When men were men...

[HughN]

I can't remember if I've posted this before and cant find evidence of doing so, but this page has been bookmarked for years.

When engineering was done by men in brown shop-coats (white for management), the words "health" and "safety" had yet to appear in the same sentence and wearing a hat was de-rigeur....

Old things.

[Erin]

What a fantastic collection. The sheer size of those components too

[Anchorhandler]

Wow, for me looking at those pictures is like stumbling across a load of vintage Playboy's

And not a fecking computer in sight too

I was lucky enough to see a Doxford oposed piston engine running on a ship i visited in the early 90's.....fascinating bit of kit.

Thanks for posting the link, i will forward it to other anoraks like me

Simon

[mick]

Interesting stuff it's a shame those days have gone

[Bigmuz7]

Originally Posted by mick

Interesting stuff it's a shame those days have gone

Its a good question 'why' .. and almost an embarrasment to be honest , we were a great country once who produced the finest engineering in the world .. not any more .. I blame all our politicians ... not just one half

nice pics to see .. thanks Hugh

[mick]

There are some great engineers about but usually in garden sheds I know a chap that makes working models of these sort of things from scratch

[jambo]

Aye great days in someways I wish they were back!! They had real Hovis in the snap tins

[Pikey Dave]

Excellent, thanks for posting

[Poly]

Its not all bad - those pics were all:

- before ribs were invented
- when seagull's were considered state of the art in outboard tech
- when small boat owners all had to spend most of the winter sanding, varnishing/painting their wooden boats
- all navigation was by chart and dividers

oh, and there was no ribnet - so if you guys wanted to talk about boats you might have had to go and see real people...

[kerny]

Originally Posted by Poly

oh, and there was no ribnet - so if you guys wanted to talk about boats you might have had to go and see real people...

Are there no real people on RIBnet Poly Is tony t not real then ???

[Poly]

Originally Posted by kerny

Are there no real people on RIBnet Poly Is tony t not real then ???

I've met some of you in real life and you are even more unbelievable then!

[kerny]

Originally Posted by Poly

I've met some of you in real life and you are even more unbelievable then!

Name and shame then

[Hightower]

I served my apprenticeship using some of those machines.

Nice collection, thanks for sharing.

[martini]

Originally Posted by Poly

Its not all bad - those pics were all:...

When life was still pretty cheap as well!

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[Anchorhandler]

I find the biggest difference between now and then is that if you managed to hurt yourself back then you were a numpty and had the p*ss taken out of you .

If you hurt yourself nowadays, it absolutely has to be someone else's fault .

sad really....

Simon

[martini]

Did I blame anyone when you smashed my finger up?

[Trailer Guy]

Thanks HughN, that's a fantastic post. You can almost smell the swarf and cutting oil, feel the heat and cover your ears to the noise. Fantastic.

Think that's the reason I love trailers - they're still so... I don't know, old fashioned? Agricultural? Love it, thanks again.

[willk]

Originally Posted by martini

Did I blame anyone when you smashed my finger up?

.....

[A1an]

Makes me feel kind of sad looking at those photos and then looking at the mess we are in now.

[martini]

Originally Posted by A1an

Makes me feel kind of sad looking at those photos and then looking at the mess we are in now.

Well timed reminder with the death of Thatcher yesterday

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