Ian Jelf ) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

There was even a view in the eighties that BHX could have effectively
become London's third airport.

We had a local minicab back from Heathrow to Chorleywood a few weeks ago,
and the driver was saying that more and more people are using Coventry. It
is, apparently, the same distance from here as both Gatwick and Stansted,
and tends to be cheaper fare, due to the traffic.