They've been very strict about explosives in this country since November 5th 1605! It meant that, apart from Nov 5th celebrations, it was very difficult for civilians like the British Interplanetary Society to make "serious" rockets between the wars. All the best hardware development was therefore done by the Germans and Americans ... and we all know where that led!

There are lots of people here who dress up in GI outfits and race around in jeeps, you know. No accounting for taste!

Steve