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Marg Kristi Science Museum

Table Steam Engine by Maudsley and Son and Foeld 1840

Hilman Imp

The sign assocated with this says the UK Government dictated that the cars be manufactured in Scotland and because components that were built 300 miles away had to be transported in and that the plant was on strike a lot of the time thus eventually causing the Rootes Group sale to Chrysler

General Purpose Analogue Computer G-PAC by Elliot 1957

Drum Mass Storeage Device

A bit bigger than the HArd drives we have today and no double far less capacity, but smaller than the the old 40 MB hard drives that I remember

Grundig Reel to Reel Portable Tape recorder 1965

Olivetti Letters 22 Won best design Product of 100 Years

Proberly why the company now basically no longer exists. They were more in fashion than practacality

Williamsion Amplifer 1949

Post Office 300 Series Telephone

Notice the letters against the numbers are in the same position as Mobile Phones that people now use for texting. One of the rare situations where thinking ahead did pay off.

Pye Model 1108 Radio 1966

Coventry Climax FPF 1.5 Litre four cylinder engine 1956

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum Marg WW2 damage

We have now notice quite a lot of this type of damage around London and now realise it was caused by the Blitz during World War 2

Meat to Smithfield Markets where Kristi lives from Aberdeen

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