26-11-2021, 09:20 AM
An apologetic historian writes, one should always check dates. Whilst Royal Mail lost its monopoly on operation of mail services in 2006, the process of privatisation began in 2010, and was completed in 2014. Now, does anyone have reservations about the time of 9 minutes 28 seconds attributed to Herbert Austin for his ascent of Middle Hill on a single cylinder Wolseley in August 1905?