Trivia Investigation Team

[NewcastleFalcon]

I thought I remembered one or two dips into the subject matter of Finland. This contribution from VertVega kicked off a bit of a delve into Savonlinna Finland and its superb Castle, featuring in Tintin.

This was another nice surprise spotting for me but not a "a full 51 points" one since I've been using my locational benefits. This lovely Café is in Savonlinna (Google search) and we were visiting this small city with my family.

The name Nestor might sound familiar for the ones who read/watched Tintin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestor_%28comics%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - "Nestor is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is the long-suffering butler of Marlinspike Hall.

Nestor is the epitome of a butler (or, in French, majordome) of French society. Noble, loyal, always the domestic servant, Nestor serves his master Captain Haddock and any house guests such as Tintin, Professor Calculus, or Bianca Castafiore."







I was so much "taken" by this beautiful HY that I didn't even remember to check the other green one which is partially seen in the first pic. Does anybody recognise the brand/model of it?

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Neil, excellent detective work

Thanks for the lead Jim! I do enjoy a bit of a delve.
Let's clear the Castle up

Its Olavinlinna (Olaf's Castle) in Savonlinna, Finland.
Olavinlinna is the initial model for Kropow Castle in the comic book King Ottokar's Sceptre, an album in the series of Adventures of Tintin created by Hergé.

I also like a bit of random trivia.

Savonlinna is also known in Swedish as Nyslott ie Newcastle!
Savonlinna has been the home since 2000 of the World Mobile Phone Throwing Championship
Savonlinna has an international Opera Festival each year

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Finland's Tarja Turunen one of Steve's artists...I like this one



Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Mick's Bricks Trivia

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Falcon Montage

Mickley Coal Company (later NCB), Prudhoe, Northumberland.

This brickworks was associated with Mickley colliery (see map) which was opened in the 1850's by Cookson, Cuthberts & Liddell and owned from the 1880's by the Mickley Coal Co. In 1947, after nationalisation, it became a part of the NCB empire. The bricks I would expect to be from a period before nationalisation, as later bricks were stamped NCB Mickley.

Ref. - Prudhoe & District Local History Society

"Mickley Coal Company had built a firebrick works at the colliery in 1870 and it continued to flourish. In 1927 eighteen people were employed in the brickyard. There was a Schofield brick press which produced 45,000 common bricks per week. The bricks were burned in a twenty-chamber Belgian kiln, which was enlarged in the 1930’s when another eight chambers were added. The brickyard also had six old Newcastle kilns, each capable of holding 12,500 bricks, which were used when the required output could not be met by Schofield. Most of the clay used for the bricks came from the drifts at West Wylam but later on, clay was obtained from Hedley Park Drift and from the opencast site at Horsley. Facing bricks were sold to local builders.

By 1960 the output of the brickyard was 75,000 per week! The brickworks continued operating well into the 1970’s, outliving the life of the colliery."

The other bit to the left of the map is Mickley Junction on the Newcastle to Carlisle Line, but in the times when the colliery was operation coke ovens lined the sides of the tracks. There was a pub called the Hare and Hounds the Landlord of which as part of his tenancy agreement had to provide a ferry service across the Tyne to Ovington on the North Bank.

The chalets at Ferry Landing on the North Side are used as holiday homes but in World War II they were used to house evacuees. The local name for the chalets is the 'African Village'. This point on the river was the landing for the Ovington to Mickley Junction ferry. Its existence is recorded in a painting by Arthur Richardson and in an engraving by Thomas Bewick, whose home was nearby on the south side at Cherryburn. In the 1920-30's the ferry was used by miners to travel to the coal mines on the south side of the river, at a cost of 2d. It was operated by the tenant of the Hare and Hounds Inn which used to stand by the trackside at Mickley Junction. The ferry ceased operation and the Inn was demolished in 1962.




Neil

[mickthemaverick]

A little evening's entertainment quest:

These two clocks proved to be on our route up to Chester-le-Street on Tuesday. As a helping hand I will tell you that we passed them both after the Humber Bridge, so where are they?

MTM Original

MTM Original

[NewcastleFalcon]

This looks to be the first one...

All Saints' Church, Pocklington

© Copyright John H Darch and
licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Neil

[mickthemaverick]

This looks to be the first one...

All Saints' Church, Pocklington

© Copyright John H Darch and
licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Neil

One down, one to go, Well done Neil!

[NewcastleFalcon]

This one looks like the second...never been to or heard of South Cave before but I have been on a train to Hull passing reasonably close!

South Cave Town Hall and Clock Tower

© Copyright Peter Church and
licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Yes that's the one Neil, well done avoiding my reverse order trap Take 50 points and a virtual pint at the Egg!

[CitroJim]

A rather lovely clock tower in Ripon...

