Captain Cuttle

On 11/02/2024 at 09:44, alastairq said:

This is just like the two we feed, we call them sox and little sox. Both short hair black with yes you've guessed it white sox. The older one is going blind in one eye and very wary and very quiet but spends most of his day in a covered section of my garden railway on a mat i found for him. The other been here since he was a kitten, if you can imagine that instead of four legs he has four pogo sticks thats little sox. Meow, meow, meow,meow,meow,meow, growl,growl,growl, spit,spit,spit,spit all at the same time! So pleased to see you and devours his food with gusto, probably got worms who knows, what can you do? Our twelve year old Blue Cross rescued  long haired ginger tom Ted looking out the windows follows  little sox around the bungalow but ignores the older cat completely.

11 hours ago, alastairq said:

I'm wondering how many cars in these pix would make excellent , useful modes of low cost transport for auldfahrts today????

Worked on enough of those in 60s and 70s in various bodyshops. Most just basic reliable cars from what i remember. Maybe an exception would be the Vauxhall Victor, first british saloon to have a stick on windscreen. I worked for a main dealer and what a pain they were, lots of issues with leaks, trying to get them out with cheesewire and those oh so pretty but difficult to fit stainless window trims!  For me now just prefer our  Yaris  and Jazz and apart from a Mk 2 Golfthey  been the most reliable car we have ever had.

On 10/01/2024 at 20:10, Roy L S said:

You missed nail-bars and men's barbers off the list, they seem to have grown exponentially in town centres in recent years 🤔

And.................Tanning Parlours plus eyelash extensions!

3 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

There is a sub-forum for aircraft photos and videos, you may get more views there:

 

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/113458-for-those-who-like-aircraft-pictures/

 

 

 

I know but medication seems to have affected my memory, thanks

19 hours ago, Bon Accord said:

Depending on the shipping company used, it'd take anywhere between 6-10 weeks.

The five main players engaged in the direct Kiwi trade at the time were the New Zealand Shipping Company, Shaw Savill Line, P&O/Orient Line, Port Line and Blue Star Line.

The former three operated faster passenger ships which also had significant cargo capacity and which made the run in about 6 weeks, as well as slower cargo vessels which took a few weeks longer, whilst the latter two companies operated cargo ships.

There were other British companies involved in the NZ trade, but those were the big five.

General cargo (mostly manufactured goods) was the outward bound trade, the return was generally NZ foodstuffs such as apples, lamb, butter etc.

Hull wasn't a primary port of departure for NZ, that was usually London, Liverpool or Southampton. Before heading outbound a vessel would call at a number of ports around the UK to load prior to final departure. Voyages were usually direct with only short calls at places like Aden or Curacao for bunkers (fuel) depending on whether the route was westbound or eastbound.

Upon arrival in NZ, Auckland and Wellington would be visited first, then the South Island ports in turn, usually 2-3 weeks after Auckland. It normally took about a month to turn the ship around in NZ, i.e. discharge and then back load for home.

As is the case today, how long it takes depends on how much a shipper was prepared to pay. Cargo space on the faster passenger ships came at a premium.

 

Thank you Jim for your detailed reply. I will see what i can find out from the club.  It may well have been from Liverpool.

26 minutes ago, cctransuk said:

 

No - but that must be the most obscure enquiry that has ever been made on RMweb!

 

CJI.

Maybe more obscure if i had asked the name of the ships cat?😄

Hi,

Anyone have any idea how long would a typical voyage would take carrying five new  prototype Jowett cars and forty  tons of spares from Hull to a South Island  port of New Zealand to arrive there in October of 1954.

Regards

Its in a west facing border.

Here are a couple of photos, we bought this about twenty years ago. Not sure of soil type we are in Newton Abbot Devon.

2 hours ago, tigerburnie said:

Possibly drought stress, has it shown signs of re-growing?

No, nothing its lost all its leaves bar maybe one or two which are hanging on by a thread, shrubs either side not affected.

It hasnt died because if you cut into the shoots they are still green.

