I've already sent in my comments to the EWR public consultation. A few vague ramblings about local access to the proposed Cambourne station, a query about electrification and freight, and a more… (View Post)

A few years back I mentioned a tiny 'museum' in a barn in Tempsford, which was where SOE agents flew out to France during WW2. The entire airfield was made to look like a farm. I came acros… (View Post)

Incidentally, I just came across this little snippet about mechanisation in the USA. From 170 years ago: "1853 Whitworth was appointed a member of the Royal Commission to the New York Industrial… (View Post)

Before Whitworth, virtually every blacksmith had their own standard for nuts and bolts - if they made them at all. Different diameters, pitch and depth on the threads... it as fine if you were buildi… (View Post)

It's a chicken and egg situation, isn't it? Lack of construction (not just 'building'...) starts leads to fewer people in the relevant occupations, and fewer people training up in… (View Post)