Brian Johnston Brian Johnston Brian Alexander Johnston (24 June 1912 – 5 January 1994), nicknamed Johnners, was a British cricket commentator, author, and television presenter. He was most prominently associated with the BBC during a career which lasted from 1946 until his death in January 1994. Born at the Old Rectory, Little Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, the youngest of four children (elder siblings were Anne, Michael and Christopher). His paternal grandfather, Reginald Eden Johnston, had been Governor of the Bank of England between 1909 and 1911. The World War II airborne division commander Frederick 'Boy' Browning was his first cousin. On 27 August 1922,
British Rail Class 81 having been wrecked in the Hixon rail crash of January 1968. Under the TOPS system, twenty-two examples were reclassified as class 81 and numbered 81001 - 81022. Over the years examples of this class were withdrawn from service. The final examples were used for the transfer of empty coaches between and Willesden sidings between 1989 and 1991. The last two examples withdrawn from service were 81012 and 81017. The majority of the class were scrapped at Coopers Metals in Sheffield. One example, 81002, has been preserved by the AC Locomotive Group, located at Barrow Hill Engine Shed. British Rail Class