Hello,

Checking which shrubs of ours have issues and first off is a berberis which lost its leaves back in July, what has happened to it do you think?

Regards

Alan

49 minutes ago, Captain Cuttle said:

The second part of this amazing but very sad collection of classics apparently abandoned in collapsing sheds, location unknown, but its not Kent.

At 12 mins in a ZA Magnette, 13 mins in a Rover P4 75 cyclops and at 21 mins in is a Jowett Jupiter.

 

And this on YT

The second part of this amazing but very sad collection of classics apparently abandoned in collapsing sheds, location unknown, but its not Kent.

At 12 mins in a ZA Magnette, 13 mins in a Rover P4 75 cyclops and at 21 mins in is a Jowett Jupiter.

On 15/10/2022 at 20:35, stewartingram said:

Back in the early 70s I was running my 1st car, an Austin A30 (wish I still had it, ran it on a shoestring or less for 12 years, it taught me to look after it properly). One bank holiday we went to Bressingham, which was very busy, I had to go in an overflow car park on the grass. I pulled into the parking space, and wanted to reverse slightly to line up, but the car wouldn't move. So, first things first, we went to enjoy ourselves. Later on, I went to the office to borrow their phone to call the AA (no mobiles back then). They sent the local garage out with a Landrover and chain to tow me in, to his place in Scole a few miles away (and at something that seemed like breakneck speed with me about 3-4 feet behind him). He put the car on the ramp and diagnosed a broken halfshaft in the rear axle, disaster!  "leave it with me, I can get one of those" he said, "shan't be long".

15 minutes later he was back with it. Another 15 minutes and the job was done. "£4.10 shillings will cover it". I gave him a fiver.... apparently there was another A30 dumped on the corner about 1/2 mile away, been there ages.....

A fella from school in Ramsgate back in mid sixties had an A35 that he thrashed and either broke half shafts or knocked the big ends out of it. Much to his fathers disgust as he had to keep repairing it!

On 29/10/2022 at 07:52, Simond said:

if I wanted one, which I don’t, I think I’d be looking at Premier Components for a chassis, motion & motor.  
 

I’ve not looked at the wheels, but ideally you’d want to re-use them as they’re nicely painted.

Not what people who buy RTR want i am sure.

On 18/10/2022 at 20:42, The White Rabbit said:

No, there are problems across the country. In Yorkshire we have had higher than average cases this year, probably caused by the year's heat and drought stress. Our honeysuckles in particular have had a bad time.  

 

https://www.rhs.org.uk/disease/powdery-mildews may help with advice, also baking soda (a teaspoon in a quart of water) is a 'home' remedy which many have found effective, especially with large areas. 

What is the best time of the year to do that. There is so much wet weather here in Devon atm. It has spread over 100ft  from hedging 

at the front to the back of our garden. A mixture of laurel, holly and red robin. I did try with some fungal spray from B&Q but couldnt reach the top as not so agile now!

On 13/09/2022 at 11:51, cctransuk said:

 

Indeed - that name does ring a bell.

 

Glen must have amassed a huge volume of research material, judging from the information that he gave on the internet, etc. - do you know if any of it survived?

 

John Isherwood.

Sorry to hear of his passing, he was my go to guy  on all things Pullman.

On 21/09/2022 at 16:04, Hal Nail said:

Its a staggering amount of capital tied up. Given the Heljan mogul didnt really sell quickly either, I cant see any more tender locos being done in a hurry - although of course people tend to ignore obvious lessons these days so hopefully someone else wades in!

So are the wheels secured in a similar fashion across their whole steam loco range?

I dont know if climate change is a reason why a lot of our shrubs appear to be affected by powdery mildew as most are over ten years old and have succumbed this year. I always thought laurel to be pretty bullet proof but that has it as well in various areas and the red robin has a leaf curl. Will fungicide help i wonder as these are large hedges !

Alan

On 28/08/2022 at 08:06, boxbrownie said:

Natures underseal😆 

Sounds bit like my dads Simca 1000, in the wilds of West Cornwall. I was told to not start poking at the rust, great engine though!