Just to let you know that this Gentleman sounds OK,but was advertising his Disco's with their Links,thus they were removed,and he has been told that he is welcome here with us,but no private advertisng is allowed on site!
Sorry if it confused you!
Cheers
For John
'Ship-shape and Bristol fashion' is actually two phrases merged into one. Ship-shape came first and has been used since the 17th century. It is recorded in Sir Henry Manwayring's The sea-mans dictionary, 1644:
"It [the rake] being of no use for the Ship, but only for to make her Ship shapen, as they call it."
Bristol fashion was added later and is first seen in print during Bristol's heyday as a trading port, in the early 19th century. For example, this extract from John Davis' Travels of four years and a half in the United States of America, 1803:
...says I to the girl, "this is neither ship-shape, nor Bristol fashion."
From Wikpedia!??
: Origin
From the reputation the port of Bristol had for preparing ships for sail in good order.
Bristol: Ship-shape and Bristol fashion means that everything is neat and tidy. This saying comes from two aspects of the old Bristol docks in the days before the Floating Harbour was established in the 1830s. Bristol had, and still has, one of the largest differences of water level between ebb and flood in the World, something like 10 metres. At low tide ships in the harbour, if not really properly constructed and laden, would either break their backs or their cargoes would shift. Because of this, Bristol ships were always first class in these respects, hence the saying. The Floating Harbour was constructed by Brunel in order to overcome the tide problem.
Another good explanation
I saw this on't Telly las' nite!
Because Bristol has the highest raise and drop of water in the country, all of the things inside the ship had to be locked in cupboards and tied down so it did not break or fly out when the waters went down so rapidly. When the waters did go down, the boats would often fall over on their keels. So everything inside had to be neatly stowed away, all 'ship shape and Bristol fashion'.
