Organ Update 25 (20/04/08)
History in Harmony UPDATE #45 Compiled by Boz Oram boz@historyinharmony.com www.historyinharmony.com Welcome to Update Number 45 – and a hearty welcome to members new and existing on the History in Harmony Update. Please feel free to contact me at the usual address boz@historyinharmony.com and if others would like to join, then let them know and I’ll gladly send a copy out to them. All links and websites have been checked out beforehand. They should all work just at the click of a button from your mouse. I do know that some of you have slow broadband, but the web addresses are normally worth clicking onto. Drive It Day 2008. The FBHVC (Federation Of British Historic Vehicles) is encouraging all owners of historic vehicles to get behind the wheel and take to the roads and display their pieces of heritage to the rest of the country on Sunday 20th April 2008. This is a fantastic opportunity of letting people know that we have a legacy and tradition of keeping artefacts of historic relevance and showing them to the Public. I do know that some owners don’t realise that this day actually happens. All you need to do is just toddle out and have a drive around – that’s all. Hopefully there will be a greater turnout of people so that TV coverage can take place. Yes we have our heritage in our hands and I’ll be out there doing my bit – hopefully you’ll be doing the same. Remember that just because it is happening in the UK doesn’t mean that you can’t have a go in your own country. A worldwide extravaganza of old equipment would actually make a massive impression on the governing bodies of our respective countries showing solidarity towards each other. Further details http://www.fbhvc.co.uk who I believe are dedicating the day to our younger generation. Steaming Magazine In the last Update, I mentioned Steam Traction, the US magazine for the American Steam enthusiast and how it never ceases to amaze me in its content. In the UK we have the National Traction Engine Trust that does a similar thing. Now in this edition there is an excellent article about steam cable ploughing (plowing US) in the United States. Now I remember seeing that there was a Ploughing engine somewhere in the islands of Hawaii and was possibly used with a sister engine for the cultivation of the plantations and whilst I was there tried to find it, but to no avail. Other than that I didn’t know that there were other ploughing engines sent out in other states of the country with the first going out in early 1860 to New York It also seems that Aveling & Porter and McLaren also sent out sets. One US manufacturer – OS Kelly also tried cable plowing, however wasn’t too successful in the sales area, I guess due to the fact that direct plowing was more suitable for the terrain and of course it had always been done like that so why change. A nice article about the Burrell Gold Medal tractor driving almost non stop from John o’ Groats (top of Scotland) to Land’s End (bottom of England – or more to the point to the end of Cornwall). The journey covered 890 miles and took 114 hours and 34 minutes. Four and a half tones of coal was consumed and every 30kms, 70 gallons of water was put into the tender. What else – ah plenty in this new look magazine under the editorship of Roger West who continues to produce an interesting, informative and educating journal that is now virtually colour throughout. To find out more about this society, the web address is http://www.ntet.co.uk STOP PRESS Reported in the English Press, that the magazine Steam Traction has had to cease trading due to lack of support. It had taken over from the Iron Men Album and Richard put his heart and soul into producing a very readable and informative magazine. I for one will really miss the articles and enthusiasm that our American cousins show towards their machinery. Website http://www.steamtraction.com/ still works and has a massive array of articles. AGM’s and All That Many of the Spring AGM’s have been held now and by all accounts, the societies that hold them realise that in order to get a good crowd to them, then a weekend visit is the way forward. Certainly from the many reports I’ve had back, the response to a good weekend with a hotel noggin and natter seems to be a great way to meet up with the many names that you see on paper, but never have the chance to talk to. The Thursford (Norfolk) Founder’s Day was a resounding success with many people from the preservation world from all walks of life enjoying the great facilities of the Thursford Collection with the added advantage of meeting each other. The attendance figures for the Founder’s Day are well over double what they normally are for the Founder’s Day (always held on Palm Sunday), so well done again to Austin Burgess for his tireless efforts and to Steve Dean for the representation for the steam side of the movement, the staff and of course to George Cushing Snr for starting it up in the first place and having the foresight for the rest of us! Lest We Forget - Gordon Agnew The face that the Public saw of the Road Roller Association http://www.r-r-a.org.uk/ at most of the shows around the country was that of Gordon Agnew, especially at the Great Dorset Steam Fair taking the sales stand and the reasons why they ought to join to the people. Interested in steam rollers and associated equipment, but also walking and climbing bigger things like Mt Kilimanjaro and then being able to throw snowballs at each other on the equator. Also interested in 50’s and 60’s motor sport and had been involved at the Thruxton Race Circuit during those periods and was also rather invaluable at the Goodwood Festival of Speed as well as many revivals as his knowledge was exceptionally accurate as well as informative. He also had a soft spot for Tiger Moth biplanes as well as sea and rivercraft and was on many occasions seen in a kayak competing in the Devizes to Westminster race. Yes a man of many talents who will be sorely missed by those who knew him. Our thoughts go to his family and friends. The Fortieth Anniversary http://www.steam-fair.co.uk/ Yes it is 40 years that the Great Dorset Steam Fair was started and various bits and pieces from that original show are being found out about and asked if they would go to the show. Some of those early exhibits do not exist anymore such as the chair-o-planes that had gone off to the seaside and during a particularly severe gale were swept out to sea, other exhibits such as the famous Gondolas now in the Thursford Collection are on static display and could be difficult to move as the packing trucks might not exist anymore, however there are quite a number of exhibits that are still freely available, one of them being the Orton & Spooner living van that I’m slowly restoring for the event. I had a real problem with paint. The problem I had was to actually find a colour that I liked, but then find a company that could actually mix up their own colour that was the same as the last one! Easy you’d have thought especially when it was their own colour in the first place, but no. Trust me, if the old company that I used could make the right colour, I’d still use them however that wasn’t to be. I tried a local company in Andover after telling them that I was brush painting; they managed to mix up a spray-painting batch for me. When I went back and said that the paint didn’t spread too good, they told me that I was using it all wrong. I gave up and realised that I wasn’t going to get anywhere. I