Just in case anybody is interested as to the outcome of this saga, this is what happened.
One cooling fan had siezed and blown the 60 amp fuse, this had cut the supply to the second fan which cools the air con condenser. With no cooling, in the very hot weather, this resulted in both the water and the air con system overheating. I managed to get a replacement unit from Find-a-Part (one fan siezed, same one as on mine!) and my friendly local garage made up a working unit. So I am back on the road although with no air con, I have not bothered to test and refill this since I think, regretfully, that this might be the end for the car. Spares are becoming difficult to source and scrapyard parts are, probably, now as old as the car anyway.
This is the best car I have ever had and ever likely to have. For the first 11 years the only things that went wrong were the interior mirror came off in my hand and the sun visor hold went floppy. Still on original engine, clutch, starter, alternator etc.
Yours sadly...
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