The Southern acquired them because the little Class B4 0-4-0 tanks were finding heavy modern rolling stock more and more of a handful, and at war's end the railway had nothing of suitable power but short wheelbase on its books to take their place on the more tortuous of the dock lines.

The last three Christmases have been good for retailers.

I have no idea why this works, but empirically, it works.

We were led upstairs to old-fashioned rooms with floral-counterpaned beds.