Late medieval bridge in Ayrshire, Scotland, best known as the setting for the final verse of Robert Burns's poem Tam o' Shanter.
British Gas Traction Company
Incorporated on 13 July 1896 to operate gas-powered trams, which it worked initially on the Blackpool, St. Annes and Lytham tramway, the first such tramway in Britain.
British Premonitions Bureau
Organisation set up by the psychiatrist John Barker in 1966 in the wake of the Aberfan disaster. Its aim was to collect premonitions from members of the public in the hope of being able to issue warnings about similar tragedies in the future.
British schools
Establishments offering education to the children of Nonconformist parents, initially run by a single teacher using the monitorial system.
Broadspeed GT 2+2
The Broadspeed GT 2+2 is a Mini-based fastback-styled motor vehicle designed by Tony Bloor, Broadspeed’s sales manager.
Brochan Lom
Scottish Gaelic nonsense song about porridge.
Brocken spectre
Optical illusion in which the apparently greatly magnified shadow of an observer, when projected onto a surrounding mist, interferes with the observer's depth perception.
Brown Lady of Raynham Hall
Ghost said to haunt Raynham Hall in Norfolk, and the subject of perhaps the most famous ghost photograph ever taken.
Bubble Act 1720
An Act of the Parliament of Great Britain to prohibit the formation of new joint-stock companies unless approved by royal charter.
Buckland B3
Three-wheeler car designed and built by Dick Buckland from 1985 until 1999.
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