At the Newcastle end, the first intention was to erect a steel lattice tower above the platforms at Newcastle Central station, immediately over an existing telecommunications apparatus room, but planning permission for a tower of the required height could not be obtained.

Shall we decimate them? That sounds good, nice word. Remove one-tenth of the population!

At this distance, some 20 meters, she is only a dim figure in a black bombazine frock that reaches to her knees, her bare legs long and straight, a short hood of bright blonde hair keeping her face in shadow, coming up in guiches to touch her cheeks.

[T]he moorish-fly: made with the body of duskish wool; and the wings made of the blackish mail of the drake.