decided to have another go when Steven Hubbuck called me to ask whether I would take the living wagon to the 40th show. I went back to the paint company and asked them if they could do me some paint the same as I already got for brush painting. They managed to mix me up some brush coach paint the wrong colour even though they had the original mixing colours and figures for it! I also asked for some cream too and that came out yellow! Now either they had got a colour-blind paint mixer or their colour schemes are odd to say the least. I still couldn’t spread the paint so went back and they changed the colour to cream but weren’t able to do the maroon. I’d use that one then to use as a base for the final topcoat. Now I’ve been painting for more years than I care to mention and I do know that the quality of paint has changed over the years to follow EU regulations, but to get the colours wrong does just get to me a bit as it takes so long to rub it all back again and again. I continued with an undercoat (that was some 30 years old and went on like a dream with no ridges, even coverage and a good finish – just a shame it was the wrong colour otherwise I’d have just varnished it there and then. I now left it to harden off and wait for something to come along and help me in the right direction In February I went on Joby Carter’s Painting and Signwriting Course. http://www.carterssteamfair.co.uk/aboutus.html (new and improved website) Now firstly, if any of you have taken the time to look at Carter’s Steam Fair, then you’ll see that the paint matches throughout the whole fair, (http://www.ukrides.info/carters.htm and click onto the video) secondly, the quality of the painting is excellent and thirdly, virtually all of the large pieces have to be done outside in an open shed. I asked Joby whose paint he used. Craftmaster Paint came to the man’s lips and he had got his own range of paints from Craftmaster especially for the job in hand. He also said that best person to talk to would be Phil Speight as he had got the same hacked off feeling towards paint manufacturers just not getting a decent product for the end user. http://www.craftmasterpaints.co.uk/ Joby of course expects that his colours be the same whatever tin you pick up so with that thought, then the best place to get my paint would be from Joby. Amazing to think that I’d expect anything else, but the paint is the same throughout and on different batch numbers too! Now the problem with the flowing of the paint after brushing it on still existed, but I though I’d email Phil and see what if anything I could do to ease the situation and get a better finish. Well I must day that Phil has been quite marvellous and come up with some great ideas on the questions that I posed to him. He is after all a painter in his own right and as Joby gets his paint directly from him, then both parties benefit as standardisation can take place on certain colours. I’m still painting but time has been at a premium recently, but will report back as soon as I have gotten further on and applied the final coats. Waldkirch http://www.elztalmuseum.de/63.0.html?&L=1 There are two certain tours now. The first is the SHORT TOUR that gets you down and back from the show in the shor-*test*-('") possible time and gives you the maximum amount of time to do what you want to do. We have accommodation available, however the train journey will have to be arranged separately now as it is too near to the show to get decent rates. The LONG TOUR is run in conjunction with the short tour and has an excursion on the Sunday that you can join if you want to. This has proved very popular in the past as it also gives people the opportunity of going to other parts of Germany. For further details, please contact Linda at tours@historyinharmony.com and I’m sure that we can accommodate you, but do let Linda know quickly as we can only hold onto the accommodation for a short time now.. Quite a few people are using different modes of transport to get there and are being collated so that you can use your own choices. Also Dordt in Stoom Dordrecht, one of the oldest towns in Holland hosts a bi-annual festival that really is quite unbelievable with a fantastic atmosphere of fun, enjoyment and sheer bliss. http://www.dordtinstoom.nl/home_eng.htm Strangely enough, there were a number of people on the last tour who are going again as they enjoyed the whole experience. http://travel.webshots.com/album/551233740OrDoVS There are also new people coming along too. If you want to join up with the tour, then please do contact us at tours@historyinharmony.com. All you need to do is click the blue hyperlinks and an email message will appear. Just ask and all will come to you with the full tour. Important Information from Colin and Marion re viruses Anyone-using Internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on. This information arrived this morning, Direct from both Microsoft and Norton. Please send it to everybody you know who has access to the Internet. You may receive an apparently harmless e-mail titled 'Mail Server Report' If you open either file, a message will appear on your screen saying 'It is too late now, your life is no longer beautiful.' Subsequently you will LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC, and the person who sent it to you will gain access to your name, e-mail and password. This is a new virus, which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the anti virus software's are not capable of destroying it yet. The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself 'life owner'. PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS E-MAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS, AND ASK THEM TO PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY! Resolute Used during the Dunkirk evacuation during WW2, the boat was one of the massive armada that went over the Channel to rescue troops. Fortunately the vessel has been given a lifeline as a restoration project to help recovering drug addicts to give them the opportunity of learning new skills, have self-confidence, and help them mould into society with newfound skills. The vessel has been with the Maxie Roberts Foundation from 2007 and since that time, she is being stripped down to when finally rebuilt completely, be sailing on the Forth & Clyde Canal. Speaking on behalf of the Dunkirk Little Ship Restoration Trust, Professor John Atkinson said “Resolute represents how ordinary people go out and do extraordinary things to help others. Now she will provide a focus to help rehabilitate other young people” http://www.adls.org.uk/shipinfo.cfm?id=12&RestTrust=1 All I can say is what a fantastic opportunity for all concerned. Maybe other vessels that are having trouble in staying afloat might also try this option. Steam Punk Listening to many of the people who have built and are building model steam and are into model engineering, there has been the talk of the hobby going into decline with few younger modelers getting into the hobby. I guess this is quite a frightening thought to some as the very thought of their hobby going to the wall is quite sad. Never fear – I happened to be watching a TV quiz programme where some young whippersnapper was asked what his hobbies were. He replied “Steam Punk” Well I have to say dear reader, I’d never heard of this term and had the impression that it was some youth with safety pins through its nose, a terribly fashionable tattoo in an odd place on the body and the steam