In article ,
Mycroft wrote:
All Shorts were named after coastal towns & villages begining with S another
name they used was Sidestrand a small Norfolk village 6 or so miles south
of Cromer on the North sea coast.

IIRC the Sidestrand (bomber of about 1929 or so) was by Boulton &
Paul of Wolverhampton, not Shorts of Belfast, and was replaced by
the Boulton & Paul Overstrand.

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