Those tiny birds are hardly worth the tedious pluck.

the kids went on all the rides

Larry's jeep was behind mine, and as I went past an intersection, I saw a lot of their chaps around a dinkum super Mark VI tank — p'raps a Mark VII or VIII. I didn't have a chance for a proper dinkum look-see, what?

Maybe the authors are London-centric, as some believe? Liverpool gets tagged with a mis-placed 'Street' at one point, while the WCML is described as the main route for passengers to major cities in the Midlands and North West; Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool. No mention of southbound travel or Glasgow or Scotland. [Liverpool Street is a major rail terminus in London.]