part was some euphemism for something a bit sordid! Well, I couldn’t have been further from the truth. Basically it seems to have started (and I may be wrong here in time schedules) when a film came out called the Wild, Wild West featuring Will Smith and a few other actors who use steam operated machinery, such as a steam spider, wheelchair and anything else that moves being powered by steam. I guess the supposed time is the end of the 19th Century, judging by the style of clothing worn by the actors and the whole concept revolves around total fantasy from previous genres set in the 1960’s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bCPLv1RQxA&feature=related Wild, Wild West http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEaX4ApC_EU Will Smith rapping Wild, Wild West Move on to the 21st Century and we have a very plastic, superficial society that seems to feel that it has to save the Planet by throwing everything away and getting the la-*test*-('") gadget and then throwing the masses of wrapping and cardboard and plastic into a recycle bin. Well, moves are afoot to go RETRO and make you computer, laptop or any modern appliance look like it has come from a previous time, which then makes it look individual and also timeless making the object last quite a number of years longer and of course (these next words are for the Green Lobby) reducing Carbon Dioxide gasses that the Governments of the world are earning millions of bucks out of us. It is also having a fantastic effect on a different generation who wants to be individual in their skills and make things not necessarily on the normal circuit such as steam tanks, robots, centipedes and crabs. The list seems endless as the imagination of our younger generation seems to hold no bounds. Looking at the skills of people on skateboards, motorcycles, bicycles and themselves climbing up the sides of skyscrapers leaves my generation looking like a retro world snail. I have to say, it will not please the purists, but then folks you’ll never please them anyway however if the hobby it going to survive, then it is certainly a fantastic way of using steam and bringing a new generation of people into a hobby. More information going to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk STEAM PUNK FILMS Technophiles are tapping into a movement known as "steampunk," where computers, keyboards and other gadgets are re-imagined as if built during the Victorian era. http://www.crabfu.com/ To get more information about this splendid bit of fun, here’s a website. http://www.crabfu.com/steamtoys/links/ Email iwei@crabfu.com> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg7fVMiwCvY Steampunk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QMaS4pB9rw&feature=related Mechanical Tiger in Bruges http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XULoKbEHqVE&NR=1 Steam tank http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaGwnFSLWK4&feature=related Steam Walker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nPkqCNdv4A&feature=related Steam Robot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8Ll_jfKzyQ&feature=related Steam POWERED CENTIPEDE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjL6sMoeutc&feature=related Steam Powered Crab A journey across the New Forest Last year I had a call from Charlie Cribbes who asked if I wanted to come along for a journey on King George VI across the New Forest on Sunday – the answer was “yes” if I could find the time. Later on that week, things panned out to give me some time so on the Saturday I decided to go and meet Shane Seagrave at a small steam event at Burley in the New Forest; he was looking after Carillon, the gently voiced Bursens street organ of Nick Baker’s with well-known organ builder Robert Harris (just returned back from the Netherlands after 40 odd years in the UK). I got to the village and couldn’t find the event at all! Now Burley is a small township that has loads of shops devoted to witches in the New Forest that seemed to start from a woman back in the 60’s. She started a shop with all sorts of bric-a-brac and calling herself the White Witch but obviously, the media had a lull on news at the time and decided to feature the shop, white witch and some old folklore. Shortly afterwards, a butcher’s boy (nameless, but he now has a steam roller) did a little prank of spreading bones and offal around the village with various chalk motifs in the same vicinity. The media took hold of this again and the myth was started! Anyway, on with the story, I looked around and finally found a small sign that pointed me in the right direction and then heard the organ playing in the distance “A Walk in the Black Forest”. What with a few smoky steamers, what an apt tune to hear (I was in the New Forest at that moment) and find my way to the show. The event is based around a cider factory that on special occasions has an open day to show people how the apples are pressed, put into vats and then finally – yes you guessed it – drunk by those people who like cider. A massive press was being driven by a Robey portable engine, another press being driven by a diminutive model steam engine and there was a steam roller that was having fun by rolling the road, a Robey steam tractor and finally a steam lorry that had a tanker fitted onto the back of it, designed for carrying cider to various outlets in past days – in fact fine array of vehicles that would have been used somewhere along the line in the process of making and distributing the said liquid. After a day of chatting, hand turning the instrument and generally making a total nuisance of myself, I then set off to meet up with Charlie and John. That night we popped into the Drusilla’s pub and joined up with Steve and Tina Cook and had an excellent meal and we also had a blow by blow account of how England was doing in the Rugby World Cup – the team beat France and then it was time for bed after an Isle of Jura nightcap to celebrate the victory. The next morning we set about cleaning the engine, lighting the fire and generally getting it all in shipshape order. I must admit that Steve’s place has the most amazing array of vehicles that are designed to carry the most enormous loads such as fuselages of aircraft or maybe three Burrell road locomotives on one trailer. We set off along some narrow roads to then get onto the A31, the main drag up from Bournemouth; I must say that it was a bit hair raising but fortunately it was only a short distance, then through Ringwood and then along more narrow lanes to the event at Burley which seemed to be the halfway point. This time is was a lot easier to find it as one of us had actually been there beforehand! We pulled in and filled the engine up with water and our hosts fed and watered us. Nice touch bearing in mind that we were only passing through. Once the engine had been filled from the water hose, we were on our way again, this time with me steering, and John driving the engine. Mark Wilson came on board for a ride and I must admit that all I could hear was a whole load of shouting behind me – it turned out to be Mark on his telephone calling, what seemed like the whole world; after a few miles I got used to the din! Rumbling through Lyndhurst, one of the pretty girl capitals of the world – a bit of a nightmare for the steersman (me), however we got through without any calamity and then it was out into the rural forest – no not many trees, but then the New Forest was designed specifically for game hunting