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[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[Remspoor]

[MiniMinorMk3]

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[MiniMinorMk3]

Those early mobile phones weighed a tonne back in the 1990s.

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Those early mobile phones weighed a tonne back in the 1990s.

That will just be a ton, no need for foreign weights then.

[MiniMinorMk3]

8 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

That will just be a ton, no need for foreign weights then.

We had metric when I was at school in the '70s. I never learned how many pounds in a ton or yards in a mile.

[artdjones]

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

We had metric when I was at school in the '70s. I never learned how many pounds in a ton or yards in a mile.

I think I was probably in about the last group of children to be taught both imperial and metric at school. 
I later worked in the electronics industry which meant dealing with US companies as well as European ones, so knowing both systems was essential to.

The U.K. has never gone completely metric. We still drive miles and drink pints of beer for example.

Ton v Tonne is close enough to be considered virtually the same in every day use.

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

We had metric when I was at school in the '70s. I never learned how many pounds in a ton or yards in a mile.

It's interesting how it changes - my grandfather was b. 1900 and taught the metric system - imperial was just a way of life that everyone kinda knew, from what he said.

[lesapandre]

6 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Those early mobile phones weighed a tonne back in the 1990s.

 

Got to be a film prop. These are cast iron and with the glass in impossible for two men to lift. Wikipedia says about 680kg - that's heavier than a Citroen 2CV.

You'd need plant to move that in one piece.

Days before ideas of safety if that is a professional prop lift - no gloves or foot protection 🤔 

[High Jetter]

Deptford, maybe?

[lesapandre]

It's 'The Little Crown' - in Albion Street Rotherhithe London. Was near the former Surrey Docks. Now empty.

[MiniMinorMk3]

16 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Got to be a film prop. These are cast iron and with the glass in impossible for two men to lift. Wikipedia says about 680kg - that's heavier than a Citroen 2CV.

You'd need plant to move that in one piece.

Days before ideas of safety if that is a professional prop lift - no gloves or foot protection 🤔 

 

15 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Deptford, maybe?

 

12 hours ago, lesapandre said:

It's 'The Little Crown' - in Albion Street Rotherhithe London. Was near the former Surrey Docks. Now empty.

 

Yes it is Rotherhithe, on the corner of Albion Street and Renforth Street. The pub closed in 2002.

In 2019 it looked like this

Last September it looked like this

[lesapandre]

32 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

 

 

Yes it is Rotherhithe, on the corner of Albion Street and Renforth Street. The pub closed in 2002.

In 2019 it looked like this

Last September it looked like this

Yes it was squatted for a long time. It's been cleaned up a bit - eventual fate unknown.

[martc]

[martc]

Milan

[Remspoor]

[Remspoor]

Ely

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Ely

Cracking pic. You have to wonder why they took it though.

[artdjones]

19 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Cracking pic. You have to wonder why they took it though.

Probably taken by the letting agent for the properties.

[lesapandre]

3 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Cracking pic. You have to wonder why they took it though.

Very beautiful Ely. Not that bit if it is even still there but the rest. Well worth a visit.

Not Ely:

[Remspoor]

20 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Cracking pic. You have to wonder why they took it though.

Breaking news in local rag. New dry cleaners has opened.

[Remspoor]

23 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Ely

Has anyone noticed the metal frame on the HA van?

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

Breaking news in local rag. New dry cleaners has opened.

Yes, I'd 'spotted' that (sorry, industry joke).

I wonder if the HA van is connected to the TV rentals, and the frame is for carrying aerial poles?

[sheffcortinacentre]

More than likely.

[GeorgeB]

3 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Has anyone noticed the metal frame on the HA van?

I only noticed the two Heralds. Lovely.

[lesapandre]

On 21/01/2025 at 20:38, High Jetter said:

Cracking pic. You have to wonder why they took it though.

I think it was just finished then. It's on the Marketplace in Ely. Still there but various wrangles over what might replace it.

[Remspoor]

One man and his dog.

or

Get down Shep.