Picture(s) of the day....

NewcastleFalcon · Post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 10 Mar 2017, 17:27

In homage to Gibbo's mention of Car and Driver Magazine fro the USA, and a small ad for his Rolls Royce this may be of interest...

Its a gallery of 121 covers of Sportscar Illustrated/Car and Driver from the 1960's.

http://www.caranddriver.com/flipbook/ge ... -the-1960s

Who knows Gibbo may even be able to locate the cover for the magazine which contained his small ad!

Regards Neil

NewcastleFalcon · Post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 11 Mar 2017, 09:17

Bit of a novelty from Northern Ireland

Railbus, Portrush
© Copyright Albert Bridge and
licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

and from the same part of the world a genuinely miserable looking loco!

MV locomotive, Coleraine
© Copyright Albert Bridge and
licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Regards Neil

NewcastleFalcon · Post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 14 Mar 2017, 08:28

Is this what used to be known as heavy engineering....?

Agnes and Herbert, Washpit Mills
© Copyright Chris Allen and
licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Regards Neil

Post by **CitroJim** » 14 Mar 2017, 09:13

That's a lovely old engine

Proper stuff!

NewcastleFalcon · Post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 15 Mar 2017, 16:52

Straggler from a previous "special day"

http://www.nationalexpress.com/nxportal ... keynes.jpg

Regards Neil

Post by **CitroJim** » 16 Mar 2017, 05:48

NewcastleFalcon wrote:Straggler from a previous "special day"

http://www.nationalexpress.com/nxportal ... keynes.jpg

Ahh! Lovely

Post by **CitroJim** » 17 Mar 2017, 11:21

Another straggler from a previous day...

This is an oblique view of the Milton Keynes Theatre...

: MK FoR Runner 557

The bloke in the foreground wearing number 557 is me..

There, I'm now just a number

Post by **myglaren** » 17 Mar 2017, 16:12

Grease on your fingers
Oil on your face...

Post by **CitroJim** » 17 Mar 2017, 16:20

myglaren wrote:

Grease on your fingers
Oil on your face...

That's me

Funnily enough I thought of that very track when I wrote about being just a number in my post above...

Fantastic album.. I must listen to it this evening

NewcastleFalcon · Post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 17 Mar 2017, 23:25

CitroJim wrote:Another straggler from a previous day...
The bloke in the foreground wearing number 557 is me..
There, I'm now just a number

like the pic double-five seven!

Regards Neil

NewcastleFalcon · Post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 18 Mar 2017, 06:48

Discovered a story, appropriately in the Discovery Museum in Newcastle, which had a couple of North-East connections in the story of the ultimate cracking of the Enigma Code at Bletchley Park.

HMS Bulldog built in 1929/30 by Swan Hunter & Whigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend on the River Tyne, was captained by Joe Baker-Cresswell of a Northumberland land-owning family, who became High Sheriff of Northumberland in his later years. Her most notable actions were the capture of a complete Enigma machine and codebooks from the German submarine U-110 in 1941.

No image of "Bulldog" being built but this is a typical image of how closely Shipbuilding and the community lived "cheek by jowl" at Wallsend.

By TWAM - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (World Unicorn Uploaded by PDTillman) [No restrictions], via Wikimedia Commons"
World Unicorn, built by Swan Hunter 1973

Regards Neil

NewcastleFalcon · Post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 20 Mar 2017, 20:35

Has to be Zel's offering on the electric vehicles thread!

https://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/ ... &start=662

Regards Neil

Post by **CitroJim** » 21 Mar 2017, 04:37

NewcastleFalcon wrote:Has to be Zel's offering on the electric vehicles thread!

https://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/ ... &start=662

Regards Neil

Yes, quite agreed!!!

NewcastleFalcon · Post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 23 Mar 2017, 06:08

Couple of pictures selected by Geograph as their "Photograph of the Day"

So for 23rd March 2017 we have this image....there have been similar on POTD before and there are a few experts in our ranks!

Skelmorlie ROC Post
© Copyright Raibeart MacAoidh and
licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

and a couple of days ago 21st March 2017 another reminder of our little North Wales holiday last year...

Full steam ahead from Beddgelert
© Copyright Richard Hoare and
licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence

Regards Neil

Post by **bobins** » 23 Mar 2017, 16:44

Nice to see an ROC Post on POTD.

The Scottish Posts invariably had really pleasant views. I have a funny feeling I actually gave them an old bit of kit (FSM dome) for their Post, but I could be wrong on that as I lose track of what went where

The ROC Posts were only Portakabin sized 'bunkers'. In contrast, I shall dig out and post up a photo of something underground that is considerably larger later on

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