back in the ancient times and trees do get in the way of your arrows if you actually want to have a venison meal. Ah the views are so scenic and being high on the footplate there’s so much to see, including a flock (or whatever you call a whole load) of horses and with the roads being so narrow, we had to wait for the forest ponies to find a wide space so that they could go off into the heather. We travelled through the lovely village of Beaulieu - if only I had been travelling in a car, I’d have stopped and got some fantastic photos of the engine across the Beaulieu Water. Just a perfect day, the sun just right, no midges, not that much traffic and the next group of four legged individuals were a load of donkeys. I never realised that they could run for such a long time. We stopped at the top of the hill against the background of Fawley Refinery to let the donkeys go elsewhere than the road. http://www.newforest-online.co.uk/oldmillinn/. Many thanks to Les for the escort to Holbury. We arrived at Holbury to a great reception from the staff of the Old Mill to then return back across the New Forest in the gently settling mists covering the heather. A great weekend for all concerned and nice to meet so many people, one of which had some odd sized tyres that fitted John’s living van and was throwing them away. One of the great things about this Update for me, is there are people that read this who actually know what they are talking about. Fortunately, many send in further information after the original story to increase our knowledge. This one is continuing on from the Tacoma Narrows Suspension Bridge film that was featured in the last History in Harmony Update. From Tony Finn Hello Boz, You may find this interesting in connection with the Tacoma Narrows Suspension Bridge. This phenomenon was also believed to have been the cause of the cooling tower failures at Ferrybridge Power Station some years ago. As a chemical engineer, now retired, I had a particular interest in it, as you will see from what follows. The vortices that form in the lee each side of an obstruction to flow, break away alternately and go off downstream (known as a "Karman Vortex Street"), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_vortex_street#Engineering_Problems http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/vortex_street_001213.html http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/oceancolor/scifocus/oceanColor/vonKarman_vortices.shtml causing sideways pressure fluctuations which can be destructive, for instance with flow across the outside of a bank of heat exchanger tubes, which sets up vibrations on the tubes at natural resonance frequencies unless they are suitably restrained. It was this that caused the swaying and ultimate destruction of the Tacoma Suspension Bridge, and is the reason for the spiral strakes seen these days on slender chimneys. The first chimney in the world to be fitted with these was a small (~75ft?) cable stayed incinerator chimney at the Distillers (now BP) Chemical Works at Salt End near Hull where I worked, which swayed violently in an 18-20mph wind, but not at higher wind speeds, due to the frequency of the detachment of the vortices coinciding with the natural resonance of the chimney. The problem was identified and solved by the National Physical Laboratory http://www.npl.co.uk/ after wind tunnel -*test*-('")s at Teddington in about 1964, when the spiral strakes were devised as the solution: they cause the eddies to be shed randomly at different points, and this was the progenitor of every stack design throughout the world that has them fitted. The original problem and the wind tunnel -*test*-('")s were filmed, and I have seen the films, but I expect they are long since lost now. Being a fluid phenomenon, it also occurs in liquids, and can readily be seen downstream of a bridge pillar in the stream of a river. This is also the reason for the "dumb-bell" shaped weights attached to the cables of suspension bridges, although in that case they do not shed the eddies, they alter the natural vibration resonant frequency so that eddy shedding does not set up any serious vibrational loads. Ever wondered why telephone wires hum in the wind? When far from home, if I see a chimney with vortex shedding strakes, my mind always goes back to the notorious chimney at Salt End. Hope you find this of interest, Best regards Tony Finn Certainly did Tony and thanks for putting finger to keypad and letting the rest of us know. Utube I seem to get more response from this part of the Update than any other part! I guess it’s due to the fact that someone has already sifted out the garbage and given you something with a bit of kick to it! Whatever the reason, here’s this Update edition’s samples of big bands, singers and music of all types. Tommy Dorsey Opus One http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7QjMZ4ckZc Louis Armstrong Mack the Knife http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My9B4uQYJn4&NR=1 Bobby Darin Mack the Knife http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBTITHA8twI Beyond the Sea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8OlDPqYBLw&feature=related Artie Shaw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLIh6e-U708 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlujPZ64ZvI&feature=related Frank Sinatra and Lucky Strike Count Basie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7W8KnUzTpE One o’clock Jump Basie and Ella http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-RLphgSRYs&feature=related Something Stupid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BdiAQmEaf0 Nicole Kidman & Robbie Williams PAUL McCartney http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvQuQTink-8 Oscar Peterson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ebo12xg4ws Plus Andre Previn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAxBAEb2pmE If this doesn’t turn you on to Jazz then nothing will! Andre Previn + Morcambe and Wise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQNYUJIW4sw&feature=related The man that they all revered Art Tatum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FykcJQuy8mw&feature=related Art Tatum again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNAJlqn0nO4&feature=related And again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzj6Q61h3oA Stephane Grapelli http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-BH52lwDUk Yehudi Menhuin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPRWshWq9E4 The joining of the two greats Grapelli/Menhuin by the BBC, is not on Utube Sammy Davis Jnr. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeDaNGzUYM8 impressions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flm4xcOyiCo Steam organ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7tQ5BhWPh4&feature=related I remember seeing this one at the Expo 86 in Vancouver. