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Tealeaf · 09-10-2003, 16:41

Hey Mik,
I thought the guy who developed Cats Eyes in the 1930's was called Percy Shaw and came from somewhere in Derbyshire.....died about 10 years back...went completely wacko with his royalties, never left his house and used to sit around watching 3 different telly's at the same time....

German, eh......and did Messersmidt invent the jet engine before Whittle? I think it all depends where you love...

I see us Brits got a share in this  years Nobel in Medicine & in Physics. No Germans, though. Shame that...

09-10-2003, 16:41	#66
Tealeaf God Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Paradise Lost Posts: 7,220 Liked: 11 times Rep Power: 4266	Re: Accrington Claim to fame Hey Mik, I thought the guy who developed Cats Eyes in the 1930's was called Percy Shaw and came from somewhere in Derbyshire.....died about 10 years back...went completely wacko with his royalties, never left his house and used to sit around watching 3 different telly's at the same time.... German, eh......and did Messersmidt invent the jet engine before Whittle? I think it all depends where you love... I see us Brits got a share in this  years Nobel in Medicine & in Physics. No Germans, though. Shame that...