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OK, quick one off the top of my head, the county of Dumfriesshire, now merged into Dumfries and Galloway, sadly holds the record for Britain's worst what's?

There's two of them.....
 
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midlifecrisis said:
Worst F1 driver and politician. Johnny Dumfries and George Galloway respectively:lol:
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I looked a buying a house in Twynholm, home village of an F1 driver who's name I can't remember, Jesus what's happened to my brain?! Anyway, local pub was full of his stuff, cups and bit's if F1 cars and helmets....

That's it, bye...
 
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Wanderer said:
OK, quick one off the top of my head, the county of Dumfriesshire, now merged into Dumfries and Galloway, sadly holds the record for Britain's worst what's?

There's two of them.....
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Come on! One was early (ish) 20th Century, one later (ish).
 
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Wanderer said:
Come on! One was early (ish) 20th Century, one later (ish).
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Train crash. Quintinshill is the one. Not sure if the other.

There’s a tiny little plaque by the line. Troop train caught fire after the crash.

Although as far as we’re concerned it’s in England as it’s on my patch.
 
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Oneball said:
Train crash. Quintinshill is the one. Not sure if the other.

There’s a tiny little plaque by the line. Troop train caught fire after the crash.
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That's half right - the other is easier actually....

Was actually three trains, two head on, then one ran into the wreckage of the others. Give the troop train was sending soldiers to Gallipoli not sure which was worse....
 
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Oneball said:
Train crash. Quintinshill is the one. Not sure if the other.

There’s a tiny little plaque by the line. Troop train caught fire after the crash.

Although as far as we’re concerned it’s in England as it’s on my patch.
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That sounds like a good answer (and it's worth reading up on the Quintinshill crash if you are interested in both how an accumulation of small errors can lead to disasters, and how individuals can be lumbered with - or escape- the blame.)

I was also thinking of the Lockerbie air crash....

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MarkMas said:
That sounds like a good answer (and it's worth reading up on the Quintinshill crash if you are interested in both how an accumulation of small errors can lead to disasters, and how individualys can be lumbered with - or escape- the blame.)

I was also thinking of the Lockerbie air crash....
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Them's they! Quintinshill and Lockerbie, Britain's worst rail and air disasters respectively....

Quintinshill was not using the collar on the signal lever mainly but lots of other compounding errors too and the claim the signalman was epileptic and was in aura at the time. But basically it was the collar, if they'd used that it would never have happened. Not that anyone did anyway really - shortcuts....

So it's between Oneball and MarkMas, tie-breaker.....

What is the name of the shortest town/village/hamlet name in the UK? Clue, it's related to the above....
 
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Getting close, it's two vowels, and there's a Forest of it....MarkMas has one letter, OneTesticle has the other!
 
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Oneball said:
Ae?

Is it usually said after och?
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It is Ae, was either that or Ea, and I've been there (Ae not Ea) - did a bit of freelance work at the Barony College in Parkside nearby. Sun OS 4.1.3 y2k work. It passed despite being flagged....

Over to you OdinYablaka.....
 
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Who appeared in the film The Longest Day, both as an actor and a character but did not play themself?
 
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