Bazellegette was the builder of the London sewers. He also set in train a descendant who gave us TV programmes such as "watching paint dry" or home make-overs. You ex-pompeyites must have heard of the Block Factory in Portsmouth, the worlds first automatic manufacturing plant in the worlds largest industrial site. It gave the sailing ships there thousands of blocks for hoisting every thing from a barrel of beer to a mast. Pete -----Original Message----- From: ENG-HAMPSHIRE-D-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:ENG-HAMPSHIRE-D-request@rootsweb.com] Sent: 23 August 2005 16:04 To: ENG-HAMPSHIRE-D@rootsweb.com Subject: ENG-HAMPSHIRE-D Digest V05 #111