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DeeGee Jul 2022 2:41pm, 12 Jul 2022 22,051 posts	Quote Pin DeeGee Menzies Aviation, who provide fuelling and ground handling services at many UK airports, are a continuation of the same John Menzies plc who used to sell me comics and records as a child from their store on Week Street in Maidstone.
GregP Jul 2022 2:43pm, 12 Jul 2022 136,981 posts	Quote Pin GregP The 'not-WHSmith' people who I'm told are actually pronounced Ming-geez? Wow. Good one.
swittle Jul 2022 5:36pm, 12 Jul 2022 88,491 posts	Quote Pin swittle The 'not-WHSmith' people who I'm told are actually pronounced Ming-geez? Wow. Good one The letter 'yogh' in Middle English became indistinguishable from the letter 'tailed z', when written similarly to a modern numeral, '3'. Hence, "... Lowland Scots words have a z in place of a yogh—the common surname MacKenzie was originally written MacKenȝie (pronounced makenyie)." * Taken from en.wikipedia.org And more on Menzies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menzies#:~:text=The%20name%20is%20traditionally%20pronounced,the%20Scots%20language%20(Men%C8%9Dies).
swittle Jul 2022 5:39pm, 12 Jul 2022 88,492 posts	Quote Pin swittle Yikes! Bad Wikipedia! Article on Sir Menzies Campbell and how his name is said. news.bbc.co.uk
GordonG Jul 2022 10:07am, 13 Jul 2022 9,153 posts	Quote Pin GordonG that you can take an EMPTY water bottle or flask through airport security, then fill it up for free using drinking water fountains on the other side moneysavingexpert.com
Fields Jul 2022 10:13am, 13 Jul 2022 5,436 posts	Quote Pin Fields [Just be aware of some airports where they have additional security at the gateline]
Mushroom Jul 2022 10:18am, 13 Jul 2022 2,424 posts	Quote Pin Mushroom [We've been doing that for years GordonG. It's worth checking out the airport info in advance as to the location of the water fountains. They are not always so obvious!]
GregP Jul 2022 10:25am, 13 Jul 2022 136,998 posts	Quote Pin GregP [that's a trick you can't pull at the Stratford velodrome - at least you couldn't last time I went which was 2019]
Fields Jul 2022 10:29am, 13 Jul 2022 5,437 posts	Quote Pin Fields Refill app has an idea where water fountains are. Usually Pret a good bet
Nicholls595 Jul 2022 10:41am, 13 Jul 2022 29,168 posts	Quote Pin Nicholls595 Polzeath in Cornwall* introduced a refill scheme, with various taps and fountains dotted around the village. It was stopped during Covid, be interested to see if it's started up again.** We still have the branded metal bottles we got from the Marine Conservation Centre. * Where we go on our holibobs ** 31 sleeps