Odd factoids

[classic33]

Reg Varney used the first ATM on this day in 1967, Barclays Bank, Enfield.

 

[Seevio]

Although Kieran Trippier was selected for the current England squad ahead of Robert Trippy, he only got his place because David Trippiest was injured.

 

[Drago]

Reg Varney was hardly ever actually on the buses, and not at all after Series I. From series II onwards a stunt double takes is place, and the lines are dubbed with the voice of Jack Smethurst.

 

[Threevok]

Reg Varney didn't actually like double deckers and was more of a Twix man

 

[classic33]

Beause he never had a break, he never had a KitKat either.

 

[Threevok]

Sellafield is the only place in the world you can buy a six finger KitKat

 

[Tim Hall]

A special kind of adhesive tape is used to repair the cracks in the radioactive waste stores in Cumbria.

It's called Sellatape.

 

[david k]

A special kind of adhesive tape is used to repair the cracks in the radioactive waste stores in Cumbria.

It's called Sellatape.

Sellatape is actually grown in fields........they call them sellafields

 

[Jenkins]

Sellatape is actually grown in fields........they call them sellafields

Sellafields are usually found on open moorland and the farmers have to consult a windscale to check if it is calm enough to harvest the sellatape.

Note: edited to show the correct last word - autocorrect on the phone not noticed

 

[Tim Hall]

The intermediate lines on the windscale are called Hinkley Points.

 

[Drago]

Nuclear industry workers who leak secrets to the Russians are sent to Dungeoness.

 

[KEEF]

Lady Dungeoness was my first tutor in corrective therapy

 

[Tim Hall]

The sealant used to prepare the walls of nuclear power stations before hanging wallpaper is found in special holes in the ground called Sizewells.

 

[david k]

Sellafields are usually found on open moorland and the farmers have to consult a windscale to check if it is calm enough to harvest the sellatape.

Note: edited to show the correct last word - autocorrect on the phone not noticed

Some specialist plants are grown above and below ground at the same time, this is then double sided

 

[Threevok]

All waste produced in Welsh Nuclear Power stations is Boyo-Degradable