That lighthouse story was allegedly the inspiration for a Doctor Who story back in the seventies. IIRC it was called The Horror of Fang Rock.
Another lighthouse story, which is not a disappearance, but bizarre none the less, is that of the Smalls Light. Search for Howell and Griffith on the Smalls Light.
Yield Right Of Way seems far too wordy. The British "Give Way" says it better and more briefly. Brevity is not only the soul of wit, but important in a road sign.
Never seen one with multiple rainbow effects (presumably created by building a colour image from multiple exposures)I have, however, seen several planes in flight on Google maps. By far the coolest was a Lancaster bomber.
Only one RAF? Surely you remember the Red Army Faction.
Seriously though there have been several Royal Air Forces around the world over the years. Remember there isn't a single royal family in the world, although Victoria did her best to make it so.
I'd never heard of George until a week ago when he cropped up on Wallace and Grommit's World of Invention. Now he's everywhere. In the early films it appears George is controlled by a morse key. Clever.
Popular music evolves gradually so there's no such thing as the first Rock and Roll song. Anybody who thinks you can define such a thing is a sad academic who does not actually appreciate popular music for what it is.
The original traditional kilt is much longer than the modern ceremonial kilt. Accidental exposure is, therefore, much less likely when wearing a proper kilt than the silly modern thing.
"The reason the british did not build the railway when they first surveyed it was because of the predicted cost, not in money, but in human lives. The report stated that too many workers would die."
That sort of thing never stopped the British government on civil engineering projects in Britain. It certainly didn't stop them in other foreign countries. The loss of life on these projects was seen largely as a financial impediment. It matters not whether you are talking about native labourers in foreign countries or Irish navvies in Britain itself, the attitude to their loss was only concern as to the impact on the project.
Cluck, after the battle of Britain Hitler called off his plans to invade Britain. Even so without that particular item of knowledge it's still pretty clear that an invasion of the US would be almost impossible.
The commitment of equipment and manpower to achieve such a thing would have been enormous and given that the Germans were already heavilly comitted on multiple other fronts it would have been clear to anybody in military intelligence that such an invasion was not going to happen.
By 1942 it was clear that the Germans did not have the wherewithal to invade Britain. Who on earth thought they could invade the USA? Unless, of course, it was just FUD to drum up support for the war.
Oh and @GailPink if you don't know what a dalek is then a more apt question may be; where have you been for the last 47 years?
Another lighthouse story, which is not a disappearance, but bizarre none the less, is that of the Smalls Light. Search for Howell and Griffith on the Smalls Light.
(a) Who cares?
and
(b) Get a life.
Seriously though there have been several Royal Air Forces around the world over the years. Remember there isn't a single royal family in the world, although Victoria did her best to make it so.
That sort of thing never stopped the British government on civil engineering projects in Britain. It certainly didn't stop them in other foreign countries. The loss of life on these projects was seen largely as a financial impediment. It matters not whether you are talking about native labourers in foreign countries or Irish navvies in Britain itself, the attitude to their loss was only concern as to the impact on the project.
The commitment of equipment and manpower to achieve such a thing would have been enormous and given that the Germans were already heavilly comitted on multiple other fronts it would have been clear to anybody in military intelligence that such an invasion was not going to happen.