Weatherday: Play well

A nice mild start to the morning with some bright spells. Getting cloudier, and there will be rain through the afternoon and early evening.

Highest temperature 10deg in light to moderate southerly breezes.

On this day in 1958, Godtfred Christiansen filed a patent application for a toy building block which made the name of his father's 22-year-old wooden toy company famous around the world. The name LEGO is from a Danish phrase meaning 'play well'.

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