Posted by Owen Roberts on May 17, 2012 at 15:53:09 user OwenRoberts.
In Reply to: Re: Arthur Ransome's Railways posted by Magnus Smith on May 16, 2012 at 05:44:58:
Wasn't the answer to the Bob proliferation given by Mr Whittle in CC when asked by the twins why he called the Captain of the Come Along "Bob"?
"Didn't know his name, I always calls them Bob." Perhaps AR adopted the same philosophy.
This is from memory as CC is not to hand.