Purely as asides by now, but ... I was walking on the moors near Ramsbottom (no, that is a town north of Manchester) yesterday, and climbed the Peel Tower, a local monument. In spite of lots of haze, the dish at Jodrell Bank was visible at a range of 48 miles.

The best reference to J. Arthur Rank I have heard was a quote from Kenneth Williams in the film, "Carry on up the Khyber". As a slave announces visitors to an Indian palace by banging a gong, Kenneth says, "I wish he wouldn't keep doing that. Rank stupidity !"

I regret that I once worked for Barclays Bank. Their association with self-abuse is nothing to do with rhyming slang, in my opinion.