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Old 24th Sep 2023, 02:22
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Originally Posted by Asturias56
And the British have the Corps of Naval Constructors in that industrial powerhouse of Bath.........................
Things don't always go where logic would dictate
The Army's vehicle design folks based in Aldershot but their vehicle testing grounds all in Yorkshire
And the RM based in Plymouth but their then wartime role was to stiffen Norway's northern flank

This was the subject of a particularly brilliant Yes, Prime Minister episode "Man Overboard" (Series 2 Episode 1, broadcast 3rd December 1987 according to Wikipedia)
I knew somebody in BBC middle management at the time, and they said this was based on an actual government proposal, which was sunk by giving it to the Yes, Prime Minister writers as a script concept
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