MrWolf Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 The Ford Zephyrs used in the 1960s TV series Z Cars were painted a pale yellow rather than cop car white for the same reason. The white used to burn out and create too much contrast. 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 It is astounding just how much information, usually interesting, but frequently of use only in pub quizzes(and then only on rare occasions) turns up on these forums! 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 19, 2020 2 hours ago, MrWolf said: The Ford Zephyrs used in the 1960s TV series Z Cars were painted a pale yellow rather than cop car white for the same reason. The white used to burn out and create too much contrast. Although the series was set in Liverpool the outdoor scenes were shot in Basildon, outside the (then) Ford tractor factory. The cars were loaned by Fords and carried Essex registrations. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Plus ca change... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Simond said: It is astounding just how much information, usually interesting, but frequently of use only in pub quizzes(and then only on rare occasions) turns up on these forums! I've only ever been dragged into a couple of pub quizzes... (On the grounds of "he knows a lot of obscure stuff"....) But the questions generally centre upon ball sports, soap operas / TV and celebrity worship. Which left me baffled. They might as well have had my Doberman sat there as his knowledge of sticks, bones and donuts might have been more useful than the stuff I know. 3 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted December 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2020 Isn't it mandatory for Pub Quiz teams to have one oddball who knows all the weird stuff others dont and by the same token none of the stuff they do. Don 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Mikkel Posted December 20, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2020 Ah, the pub quiz. We don't have that here, much to my regret! Anyway, in spite of everything it's time to wish everyone merry christmas. May all your stock run well and all your storms be weathered. 16 5 8 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemonkey presents.... Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 And to you Mikkel be safe and stay well. 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted December 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 20, 2020 Feliz Navidad! As someone somewhere else said! I do like your picture. Keep safe, and have a good Christmas. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coal Tank Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 5 minutes ago, ChrisN said: Feliz Navidad! As someone somewhere else said! I do like your picture. Keep safe, and have a good Christmas. Feliz Navidad from España John 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middlepeak Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Glaedelig Jul Mikkel, og godt nytaar! Geraint 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted December 20, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 20, 2020 Wot e said. All the best. Bob. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted December 20, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 20, 2020 (edited) Thanks everyone. And fingers crossed for a better 2021. General strike, 1926. Naval Ratings Shunting Railway Wagons By Hand At The Southern Railway's Nine Elms Depot, London. Source: Getty Images, embedding permitted. Edited December 20, 2020 by Mikkel 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted December 20, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 20, 2020 41 minutes ago, Mikkel said: General strike, 1926. Naval Ratings Shunting Railway Wagons By Hand At The Southern Railway's Nine Elms Depot, London. Source: Getty Images, embedding permitted. Well, that's jolly interesting. That sheet was to traffic in November 1918 and is still in use in 1926. Not what I had been taught to expect. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted December 20, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 20, 2020 (edited) Actually, if you’ve got a crowbar to “unstick” the wagon, you can push one on the level with three blokes easily. Bit of acting up for the camera there. Edited December 20, 2020 by Northroader 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collett Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 On 19/12/2020 at 18:06, MrWolf said: The Ford Zephyrs used in the 1960s TV series Z Cars were painted a pale yellow rather than cop car white for the same reason. The white used to burn out and create too much contrast. Guitar manufacturers still use a colour called 'TV Yellow'. As with the cars and the white coats anything white in shot on the old black & white television cameras would 'burn out' the picture due to over exposure. Most of the well known electric guitar shapes, Fender Telecaster, Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul and the Les Paul Junior were designed in the late forties and early fifties, so white guitars on ;Ready, Steady, Go' and similar shows had to be swapped for 'TV Yellow'. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collett Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 5 hours ago, Mikkel said: Thanks everyone. And fingers crossed for a better 2021. General strike, 1926. Naval Ratings Shunting Railway Wagons By Hand At The Southern Railway's Nine Elms Depot, London. Source: Getty Images, embedding permitted. Didn't anybody there know how to work a horse? They did a lot of the shunting back then. Or did the horses go out on strike as well? Merry Christmas everyone from Tier 3 Leicester. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted December 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 21, 2020 Did they have horses in the Navy? 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schooner Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Yes, twice daily! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schooner Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 /funnymode Lovely card (or whatever) Mikkel. Thanks for all the smiles this year, for inspirational demonstrations of skill and intriguing informational tidbits alike. Have a very happy Christmas, all the best to you and yours for 2021 Schooner 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted December 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2020 In 1926 my paternal grandfather was working for a corn merchants. He voluteered to take out feed for horses. In the East End the streets were lined with protesters at any lorry passing along. Only those at the front could read the notices saying Emergency Horse Feed. He said it was terryfying and the wipers could not keep up with the spit on the windscreens. Not quite the bit of a lark that is is usually portrayed as. Don 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted December 21, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2020 Thanks again for the christmas greetings, very heart warming The 1926 General Strike clearly led to some unusual situations, not least on the railways. Here's a link to a series of photos on Getty: https://www.gettyimages.dk/photos/general-strike-1926?family=editorial&phrase="general strike" 1926&sort=mostpopular#license 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted December 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2020 18 hours ago, Mikkel said: May all your stock run well and all your storms be weathered. My first reading of that sentence saw the words 'stock' and 'storms' swapped over. I couldn't work out why or how a storm ran well. The penny dropped eventually. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to those who believe in such things. To those who don't, "Bah! Humbug!" 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted December 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 21, 2020 17 hours ago, Northroader said: Actually, if you’ve got a crowbar to “unstick” the wagon, you can push one on the level with three blokes easily. Bit of acting up for the camera there. I have managed to shift a 9f by myself with a long bar, the trick was to stop it before it ran through the shed doors. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted December 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2020 3 hours ago, Siberian Snooper said: I have managed to shift a 9f by myself with a long bar, the trick was to stop it before it ran through the shed doors. I found that whilst spur gears on the ring-field drive in the tender meant I could shift the loco by hand, they tended to act as a pretty instantaneous brake when I let go... 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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