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JSouthworth

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Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom

It's becoming quite difficult to locate this site when searching in Microsoft Edge. Type Model Mayhem and you get a site dedicated to model boats. Today the first page I found was the one for models available in Burton Upon Trent, UK, from the name of which is derived the well known expression much used in the armed forces during WW2, "Gone for a Burton" or in full, "Gone for a Pint of Beer Brewed in Burton Upon Trent", meaning deceased.

Most of the models on this page have not logged in recently so I assume that they have gone for a Burton or more probably just stopped modelling.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/browse/mode … 80%93trent

Oct 02 23 03:00 am Link