Watching an episode of the TV show Not Going Out, a detail caught my eye.
It seems one of the children in the sitcom attends Melbridge Park Academy. That's odd, because Melbridge doesn't actually exist. We have built several layouts with the name, but pinched it from the 1942 film, Random Harvest.
At the time, we were struggling to invent a town name, and Melbridge was convincing, and certainly better than anything we could come up with. Try it for yourself - it's harder than you think.
So, how come the TV people used Melbridge? I'm assuming they also nicked it from the film, or perhaps there is a railway modeller on the production team?