You hear that there has been a train crash and naturally you rush to the scene but find out that there is no railway line within a mile of the location you have been given.
One of you is super fast so he goes and checks and is back in 2 seconds. No rail incident anywhere.
You look at the road you are standing on and coincidentally you have been along that road before. Frequently. But the road surface and markings are all wrong -you look around and can't see the old 16th century road toll booth -it can't have been moved as it was listed as an historical monument.
You look at one another -you are both puzzled. There is a noise coming from the sky and you ;look upward until a large passenger aircraft6 flies over. It's a Boeing 777. It's a jet. But all passenger aircraft are propeller driven. You quickly move to the side of the road as a car horn sounds and what drives past you do not recognise. You are familiar with the latest new cars - the Jaguar 2.4 saloon, the MG A-type, and the Ford Anglia; the best of 1955.
One of you notices a discarded newspaper. 6th June 2025. You are 70 years in the future.
The flash of lightning was an unusual almost ultraviolet colour and it jolts both of you iout of the conversation. You look around and you are no longer outside Special Globe Guard HQ.
You look at one another confused. There is the strong smell of coal fires as smoke bellows out of chimney pots. Across the road you see a postman dressed in full Royal Mail uniform looking new but decades out of date.
You look behind you. You are standing outside a hotel-bar. You smirk when you see a price list: beer 9d...glass of whisky 6/- 6d...a fish and chip dinner 1/- 6d....
You shrug and scratch your head just as your friend pulls you out of the road as an Austin A30 rolls by. Looking up into the sky you see a Vickers Viscount fly across the sky and into clouds.
This is not right. Where are you?
A policeman appears and walks in your direction giving you a stern look. As he gets closer you ask: "Excuse me officer -can you tell us where we are?" He looks your companion up and down and speaks: "I am a police constable not an officer. Are you a Teddy Boy?"
As you are trying to work out your response a school boy on a newspaper delivery round walks past and you see the headline and more importantly the date June 1955 and a crash at Le Mans has killed 83 and injured 100.