junglejames
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On some obscure satellite channel (or possibly channel 5) a couple of years back was a programme about top ten bridges in the world or something similar, and I was shocked beyond humour when the (not first placed) Forth Bridge was apparently "...providing a vital link between Edinburgh and Glasgow".
Words really fail me. I was nearly offended enough to complain to the producers!
Id have complained that it wasnt 1st.
Dont worry, somebody on their online 'blog' diary, once described flying over the Forth Bridge, and described it as being a replacement to the ill fated original Tay Bridge!! You couldnt make that up if you tried! He did say he would change it once id corrected him, but the gaff is still sitting there for all to read to this day!
He also called it the 'Forth Railway Bridge'. Oh that is a pet hate of mine! The word railway does not appear in the name of the bridge!!