MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Gloria]

Meter cupboard.

[Stanley]

No sorry but Gloria went straight to the basic use of it and it would be silly to leave everyone guessing. This particular key fitted the locks on the bonnet of an old car. They were also used for the locks on boot lids or the trunks that were often mounted on the luggage carriers of old cars. I seem to remember the railway companies using them for the locks on carriage doors at one time.
So I think we should give it to Gloria and put another object up.

[Tripps]

In the Army they were called T keys, and used to open the 'side bins' on Comms Vehicles where cables etc were stored.

Being small and not tied down, they were of course regularly lost, and occasionally stolen by colleagues. You'd have been the object of envy if you had the one shown in the picture. A substitute was a length of square section steel with a 90 degree bend in it. They were quite sought after.

As Trigger would say "look after your T key. . . . .

[Stanley]

There's a Little Known Fact for you.... OneGuy scores again.



What's going on here?

[Gloria]

Are they making bricks?

[Stanley]

Yes Gloria but they are rather special ones. What's the material being used?

[Gloria]

Are they fire bricks?

[Stanley]

Sorry, No Gloria but heat is involved!

[Steeplejerk]

Glazed bricks

[Big Kev]

Bricks made from slag.

[Stanley]

Kev has it! Molten slag being cast into blocks which were used for building. I got the drawing out of an old children's comic. Would they expect kids to be interested in that sort of thing now?
Next one?

[Tripps]

"Would they expect kids to be interested in that sort of thing now?"


They might - I buy Aquila magazine for two of my grandchildren. Have done for a few years now.

I always ask before renewal if it's still relevant to them and always get the answer - "yes".

Seems there's often a scuffle for first dibs when it arrives.

[Stanley]

Good! I am pleased to hear that David. Best of luck to them.......

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Cathy]

Maybe a bulb for a car/vehicle light.

[Stanley]

Sorry Cathy, no, but it is to do with producing light.....

[Big Kev]

Jet from a gas lamp?

[Cathy]

Part of a Torch

[PanBiker]

I'm with Kev. Cold also be from a pressurised Primus paraffin lantern.

[Stanley]

Kev is right. This one is from a caravan gas light..... Calor Gas or Propane.
Next one?

[Big Kev]

What information are we looking at here?

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[Stanley]

Means nowt to me Kev.....

[Big Kev]

I'll drop some clues if it hangs around too long.

[Big Kev]

It's related to my hobby.

[SAC]

Cameras / film / photography ?