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Letter: Letters: Points about pubs

Published 9 November 1991

From ANDREW BOND

I know two pubs with scientific names. There is the Man in Space at
Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, with its ‘space-walk’ sign, and the Flying Bedstead
at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, commemorating the pioneer vertical take-off
aircraft nicknamed thus, which was developed and tested at the nearby Rolls-Royce
airfield.

Andrew Bond Bulwell Nottingham

Issue no. 1794 published 9 November 1991

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