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novocaine wrote:The last machine is a lathe, milling machine.
Here it is without the people.
novocaine wrote:Second pic lools like rof Risley. I know its not but i have memory of seeing that image somewhere.
Seocnd to last looks like control room for Battersea from behind the main desk.
All of them are fascinating.
AndyT wrote:I was really intrigued by the fourth photo, the Owens Automatic Bottle Machine.
Woodbloke wrote:6th pic shows some steam locos from the RHDLR. I used to to teach at Southlands School in Romsey and many of the kids used to come in from outlying districts on the little trains, sometimes wrecking many of the carriages, which caused a lot of angst with the railway - Rob
AJB Temple wrote:Brilliant books. We do seem dumbed down today in comparison. But it's hard to compare. No 1 offspring is studying aerospace engineering and currently doing an industry placement. He's presently working on cad cam design for experimental project on layer printed spiral turbine blades for high power, high efficiency jets. Some engineering methods and build techniques that could not have been imagined in the 30's and 40's.
AndyT wrote:I wonder if your real identity isn't some sort of Stag at Bay, or even a TV antiques expert, but might actually be Lance?
Cabinetman wrote: The guy with the cap Sticking his oilcan into the end of a very complicated piece of equipment is sort of incongruous, I’m wondering what that machine actually did?
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