bridge has been correctly identified. The newspaper ad is interesting, and less than convicing. Shadows and perspective rather indicate a cut and paste job, older forumists might remember when that actually involved cutting and pasting. One wonders whether the background was a frame resued off the floor of the editing room for a sixties b&w crime movie, the gangsters' Lotus Elite parked for a moment whilst one of them nips into the shop to buy a gun. Now since some of us will not feel able to drive to Durham or take the kids to Barnard Castle today and will remain at home, how long will it be before the coloured version of the ad appears here on the forum, maybe accompanied by a further caption in a period font.