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Toyoda (sic) sewing and weaving machinery. If you ever have the opportunity to visit their museum it's well worth half a day.
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Strictly it's an automatic loom but near enuf YHC
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That must have lurking in my subconscious, 'cos I promise I didn't look it up
The year 1890 saw the first London to Birmingham telephone link
Which city connected with London the following year, 1891?
The year 1890 saw the first London to Birmingham telephone link
Which city connected with London the following year, 1891?
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Edinburgh?
(It was a Scot who invented the telephone.)
(It was a Scot who invented the telephone.)
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What is Andamooka?
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Opal mining area in Oz.
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Thank you...
Now then, what is a skeith?
Now then, what is a skeith?
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^ Is it something to do with a plough?
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Yes, but can you be more specific?
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OK, to do with a plough is close enough so your turn now.
It is the part of a plough that makes the vertical cut, in modern times usually in the form of a flat steel disc.
It is the part of a plough that makes the vertical cut, in modern times usually in the form of a flat steel disc.
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Thanks, I had heard the term but could not have picked one out of a lineup
Silver hallmarks: the anchor is associated with which English city?
Silver hallmarks: the anchor is associated with which English city?
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That's logical, isn't it. A city somewhere in the middle of the country, well away from the sea, is associated with an anchor.
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^ further information:
https://theassayoffice.com/the-story-of ... birmingham... During his long stay in London, Boulton stayed at the Crown & Anchor Tavern in the Strand, a popular haunt for politicians, where much of the business was transacted. Quite how the decision was made is unclear, but it was probably the toss of a coin which determined that Birmingham, in the heart of the country and miles from the sea, should adopt the Anchor as its hallmarking symbol, whilst Sheffield took the Crown (subsequently changed to the Rose). ...
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Which makes me wonder, which annual event may well have been known as the 'Bunbury' instead?Karearea wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 11:20 pm^ further information:
https://theassayoffice.com/the-story-of ... birmingham... During his long stay in London, Boulton stayed at the Crown & Anchor Tavern in the Strand, a popular haunt for politicians, where much of the business was transacted. Quite how the decision was made is unclear, but it was probably the toss of a coin which determined that Birmingham, in the heart of the country and miles from the sea, should adopt the Anchor as its hallmarking symbol, whilst Sheffield took the Crown (subsequently changed to the Rose). ...