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7tQ5BhWPh4&feature=related Here’s a bit more. Sing, Sing, Sing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9J5Zt2Obko The Story of Blue Note Records http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4QX-3-3Ezk Now from an email I received recently, this is for one of our younger enthusiasts. From Jenny Fisher Dear fair organ enthusiasts I look after a mechanical organ gallery website which I am mailing the link to as many fair organ enthusiast as possible tonight to try and publicise the site. The link is as follows: http://fairorgangallery.webs.com/index.htm Please let us know of any improvements you think the site needs and thank you for taking the time to read this email. Regards Jenny Fisher of BD Media mailto: jennyfisher9@hotmail.com Drive it Day 20th April 2008. Yes it’s that time of year yet again (and haven’t you already spoken about it earlier on?). Is it really a year since we all took our vehicles onto the roads and showed the rest of the world that we have a fantastic heritage that the Public needs to know about. WHAT!!! You didn’t take your vehicle out on the road? Well stop that now……… here’s your chance to be proud of what you’ve got and either drive it or park it in a prominent place. Strangely enough, governments around the world do know that there are old vehicles out there but don’t know how much money is brought into their coffers – did you know that now a significant world-wide expenditure of £10 BILLION is spent. One third of that being in the UK alone! Another point from the same survey showed that vehicles over 25 years are responsible for less than 1,000th of overall traffic. This also includes their bit towards the so-called Greenhouse Effect too! Do you want to continue driving and enjoying you pieces of heritage? Well without using your right to drive on the road, then if 1,000th is the figure, then you really aren’t trying hard enough and it is therefore essential to keep our historic heritage on the road by you, AND THAT MEANS YOU, not the person next to you to get out there and do something. Without the right of use, then few individuals would restore their equipment and then after a while it would be burnt, scrapped or left to governing bodies to decide. Just to let you know, the SS Manxman, a listed vessel, was to be entrusted to the City of Merseyside, but now Peel Holdings (formerly Mersey Docks & Harbour Co) and Liverpool City Council have decided that they now don’t want to bother. Obviously it wasn’t of a useful nature to them anymore – however strange as it may seem, a German U Boat with no local historical significance apart from death can be housed. So I say again, in whatever country you live in, jump into the driving seat and go out and promote your hobby. You’ve spent enough hours restoring it, now go and get the rewards. The date? 20th April 2008 Got Parking Problems? Not anymore http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecsEAXNlfv0 Hot Weather Clothing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KKKqoqEjFU&NR=1 Last Train To Clarksville http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkVIBe1CEvM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ISEV3evXwc Kenny Everett http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzhPUSI3QCs More Kenny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FJDAep-WDg&feature=related Why Men really shouldn’t write Advice Columns “Dear Ted I hope you can help me here. The other day I set off to work leaving my husband in the house watching the TV as usual. I hadn’t gone more than a mile down the road when my engine conked out and the car shuddered to a halt. I walked back home to get my husband’s help When I got home, I couldn’t believe my eyes. He was in the bedroom with the next-door neighbour making mad passionate love to her. I am 49, my husband is 51 and we have been married for some 20 odd years. When I confronted him, he tried to make out that he went into her back yard and heard a lady scream and had come to her rescue, but found her unconscious. He’d carried the woman back to her house, laid her in bed and began CPR. When she awoke, she immediately began thanking him and kissing him. He was attempting to break free when I came back. When I asked him why neither of them had any clothes on, he broke down and confessed to having an affair for the past six months. I told him to stop or I’d leave him. He lost his job six months ago and says that he is feeling increasingly depressed and worthless. I love him very much, but ever since I gave him the ultimatum he has become increasingly distant. I don’t feel that I can get through to him anymore. I really feel so helpless. Can you please help? Sincerely Suzie.” “Dear Suzie A car stalling after being driven a short distance can be caused by a variety of faults. Start by checking that there is no debris in the fuel line. If it is clear, then check the clips holding the vacuum lines onto the inlet manifold for air leaks. If none of these approaches solves the problem, it could be that the fuel pump is faulty causing low delivery to the carburettor. I hope this helps Ted” Grateful thanks to my Supplier of Wit who shall be nameless for this little gem. Buster Keaton I doubt that there will be many of you who read this Update who have not heard of Buster Keaton – the man who did all of his stunts and told the cameramen to continue filming until he said, “CUT!” or until he had been killed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3xh108cLbo&feature=related Now my grea-*test*-('") Comic Performer, Mr Buster Keaton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlkdtS8OFlA with the Pixies Buster Keaton with Radiohead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPoZ23TPsS8&NR=1 Buster at the Fair http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goG7A2-oAkM Buster in Hard Luck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNEJjYtlUok&NR=1 part 1 Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_pkKIdJWCU&NR=1 and finally part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3invZJorvS0&feature=related The Great Buster Keaton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWEo4M8nZQQ&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAvso0UqB2I&feature=related The General http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3l96U8p2rg&feature=related Railway Clip Franco Prussian War and Gavioli I was thoroughly enjoying the COAA magazine Carousel Organ from Ron Bopp and found something that might be of interest to those of you who don’t have the same interests in mechanical music but are interested in the social history of our past. http://history-world.org/franco_prussian_war.htm In an article written be Dr Hans van Oost in regard to the Gavioli factory in Paris, the company had its premises from 1868 in Rue de Citeaux, but of course the company had been running from previous times and an instrument from about 1865 exists in the Niemuth Collection. Gavioli won a medal in the Paris World Exhibition and a representation in this medal appeared on later models, much like many other manufacturers, such as James Coultas with his seed drills, Burrell (no not the modern one at the Diana inquest!) and their Gold Medal Tractor etc at other exhibitions. Now bearing in mind that in 1867 there had been a World Exhibition in Paris, just three years later on 19th July 1870, a war broke out between France and Prussia. Unfortunately for France, they had a conflict with a much stronger nation and as a consequence Paris was besieged from October of that year. Nobody or any goods could leave or even enter the city apart from a limited service of hot air balloons from the enterprising Montgolfière Brothers. The city’s dwellers had precious little food and had to resort to such delicacy of sewer rat or any other kind of rat available (somehow the suited rats survived to live another day!). As you can imagine, the production of mechanical organs, music and full manufacturing of anything within the city of Paris stopped almost