Taken through the windscreen of Mick's car just as the traffic lights changed!

[Gibbo2286]

TOTH not certain about this but I believe there is a place called Nokia and we all know what probably came from there!!

I'm watching this in the Walter Presents series at the moment.
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/mobile-101

[bobins]

Today's Number plate noticer. Not often you come across an Isle of Man number plate so a bit of a novelty, and the Citroen...just makes a nice front view with the red lettering and a also reasonably infrequent spot on a Belgian plate.

Of marginal interest the initial O on the Citroen is specifically attributable to "Old Timers", not the drivers but the cars, and I read AET as "After Extra Time", and associate the number 707 with the Boeing Jet Aeroplane.



Neil

What's an OldTimer, and how do you become one ?

Pour a drink and pull up a chair and prepare to be bored enlightened

I'd previously looked into this for German motoring so knew a little about it, and was surprised to see you can put a phone number on the outside of your 'OldTimer', but not an internet address until the WWW is regarded as being 30 years old

Here's the details from the 'orses mouth at TÜV NORD....

" If a vehicle was registered at least 30 years ago, according to the official definition it is an old timer, and this applies in all 28 member states of the EU. And then there are still naturally more criteria to be fulfilled in order to comply with the official “Oldtimer Guideline” from the Federal Ministry of Transport, which are decisive when it comes to gaining the “H” old timer registration. The vehicle must naturally be safe to drive in traffic and equipped in accordance with the regulations – but it must also be valuable from the cultural point of view. In order to be considered as an “automotive cultural asset”, the vehicle has to be largely in original condition and must be in a good state of maintenance and repair."

"In order to gain approval, an official report according to Paragraph 23 of the Federal Road Traffic Licensing Regulations (StVZO) is required. This old timer report can be created by all test engineers and officially recognised experts in Germany and by all test institutions. As in a normal general vehicle inspection, traffic safety and environmental compatibility are considered. In addition, the experts assess the entire vehicle and its systems in accordance with the corresponding Transport Ministry regulations: is the overall state of the vehicle satisfactory, are the components and structural elements original, are there any deviations which are nevertheless acceptable? If everything is as it should be, an affirmative report is issued. This means that the H registration number can be obtained from the vehicle licensing authority and that an entry is made in the registration document that the vehicle is officially recognised as an old timer. Then it is possible to take the car into low emission zones, motor vehicle tax is lower and insurance is also often cheaper. "

"The Ministry of Transport regulations contain a very long list of criteria: basically, changes made to the vehicle within the first ten years of initial registration are allowed. Therefore, if the car was purchased 30 years ago and the suspension was lowered 24 years ago, that is completely acceptable. In addition, all modifications undertaken at least 30 years ago are permissible. Of course, traditional wear parts such as brake pads, tyres and certain vehicle components can be replaced by new items as long as these were manufactured based on parts contemporary with the vehicle. Finally, all modifications are permitted which could have been undertaken within the first ten years of initial registration, in other words which were common at that time. So for example you can replace the 1.2 liter engine in the Opel Cadett D by a 1.6 liter engine from the same model without placing the H registration at risk. But if this increases the performance of the car, further parts generally also have to be changed, for example the stronger braking system from the same type. "

"The entire appearance of the vehicle, for example the paintwork and any lettering, must also be historically accurate. So an old timer can be resprayed today, but it is not permitted to make use of modern paints such as those with pearlized effects which were not available at the time when the vehicle was originally manufactured. This also applies to any advertising that you want to put on the old timer: it is no problem to include a telephone number, but an internet address is not allowed, as the internet did not exist at that time. But as soon as the World Wide Web is 30 years old, internet addresses will also be possible. "

"What is the difference between H registration and the red 07 registration plate?
Firstly, an old timer report according to Paragraph 23 StVZO is also needed for an 07 number. But generally the vehicle does not have to go for the general vehicle inspection every two years. In contrast to the H registration, an 07 number is not a normal registration, but only a limited permit. These vehicles are only allowed on the road for specific purposes: for test drives, for drives after servicing or for adjustment and for participation in old timer events. According to a high court judgement, it is not even permitted to drive to a petrol station with an 07 registration. And driving abroad also involves risk, as the red 07 plate is often not accepted by our neighbours. The 07 registration is suitable for all those who only rarely drive to special events or who own a small fleet of old timers, as the number plate can be moved from vehicle to vehicle. "

https://www.tuev-nord.de/explore/en/exp ... old-timer/

[NewcastleFalcon]

^^^^^^^

Not many people know that , but with a little help, in the great traditions of the thread, they do now! Excellent post!

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Here's the seed, find something in the great tradition of the Trivia Investigation Thread springing from the random image.

First up I have no idea where the place referred to is. Hands up any FCF Member who does

Falcon Original

Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Bibury is in the Cotswolds, down Gibbo way!!