Out of the Question Finish:Single SF Edge repairing a puncture

SF Edge repairing a puncture

with London visible in the distance

school hall and proposed new building

4th February 1969

as Guy Fawkes

Out of the Question Finish:Single SF Edge repairing a puncture'Out of the Question', 1872. The Butler, Mr Gladstone, considers giving notice to Britannia. She refuses to allow him to go until the Alabama Claim being pursued by America is settled. Gladstone, of course, was the Liberal Prime Minister at the time and the Alabama Claim dated back to the American Civil War. It had been prompted by the damage done to American commerce by the 'Alabama', a privateer fitted out in England. The main issue was whether