But what was Northern meant to do, bearing in mind that the Class 142s and '144s' had to soldier on in service beyond their planned withdrawal dates, due to the late delivery of cascaded trains and the late entry into traffic of the £500m, 101-strong order of CAF multiple units?

Those noisy children are driving me up the wall.

... the mechanic who tidied up after the Krays, took care of business while the Twins were fannying around the clubland circuit.

Naturally the forms of traction occupy Mr. [Geoffrey] Freeman Allen much of his time and he sits on no fence here; he is an electrifier, with good reasons advanced—more power to his elbow.