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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 29, 2019 15:42:22 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 29, 2019 15:49:17 GMT
The NAAFI van - And the Constabulary van - This the roof from one of the massive old workshops - A lovely lady - and an old picture - Lots of steam next!
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 29, 2019 16:34:05 GMT
I hope they weren't still using those vehicles in 1984.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 29, 2019 17:09:51 GMT
So interesting, Mick! As this was open day & you say some of the vessels are permanently moored, does that mean that some older ones were moved there for the occasion? Is Chatham Dockyards open for anything when it's not open day?
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 29, 2019 17:21:02 GMT
This was a once a year day with all the displays but otherwise it is open as a static museum for much of the year. Actually it was called the festival of steam and transport.
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Post by mich64 on Jan 29, 2019 19:00:24 GMT
My kind of day Mick, I would have enjoyed this very much!
We missed an opportunity to tour the shipyard in Belfast, on our last holiday, but did walk by the yards to see the massive H&W (Harland & Wolff) gantry cranes, Samson and Goliath, so I can appreciate a visit here. We also visited the Riverside Museum in Glasgow and toured the Tall Ship that is docked there. I marvel at the technology from that period of history.
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Post by mossie on Jan 29, 2019 19:32:30 GMT
Good to see the old NAAFI van, where people used to queue up for 'char and wads'. Tea and sandwiches to you. The van would tour the camp at set times and had regular stopping places so people could get their break.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 30, 2019 15:02:23 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 30, 2019 15:08:47 GMT
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Post by mossie on Jan 30, 2019 17:29:01 GMT
What a wonderful assortment of 'punks'. And can I have that model traction engine, I remember working withe the thresher behind one of those, with the wonderful unguarded belt which came off and lolloped out of the yard. Good old days. Elfin safety not invented then.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 31, 2019 1:14:39 GMT
That belt could have taken out an eye, or worse!
The steam vehicles look very quaint now, but they must have been marvels of modernity in their time.
More power to the steam punks for their dedication to their niche art form. Some of those women have bare shoulders in that cold!
What is the building with the wrap-around staircase?
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 31, 2019 7:21:07 GMT
That belt could have taken out an eye, or worse! The steam vehicles look very quaint now, but they must have been marvels of modernity in their time. More power to the steam punks for their dedication to their niche art form. Some of those women have bare shoulders in that cold! What is the building with the wrap-around staircase? Do you mean the helter skelter? The girl with the big purple dragon on her back could make the wings flap btw.
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Post by mossie on Jan 31, 2019 8:22:39 GMT
Are you sure you didn’t try to make her wings flap.
Steam engines can deliver full power at very low revs, unlike petrol or diesel which need plenty of revs for power. That has considerable advantages in some situations
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 31, 2019 15:03:38 GMT
The plot thickens. You have not presented your costume yet, Mick.
It is always fascinating to think about the invention of steam engines. We all grew up basically knowing how they operate, but try to imagine earlier days when people observed the steam coming out of a kettle or the pot lids rattling energetically on the stove and thinking "there must be something that you can do with this!"
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Post by lagatta on Feb 1, 2019 17:37:37 GMT
I suppose civilians are allowed to wear antique uniform if it could not be mistaken for anything now in use? I'd love to see that. As you know, many towns in the "New World" are named for places in the UK and continental Europe, and there is a Chatham in Ontario - Chatham-Kent now, that is actually a bit larger than the original Chatham: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham-Kent Like many places such as Cambridge or Birmingham (in the US) it was named due to a similar economic vocation.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 1, 2019 23:47:38 GMT
Do you mean the helter skelter? I dunno. What's a helter skelter? This is the building I mean:
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 2, 2019 8:24:29 GMT
I’m surprised you’ve never heard it. Perhaps it’s peculiar to GB. It’s a fairground attraction with a spiral slide. Great fun. Climb to the top them come down the slide.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 3, 2019 6:08:16 GMT
I think we outlanders have always seen photos of them but never knew the name except in the Beatles' song.
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