29 September 2013

Satellite Television

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At its Foot Cray factory, Kolster-Brandes  made televisions alongside radios. Trading on its long association w...
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19 September 2013

Vélo Moto Auto

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The National Weapons Factory at Châtellerault, in the department of the Vienne, Poitou-Charentes,   was es...
14 September 2013

Steaming Sewerage

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Coleham Pumping Station was built inside-out. W.R. Renshaw, of Stoke, built on site two steam-driven Woolf beam engines in 1897/8, to pump S...
09 September 2013

ROC Post - Inside View

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As previously documented , over 1,500 underground posts were built across the UK during the 1950s, from which the Roy...
30 August 2013

Psychedelic Warlords

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40 years ago, 'cosmic rock' group Hawkwind released their live album  Space Ritual . A double LP, requiring three changes of side, t...
26 August 2013

Brymbo Iron & Steel Works

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The Brymbo Estate was bought in 1792 by John 'Iron Mad' Wilkinson , the ironmaster of Bersham, as it boasted supplies of both ir...
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17 August 2013

From Little Acorns Mighty Oaks Do Glow

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Take one chimney spinner cowl, one 11" x 11" x 15" block of solid oak, three halogen lamps, lamp fittings and vintage cabl...
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14 August 2013

Timber Movers & Shakers

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Based at what was once RAF Rednal is North Shropshire Timber, the yard of which is stacked with sawn timb...
11 August 2013

Farmer Phil's - Tanks on the Lawn

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Held each year since 1998 at Ratlinghope (pronounced "Ratchup"), 15 miles south of Shrewsbury, is Farmer Phil's Festival. ...
08 August 2013

Ekco - Rounds Three & Four

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Taking full advantage of the plastic properties of Bakelite, Ekco introduced in 1934 the first round radio, the AD65. The cabinet of this wa...
29 July 2013

Cley (No More) Next the Sea

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Cley Mill, a tower windmill, was built about 1819. It consists of five storeys, the sails originally powering two pairs of stones, increa...
21 July 2013

Taking the Chiltern Hundreds

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Watlington lies close to the ancient Icknield Way, and was likely in settlement from the sixth century. The little town was famous in ...