Strange how word spreads. NSS has received a letter from Blackpool Pleasure Beach (BPB) boasting that their Alice in Wonderland ride is clad in real Portland stone.

BPB managing director Geoffrey Thompson writes: The whole south portico affair appears to be a travesty administered by a Mock Turtle. Somebody somewhere should be crying \'off with their heads\'. I\'m pleased to say that at Blackpool Pleasure Beach we are justifiably proud of our Portland stone facade.