....and so to conclude, dazzlenation...all i can glean so far...is that it had been a 'sticky number with lamp'....see previous posts.....go figure:

第53話　パーシーのマフラー　A Scarf for Percy　きかんしゃトーマス - YouTube

oh and robert webb had been helping lisa, at the time...she had nicknamed him 'the grey trousers'....remember 'oxford bags', as we used to call them...because he had been quite fond of them, at the time:

Lyst -> MATCHESFASHION

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a bit 'david bowie', in a way....alternately, a bit 'clown on stilts' as lisa was to put it: