MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Cathy]

Are they ‘ink pad’ Stamps , Stanley?

[Tizer]

Are they part of a game?

[Stanley]

Yes Cathy and no Peter, not part of a game.

[Marilyn]

For counting traffic through an intersection etc?
( nah...that doesn’t make sense)
Scrap that...

[Cathy]

Used to help , maybe town planners, when drawing up / mapping out new roads etc

[Stanley]

None of the above but Cathy is on the right lines.

[Marilyn]

Planning a parade ( a historical parade by the look of the vehicles).

[Cathy]

Could they be used to see how much space each one would occupy when being transported by plane, ship, train, ferry, semi-trailer etc?

[Stanley]

You are all in the right area but not homing in on the actual purpose. Clue, think about when it is essential to map traffic...

[Cathy]

Road signage ?

Eg: Look out for ...Trucks Entering.
Parking for...

[Wendyf]

Something connected to WW1?

[Cathy]

Signs to show that a particular road lane is to be used for eg Trucks or Buses or Motorbikes etc ?

[Stanley]

Sorry, you are all over thinking this. Think of something that is often necessary and must be accurate.

[Gloria]

Parking spaces. Spaces on board ferries.

[chinatyke]

Calculating traffic loading on bridges.

[Stanley]

You need a big clue! When would it be useful for a member of the public to be able to accurately represent vehicles?

[Bodger]

In court or police station ?

[Marilyn]

If so, man! Your vehicles are sooooo out of date.

[chinatyke]

Same as Bodger or for road traffic accident analysis?

[Stanley]

Thank God, you have got there.



Here it is. The Simplex Accident Reporter Kit. Used by the police but also very popular with insurance companies for accident claims. I first came across them when I was told a story about a driver at Wild's Brothers who was filling out a report for the insurance company and was heard to say "is there a stamp for a steam roller?".
Well done Bodge and China. Between you you have got it.

[Tizer]

That was a good one and I'd never heard of those before!

[Stanley]

Can you tell me what this is?

[Tizer]

The shell from some kind of seed pod?

[Big Kev]

It looks earthenware. Is it a cooking pot?

[chinatyke]

Ancient cooking dish for fish?