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Barber Poles.In the olden days barbers were surgeons as well as hair cutters, and one of their chief occupations was that of blood. letting, a means of cure much indulged in by the good folks of a century or two ago. In this operation the patient grasped a small pole for the purpose of making his arm tense, in order that the incision in the arm might be more effective. When this pole was not in use it was set up in the window, entwined with fresh bandage of cloth to be used for wrapping about the arm after the next operation. This served the purpose of a sign to the public and after a while, instead of using the actual pole and bandage for advertising his business, the barber contented himself with a representation of the by putting up at his door a red pole encircled with a spiral stripe of white paint and surmounted with the design of a basin.

Patrick O'Connor's second book about Ardrossan in the 1930s appears to have been dedicated to Robert Service, I know Marmalade isn't the same as Malamute. But that top image is what's on an otherwise blank page before the index. Robert Service - Bard of the Yukon

The plane Concorde was chosen as, in both French and English (as "Concord"), the word means agreement. The plane was to be called Concorde in both France and Britain. However British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, decided to remove the "e" from the end, as he was annoyed that his French counterpart, Charles de Gaulle, cancelled a meeting with him due to having a cold. The British government's Minister for Technology, Tony Benn, later replaced it, claiming that the "e" stood for Excellence, "ENGLAND" Europe and the Entente Cordial.

Tony Benn- Upset the Welsh, Scots and Irish for that.