Museums at night at Internal Fire.

Gentlemen,

The pictures are here

Don't think I can claim to have to have been particularly useful - more mesmerised by the array of delights set out before me! Hopefully I at least added to the scenery with my finest impression of a neckerchiefed rustic and the 1cwt of receiver, B40 I lumbered Paul with will be of some use in the museum's radio room.

Certainly agree with Martin about the warm welcome - I'll be back!

NHH

In message , NHH writes

I must (a) get to Internal Fire again somewhen, and (b) try to get a contact with the radio station there when it's in operation. I have a B40D here, and it's very good at stopping my radio room workbench floating up to the ceiling :-)

Likewise, as soon as I can find a new source of income...

Hi Martin

Just had a quick look at your photos and in oarticular

would that be a master clock for an impulse clock system? Looks like one - do they have it working and driving some slave clocks?

regards

Dudley

Hi Dudley, Yes it is a Post Office Master Clock. It is currently under test, but they have several slave clocks that will be run off it in due course.

Regards Dan

Hi Dudley, Yes it is a Post Office Master Clock. It is currently under test, but they have several slave clocks that will be run off it in due course. Regards, Dan

Hi Dan, It takes me back many years to when maintaining about 6 of them was part of my job as a GPO technical officer. There were several types but the master clock I maintained (36 type4) had a seperate solonoid that operated once a day to a pulse by landline from Grenwich. This corrected any small errors in my setting up. Is this the side solonoid I see in your picture?

Dudley,

I think your answer has been answered by my good friend Mr Howden :-)).

Nice pics, did you vignette 29 electronically or was it a happy chance of the lighting conditions? I seem to have pretty much escaped the attentions of your soul stealer, but I guess the horrible truth will come out if what I heared described as the "care in the community shot" taken at the end of the evening ever sees the light of day!

As you probably gathered, I was very much taken with all the 'proper' exhibits, but there is a special place in my heart for that in the last two shots which I shall continue to refer to as the bogshed (those sharing my taste for John Peel's radio show in the 80's may understand)

- are plans available Dan?

NHH

Dear Marje,

I just spoke to my wife at work to ask if she wanted me to send a link to the pics, and the first thing she said was "is Dan Howden in any of them?". Should I be concerned?

Yours worried,

Rusty Nuts (W. London)

How dare you :-)) not one of the pictures was digitally altered, they were all down to the skill and precision of the idiot holding the camera.

Mart>> Gentlemen,

The Lister Pump Shed (Hall 809) is based on a typical farm pump installation. There is still one about two fields away from Internal Fire with a Lister pump in it. A quick tour around any rural location should produce a template for an agricultural wriggly tin shed, there are several around me from which I drew ideas. The exhibit at the museum is built on a standard pallet, which gives a firm base and means it can be moved around easily. The museum plans to take it to the 1000 engine, and who knows, there may be lots around next year :-)

Regards Dan

I was thinking Fuller & Johnson FPE

NHH

An ideal candidate :-) A pallet, simple timber frame and some second hand wriggly tin... Easy! Plus you gain space in the workshop as it can live outside ;-)

Dan

snipped-for-privacy@rhowden.fsnet.co.uk wrote (snip):

Never crossed my mind!

NHH

Nick H wrote (snip):

Oh dear - somewhere there is a village missing its idiot!