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@Rik_Van_Looy
@clubman, thanks for the feedback.
I'd not encountered the Pedal Club - it looks fun
re: Dawes Derailleur - I'd hoped that by fully disassembling/rebuilding I'd maximise my chance of it moving smoothly across all 3 sprockets - I've yet to achieve this (but haven't expended much effort on it either, so watch this space).
Gearing was not intentional, merely what I had in the parts bin - I do the majority of my riding on 72" fixed so the current set-up gives me a bit on either side (66/72/83 -ish) which will be of little comfort with a bike so heavy!
With that in mind, I recently picked up a 46T williams C34 for £10 on ebay. This will give a more useful spread of 59/65/73.
(I live very close to the H10/10 course so once I've got the derailleur running well I'll take it round that on the 52T before I fit the Williams).
Having assumed the BW sprockets would be 1/8" I'd planned to fit a 1/8" chain but had nothing long enough in the parts bin so I was surprised to see that the 3/32" ran so well.
Your suspicions on the jockey are probably correct as it's rather worn and probably did not see much in the way of chain replacement or lubrication in its long life! (It came from a gents town bike that my younger brother @girodibeniamino acquired in italy)