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pjc50
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When British Railways deliberately crashed a train
This was the idea of the CEGB press officer, a certain Terry Pratchett. (see his autobiography for source)
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I feel like I was shown the event in a public service broadcast type documentary at school. Sticks in the memory. Along with the nuke Sheffield film, which didn't seem too much off a loss to us southerners at the time!
piltdownman
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GNU Terry Pratchett.
Still surprising me with his insight and intellect years after he joined the Clacks overhead.
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