While watching the ITV production of "Poirot" this evening, soon after the
start of the programme which was set prior to World War II, I noted that the
road over which a car was being driven down a slope close to Dover Castle
had, at its centre, double white lines. My recollection is that these were
introduced during the 1960s. Notwithstanding that, I found the story most
enjoyable.

Alaric

On 26/12/2011 23:42, Alaric wrote:
While watching the ITV production of "Poirot" this evening, soon after
the start of the programme which was set prior to World War II, I noted
that the road over which a car was being driven down a slope close to
Dover Castle had, at its centre, double white lines. My recollection is
that these were introduced during the 1960s. Notwithstanding that, I
found the story most enjoyable.

Alaric

My favourite continuity error is in Genevieve where the BBC radio
interviewer ends the interview holding a totally different style of
microphone to what he had when he started.

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Graham.

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Yes and the audio description actually worked, which is often not the case
with some channels. I had gurgling AD on five US, an bits cut off the end
of narration on the bbc.
Brian

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While watching the ITV production of "Poirot" this evening, soon after the
start of the programme which was set prior to World War II, I noted that
the road over which a car was being driven down a slope close to Dover
Castle had, at its centre, double white lines. My recollection is that
these were introduced during the 1960s. Notwithstanding that, I found the
story most enjoyable.

Alaric

In article ,
Alaric wrote:
While watching the ITV production of "Poirot" this evening, soon after
the start of the programme which was set prior to World War II, I noted
that the road over which a car was being driven down a slope close to
Dover Castle had, at its centre, double white lines. My recollection
is that these were introduced during the 1960s. Notwithstanding that, I
found the story most enjoyable.

The other very common one is the cars all having twin tail lights. One of
the few retrospective bits of car legislation introduced after WW2.

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*I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe*

Dave Plowman London SW
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On Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:42:09 -0000, "Alaric"
wrote:

While watching the ITV production of "Poirot" this evening, soon after the
start of the programme which was set prior to World War II, I noted that the
road over which a car was being driven down a slope close to Dover Castle
had, at its centre, double white lines. My recollection is that these were
introduced during the 1960s. Notwithstanding that, I found the story most
enjoyable.

Then there was the Christmas tree in Downtown Alley. Hundreds of tiny
fairy lights? I think not.

On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:51:52 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Alaric wrote:
While watching the ITV production of "Poirot" this evening, soon after
the start of the programme which was set prior to World War II, I noted
that the road over which a car was being driven down a slope close to
Dover Castle had, at its centre, double white lines. My recollection
is that these were introduced during the 1960s. Notwithstanding that, I
found the story most enjoyable.

The other very common one is the cars all having twin tail lights. One of
the few retrospective bits of car legislation introduced after WW2.

Such a pity so many still fought the law in 2011 and drive with one
out.
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%Profound_observation%

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On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:51:52 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Alaric wrote:
While watching the ITV production of "Poirot" this evening, soon after
the start of the programme which was set prior to World War II, I noted
that the road over which a car was being driven down a slope close to
Dover Castle had, at its centre, double white lines. My recollection
is that these were introduced during the 1960s. Notwithstanding that, I
found the story most enjoyable.

The other very common one is the cars all having twin tail lights. One of
the few retrospective bits of car legislation introduced after WW2.

Such a pity so many still fought the law in 2011 and drive with one
out.

Yebbut the single one was in the middle (usually also illuminating the
number plate through a bit of clear glass).

The usual conversion was to add extra lights to the rear wings so there were
three. Presumable it was OK to have _more_ than two.

--
Max Demian

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"Graham." wrote in message
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On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:51:52 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Alaric wrote:
While watching the ITV production of "Poirot" this evening, soon after
the start of the programme which was set prior to World War II, I noted
that the road over which a car was being driven down a slope close to
Dover Castle had, at its centre, double white lines. My recollection
is that these were introduced during the 1960s. Notwithstanding that, I
found the story most enjoyable.

The other very common one is the cars all having twin tail lights. One of
the few retrospective bits of car legislation introduced after WW2.

Such a pity so many still fought the law in 2011 and drive with one
out.

Yebbut the single one was in the middle (usually also illuminating the
number plate through a bit of clear glass).

The usual conversion was to add extra lights to the rear wings so there were
three. Presumable it was OK to have _more_ than two.

From 1st October 1958 IIRC.

There was an electronics surplus shop near where I went to school at the
time that must have made a killing over this - Duke's, in Romford Road,
Manor Park - whose adverts always featured in Practical Wireless and the
like.

He must have got a job lot of suitable government surplus lights dirt
cheap because he started advertising them everywhere, including the
national press. Two for 1/- plus postage ISTR ...

--

Terry

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On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:51:52 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman
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wrote:

In article ,
Alaric wrote:
While watching the ITV production of "Poirot" this
evening, soon after
the start of the programme which was set prior to World
War II, I noted
that the road over which a car was being driven down a
slope close to
Dover Castle had, at its centre, double white lines. My
recollection
is that these were introduced during the 1960s.
Notwithstanding that, I
found the story most enjoyable.



Actually the car was being driven inside Dover Castle - the
building uphill and to the right of the car used to be the NAAFI
and is now a restaurant - and it was going down the slope towards
the exit gate through the castle wall. Where it stopped on the
corner is where the traffic lights are as the gate is only single
vehicle width.

Where the car curved right around the bend out of shot to the
right is the exit from the underground tunnels - Dumpy - which
was used in another shot at nighttime. The shot of the Admiral
talking to Poirot near a fixed gun is actually near the lookout
post that can be seen from the Eastern Docks ferry terminal
sticking out above the top of the cliffs.

The best bit was Poirot looking out over the harbour alone -
which apart from the position of the breakwaters was entirely
fake.

I think the seaside bits were filmed at St Margaret's Bay just
around the corner from Dover.


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Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

In article ,
Terry Casey wrote:
The other very common one is the cars all having twin tail lights. One of
the few retrospective bits of car legislation introduced after WW2.

Such a pity so many still fought the law in 2011 and drive with one
out.

Yebbut the single one was in the middle (usually also illuminating the
number plate through a bit of clear glass).

The usual conversion was to add extra lights to the rear wings so
there were three. Presumable it was OK to have _more_ than two.

From 1st October 1958 IIRC.

Several years before that. I'd say '51 or '52. My father had a Morris
Minor which had to be converted - it did apparently have two tail lights,
but one was a dummy.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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