vents

Bedford tractor unit, forget the serial mark; Dinky toys used the same thing for their articulated car transporter model. Wonderful series of the land of bikkies, thanks you so much

Lovely old picture, thank you. Is the Turbinia still on show in two pieces?

No Turbinia was restored to her former glory, after a fund was launched - jointly sponsored by the North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders and Newcastle Corporation. Thanks to the corporations above and other Institutions and subscribers, Turbinia was restored (as nearly as possible) to her original condition and housed in an annexe at the Science and Engineering Museum in Newcastle. This was officially opened by Admiral Sir Casper John, First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, on September 15th, 1961. Turbinia was then moved in 1994 to her new home, Discovery Museum, where people lined the streets to watch the journey through the City of Newcastle. There's a video on Youtube showing the move, I believe this is the link below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AefE-sXygyU

Thank you TWAM, it's lovely to see information like this about my old part of England. I come from Chester-le-Street but have lived for the last nearly forty years here in New Zealand. I'm very glad that this site and TWAM have met.

Cool video, thanks !!

FrigateRN - Didn't realise you were from Chester-le-street, after you said the site was run from New Zealand. Glad we can share the history of the area with you and am glad you are enjoying it.

POINT OF INFORMATION On Wednesday 31st January 2018 the NLI Flickr Photostream with all the research and information gathered will be archived. The Irish Web has been archived by the NLI over the past several years and this has led to the archiving of the photostream. Carol has been linking the information gathered on each shot to the catalogue and now the archiving will ensure that it is preserved for future reference for those who may wish to research!

Congratulation for your beautiful Album.

"An oast, oast house or hop kiln is a building designed for kilning (drying) hops as part of the brewing process. They can be found in most hop-growing (and former hop-growing) areas and are often good examples of vernacular architecture. ... They consist of a rectangular one or two storey building (the "stowage") and one or more kilns in which the hops were spread out to be dried by hot air rising from a wood or charcoal-fired below. The drying floors were thin and perforated to permit the heat to pass through and escape through a cowl in the roof which turned with the wind. The freshly picked hops from the fields were raked in to dry and then raked out to cool before being bagged up and sent to the brewery. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oast_house

Streetview: www.google.ie/maps/@52.8555172,-7.5844973,3a,60y,90t/data... 25" Map: maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,627987,678420,12,9

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Wednesday January 31 (2018) is also a a super Blue Moon total eclipse, the first in 150 years - earthsky.org/?p=270280 . Lock up your archives!