instantly. England, Gavioli’s major buyer had now become out of reach and the factory had to close with all of the workers being discharged. It seems that even though Gavioli had patented a steerable hot air balloon, he never felt it necessary to leave his city of Paris and it was only when the hostilities ceased in February 1871 that another problem evolved – that being the Paris Commune. The workers started a revolt against the establishment and took over the government. This situation lasted until the 30th May 1871 when the militia in a very bloody battle, suppressed it. Gavioli et Cie managed to start again with new buildings at 2bis Avenue de Taillebourg, possibly rented. It is really amazing that a country with its principle city besieged to the point of starvation, that a man can after all of that then get a business up and running, dominating a period of history where clever marketing sold his fantastic instruments. And after all of that horrendous hardship, that the company Gavioli could then fizzle out. I know there was a legal wrangle going on, but even the legal profession isn’t that powerful! There really must have been a real reason for this - was he getting old, not letting go and bringing in new blood, not using new ideas, being a difficult person to work for, being pig-headed or was it something really simple such as giving up. There is absolutely no trace in Paris of the Great Gavioli Company – the final buildings being demolished a decade ago that we saw the rubble of during a MOOS trip. Brian Wells took his 89 Gavioli to Paris a few years ago to a show and the French people who were there did not have any idea that their city had once been the epicentre of Gavioli’s mechanical music. Does anyone have any ideas or facts about what really happened? Epilogue Returning back to the original thought - what I find inconceivable is that in 1867, Paris had held a World Exhibition http://www.bl.uk/collections/westeuropean/frenchexhibitions.html and in my simple way of looking at things, that means that all countries of the world had been enjoying this city, its beauty, the food and the ambience, but above all talking together. This also meant that trade was flowing perfectly well, most were enjoying a reasonable living, so how could it take a bunch of idiots to take the whole country into depression and war. Michael Faraday Every electrical engineer worth his (or her) salt has studied the work of Michael Faraday and bearing in mind that he had been born in 1791, that’s quite an achievement. Michael Faraday is regarded as one of the grea-*test*-('") experimental scientists of all time and even Albert Einstein (1879-1955) considered him to be one of the most important influences in physical science. Strangely enough, all of this might not have happened had it not been a quirk of fate (others might call it destiny) that set him on the road to discovery. When he was 13, he was apprenticed to a bookbinder. His curiosity was stunned into life and stimulated by reading the pages from the books that he was to repair. With this mind now full of questions he was appointed as assistant to the renowned chemist Sir Humphrey Davy http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/davy_humphrey.shtml (1778-1829) after he remembered that he had been a keen student at some of his lectures. The young Faraday position changed from temporary position to permanent and Davy took him on a grand European Tour that gave the young man the opportunity of meeting and learning from the leading physicists, scientists and chemists of the day. His early exploits were more in chemistry rather than the physics that he became world renowned for and in 1823 he became the first person to liquefy chlorine – albeit accidentally but as we all know, if it had been someone else, they wouldn’t necessarily have known what it was and not bothered with it. Now this is the clever bit – he repeated the process and took notes and wrote a thesis on it for all to see. It didn’t stop there either – by employing his own talents of self-analysing his own chemical experiments he then went on to discover benzene in 1825. Yes it took a few more years to use this newfound substance, but at least it had been found. Faraday is more associated with physical science and in particular with his work involving electricity. He was one of the original sparkies and as early as 1821 he created the first electric motor after discovering electromagnetic rotation developed from the work done by Hans Christian Oersted’s (1777-1851) 1820 discovery that electric current could deflect a magnetic compass needle. He was 30 years of age when he created the first electrical motor without any teacher to show him how. WHAT! (and WHOAHHHH!) I have to stop here and ask the question “would any of you out there who are reading this put two and two together and realise that the deflection of a compass needle would lead to the construction of an electric motor?” I certainly wouldn’t have managed it and I’ve studied electricity from some very prominent teachers. What a remarkable man he must have been. Lets return to this truly extraordinary person. Faraday’s experiment proved that a wire carrying an electric current would rotate around a fixed magnet (armature) and reversing the process the magnet would revolve around the wire (motor and generator). From this work, Faraday was convinced that electricity could be produced by some kind of magnetic movement alone, however it took another ten years to successfully prove this hypothesis. Now few people can actually say that they have changed the world, but in 1831 he built a device that rotated a copper disk between the north and south poles of a magnet and Mr Michael Faraday was able to produce a steady current of electricity. From this experiment, he was able to produce electrical generators (that power your PC), the transformer (the most efficient electrical device), and the dynamo. If you want to have a look at more closely, you’ll see one on every showman’s engine in the land driven by a flat belt (reason – most efficient form of power take off as less friction going in and coming out of the pulley) that have a body and central whizzy thing and brushes that sit on the armature that transfer the electrical energy to another electrical appliance. Strangely enough, it was the showmen throughout the world who promoted “electricity” to the masses – not the powers that be who run our lives, if left to them we’d still be in the dark ages. Ah off your soap box and get on with the story…………. Possibly the reason why Faraday could actually make advances in electricity was due to the fact that he didn’t follow what everyone else decided were the rules. In other words all other scientists at the time were under the impression that electricity was a fluid and not fields with lines of force at their edge. He also showed that magnetism was induced by fields of force and interrelating by the fields cutting across each other and ultimately producing an electric current. (I’m trying to keep it simple folks, but its quite difficult – please bear with me!). Michael Faraday had finally produced electro magnetic induction. This then led onto how all forces of nature were somehow united and proved how light and gravity were somehow united and this then led to the discovery of the Faraday Effect in 1845 which proved that polarised light could be affected by a magnet. One of the great toys that are used to save lives is the Faraday Cage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage where people are able to climb into and then people with a wild hell bend attitude to live pass massive electrical charges through it and guess what – the person survives it all without any detrimental effect. It is also used for saving lives when the electricity boys and girls go onto those electrical pylons and make sure that we still get electrical energy to our homes and workplaces. Now returning back to Michael Faraday, he died in 1867 leaving a massive legacy to the world, but how can you find out more about this fascinating man? Well the Internet is a great place to start, but a far better place to go to is http://www.oldmodels.co.uk where you can actually buy and build your own motor using Faraday’s principles. A few years ago David House retired from making specialist medical equipment and then as we all know when you are a busy person, became bored and decided to make an electro magnetic engine. It was such a success that he continued on and marketed them around the world; even the box that it comes in, is specially designed as a mobile workbench for those people who do not have a designated place to build machinery. He now produces, with a specialised team of engineers the OMC1 rocking engine based on an 1850 electromagnetic engine, OMC2, which is a beam engine, and OMC3 is a Fromant Armature Rotating Engine. Big Ben? I’ve just had a trip out to Prague and had the good fortune of looking at the city centre and its most amazing clock. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Orloj Made in the 15th century, it has been rebuilt quite a few times, however it has a fantastic aura about it. It made me think about our own clocks and most likely the most famous of all being Augustus Pugin’s Great Clock of Westminster more commonly known as Big Ben. Even though the world thinks that the clock is called Big Ben, the truth is that it is the massive bell that chimes the distinctive sound of the hour. The bell, Big Ben is to celebrate its 150th anniversary and weighs in at 15 tons and stands at a height of about 7feet and has a diameter of 10 feet and chimes on the musical note of A. http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2006/03/15/bigben_audio_feature.shtml The bell made at the country’s oldest manufacturing firm, the Whitechapel Bell Foundry Yard http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/newso.htm founded in the mid 16th century and still produces bells for all over the world was made by master bell founder George Mears. Records say that he originally quoted the price of £2,401 for casting the bell (about £200,000 today), however this was substantially reduced as it was possible to reclaim metal from an earlier bell, leaving the invoice to be reduced to £572 (about £60,000 today). The invoice was submitted on May 28th 1858 and it took a week to break up the earlier bell and three furnaces were used to melt the bell metal, a hard bronze alloy; the mould was heated for a whole day before the casting and it took 20 minutes to fill the mould with molten metal; it then took 20 days for it all to cool without cracking. After finishing, the bell was hauled from the foundry to the Houses of Parliament by 16 beribboned horses finally going over Westminster Bridge to its new home. The bells of the Great Clock rang for the first time on May 31st 1859 and although never officially named, there are two people who may have been chosen as its ambassador those being Sir Benjamin Hall, the person who ordered the bell however another theory, and this one may be more likely as the rather famous heavyweight boxer of the time, Benjamin Caunt was on the lips of the normal people. Just a mere two months after it was installed, the mighty bell cracked as the Westminster fitters decided to put a hammer into the bell that was twice the weight that had been recommended by the foundry for striking. It was taken out of service for the next three years and the hours were struck on the largest unnamed quarter-bells. Eventually after a wrangle with the politicians of the day, who seemed to now have an intimate knowledge of foundry work and casting processes conceded to the original recommendations and fitted a smaller hammer. The foundry also chipped out a square of metal and the bell revolved one eighth of a turn to give an undamaged portion for the hammer to hit. The bell is still the original and possibly has the most distinctive sound of any bell with its crack giving a slightly off tone. http://www.bigben.freeservers.com/chimes.html From Graham MacKenzie Graham sends me this for the excellent SS Shieldhall that is based in Southampton. There is much to see and do this year with this ship. You can also become a member of the Trust and help out either in the running of it or the continual restoration. Contact Graham for more details. Date Depart Destination ETA Price APRIL Fri 25th Tbd Welcome the world’s largest cruise ship “Independence of the Seas” This may involve an early start Tbd £25:00 Sat 26th 10:30 Families and Friends. Introducing people to our wonderful ship and viewing “Sea Princess” and “Brilliance of the Seas” in port. No discounts on this trip 15:30 £18:00 Sun 27th 15:00 View “Independence of the Seas” and watch “Queen Elizabeth 2” depart. 18:00 £17.50 MAY Fri 2nd 16:00 Bid farewell to three of the newest cruise ships as the depart on their cruises, “Independence of the Seas, “Queen Victoria” and “Ventura” 19:30 £25:00 JUNE Sat 14th 10:00 Round the Isle of Wight, passing “Queen Mary 2”, “Sea Princess” and “Independence of the Seas” on our way home 19:00 £38:00 Sun 15th 14:00 Eastern Solent cruise and viewing “Queen Elizabeth 2”, “Oceana” and “Boudicca”, as they depart on their cruises 19:00 £27:00 Sat 28th 14:00 Eastern Solent cruise and viewing “Oceana”, “Sea Princess” and “Independence of the Seas”, as they depart on their cruises 19:00 £27:00 Sun 29th 11:00 Western Solent cruise and viewing “Norwegian Jade” in port 16:00 £27:00 JULY Sat 19th 12:00 Western Solent cruise and viewing, “Oceana” and “Sea Princess” 17:00 £27:00 Sat 26th 14:00 Western Solent cruise and viewing “Oceana”, “Independence of the Seas” and “Norwegian Jade” as they depart on their cruises 19:00 £27:00 Sun 27th 11:00 20th Anniversary celebration cruise 16:00 £27:00 AUGUST Wed 6th 10:00 Cruise to view Cowes week, Eastern Solent area 15:00 £27:00 Thu 7th 14:00 Cruise to view Cowes week, Western Solent area 19:00 £27:00 Fri 8th 18:30 Cruise to view Cowes Fireworks with our resident Jazz Band. Supper available, extra. 