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Bush Tucker Man:
Did anyone else see 'Made In Britain' on Tuesday 12th? (BBC2 @ 20:30)

It's the Fred Dibnah series completed not long before he died.
During the episode, he was shown on the Scammonden Bridge over the M62.
Which is a record-holder, as it's the longest single span concrete bridge in Europe.

Later in the show, as they arrived in Sheffield, they met a local historian by a Churchill Tank (WW2 vintage) positioned on a grassy knoll, which was there as a tribute to the foundries of the area that produced them for the Army.

I think the company in question was called Ransomes, who used to make steam wagons (just like the Sentinel)
The works was called; Newton & 'something'

Does anyone know where it's located?, so I can go have a look myself

Bush Tucker Man:
Found it after a mis-directed search last Sunday (Driffield day) & subsequent help from 'Range Rover Blues'

It's on a plinth of earth oon the site of the factory where they were built in WW2

For anyone interested it's located at this point

Some of the photos arein this album

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