23:59 £28:00 Sat 16th 10:00 Cruise from Southampton to Weymouth viewing the Dorset Jurassic Coast. Coach return to Southampton included. ***18:00 £40:00 Fri 22nd 11:00 Cruise from Weymouth to view the Dorset Jurassic Coast 16:00 £27:00 Sat 23rd 11:00 Cruise from Weymouth to view the Dorset Jurassic Coast 16:00 £27:00 Sun 24th 11:00 Cruise from Weymouth to Southampton with coach return to Weymouth ***19:30 £40:00 Sat 30th 14:00 Western Solent cruise and see “Oceana”, “Sea Princess” and “Grand Princess” depart on their cruises 19:00 £27:00 Sun 31st 14:00 Eastern Solent cruise and see “Aurora”, “Ventura” and “Oriana” depart 19:00 £27:00 NOVEMBER Tue 11th 06:00 Welcome “Queen Elizabeth 2” on this historic occasion as she enters her homeport of Southampton for the last time. Cunard may change the timings 10:00 £30:00 ~~ PLEASE NOTE - ALL EXCURSIONS - LAST BOARDING IS 15 MINUTES BEFORE DEPARTURE ~~ *** Coach Return sailings – add approximate journey time 2 hours for Shoreham and Weymouth, to ‘ETA’ time shown For Group Bookings of 10 passengers or more, or if you are a member, you are eligible for a discount on most excursions, please contact us direct on 023 8026 7239 or e-mail: tickets@ss-shieldhall.co.uk Children under 16 - half price unless otherwise indicated Book early to avoid disappointment! Available on board and all at very reasonable prices:- Hot meals, snacks, tea, coffee and licensed bar and Shop with a wide range of interesting souvenirs and gifts, http://www.ss-shieldhall.co.uk Ethno Spot http://www.infinitebeing.com:80/0507/monkeys.htm This is quite an amazing bit of scientific research from the 50’s that shows how the consciousness of the mind can actually pass onto other beings. As you can imagine, this effect can be for positive use as well as negative use. Thinking positively will create a wake of powerful energy that can be harnessed for good use – take restoration of your pride and joy as a small example. If you keep thinking negatively, then nothing happens, however if you give it positive thought, then the right people come to help such as paint suppliers, casting and manufacturing people, help in the form of like-minded helpers etc. Think negative and no one comes near! It goes onto other things on a world basis. If you want to have a worldwide problem, then just watch the news, read the papers and soak up all of the destructive vibes and you’ll have the opportunity of talking to like-minded people. If you want to know more, then click the hyperlink above and it’ll explain more. Definition of a Cynic A person who knows the cost of everything, but knows the value of nothing I’ve often been asked why the jokes department always ends up in the Ethno Spot. Well all I can say is if you take yourself too seriously and don’t look, then you’ll never have the chance to see those hidden gems of life, normally told in humour. A girl asks her boyfriend to come over Friday night to meet, and have dinner with her parents. Since this is such a big event, the girl announces to her boyfriend that after dinner, she would like to go out and make love for the first time. The boy is ecstatic, but he has never had sex before, so he takes a trip to the pharmacist to get some condoms. He tells the pharmacist it's his first time and the pharmacist helps the boy for about an hour. He tells the boy everything there is to know about condoms and sex. At the register, the pharmacist asks the boy how many condoms he'd like to buy, a 3-pack, 10-pack, or family pack. The boy insists on the family pack because he thinks he will be rather busy, it being his first time and all. That night, the boy shows up at the girl's parent’s house and meets his girlfriend at the door. "Oh, I'm so excited for you to meet my parents, come on in!" The boy goes inside and is taken to the dinner table where the girl's parents are seated. The boy quickly offers to say grace and bows his head. A minute passes, and the boy is still deep in prayer, with his head down. 10 minutes pass, and still no movement from the boy. Finally, after 20 minutes with his head down, the girlfriend leans over and whispers to the boyfriend, "I had no idea you were this religious." The boy turns, and whispers back, "I had no idea your father was a pharmacist." Dr Busker Many of you will have seen Dr Busker in the Real Ale Tent at the Great Dorset Steam Fair singing some rather bawdy songs to a packed audience, but I think there are a few who have never seen him either so here’s a chance to either enjoy and bit of music with fun attached to it or the other way around. Dr Busker is one of the last real entertainers left in the country – enjoy! As a point of interest, I have had quite a lot of inspiration from the musicianship of Dr Busker – very clever use of fingers, feeling the notes rather than thinking them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciPTxloF30A&feature=related From Stuart Legg Eight Words with two Meanings 1. THINGY (thing-ee) n. Female... Any part under a car's hood. Male... The strap fastener on a woman's bra. 2. VULNERABLE (vul-ne-ra-bel) adj. Female... Fully opening up one's self emotionally to another. Male... Playing cricket without a cup. 3. COMMUNICATION (ko-myoo-ni-kay-shon) n. Female... The open sharing of thoughts and feelings with one's partner. Male... Leaving a note before taking off on a fishing trip with the boys. 4. COMMITMENT (ko- mit-ment) n. Female... A desire to get married and raise a family. Male... Trying not to hit on other women while out with this one. 5. ENTERTAINMENT (en-ter-tayn-ment) n. Female... A good movie, concert, play or book. Male... Anything that can be done while drinking beer. 6. FLATULENCE (flach-u-lens) n. Female... An embarrassing by-product of indigestion. Male... A source of entertainment, self-expression, male bonding. 7 MAKING LOVE (may-king luv) n. Female... The grea-*test*-('") expression of intimacy a couple can achieve. Male... Call it whatever you want, just as long as we do it. 8. REMOTE CONTROL (ri-moht kon-trohl) n. Female... A device for changing from one TV channel to another. Male... A device for scanning through all 375 channels every 5 minutes. AND He said... I don't know why you wear a bra; you've got nothing to put in it She said... You wear pants don't you? He said... Shall we try swapping positions tonight She said... That's a good idea - you stand by the ironing board while I sit on the sofa and pass wind He said... What have you been doing with all the grocery money I gave you She said... Turn sideways and look in the mirror He said... How many men does it take to change a roll of toilet paper She said... We don't know; it has never happened He said... Why is it difficult to find men who are sensitive, caring and Good- looking She said... They already have boyfriends He said... Why are married women heavier than single women She said... Single women come home, see what's in the fridge and go to bed. Married women come home, see what's in bed and go to the fridge And now another little story………… From Ted Bowman Miss Beatrice, the church organist, was in her eighties and had never been married and lived with her sister Elsie. They were both admired for their sweetness and kindness to all. One afternoon the vicar came to call on them and they showed the pastor into their quaint, Victorian sitting room. Miss Beatrice invited him to have a seat while she went out to the kitchen to prepared tea for them all. As he sat facing the old Edwardian harmonium, the young minister noticed a rather beautiful cut-glass bowl sitting on top of it. The bowl was filled three-quarters up to the top with water, and in the water floated of all things, a condom! Shortly, Miss Beatrice returned with tea slowly brewing in the bone chine teapot and scones places daintily on the delicate translucent sideplates, they all began to chat. The pastor tried to stifle his curiosity about the bowl of water and its strange floater, but curiosity soon got the better of him and he could no longer resist. 'Miss Beatrice', he said in a gentle voice, 'I wonder if you would tell me about this?' pointing to the bowl. 'Oh, yes,' she replied, 'Isn't it wonderful? I was walking through the park a few months ago and I found this little package on the ground. The directions said to place it on the organ, keep it wet and that it would prevent the spread of disease and do you know, Elsie and I haven't had the flu all winter.' 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