MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Stanley]

I phoyographed it on the bench top Cathy. It's not a light. It's a great help in a cooking operation.

[Cathy]

I did think possibly a spoon rest or something that helps with excess fat, but really nothing comes to mind.
Maybe the shine is making it hard.
Where’s Gloria

[Stanley]

Sorry Cathy but No. I shall put you out of your misery soon. PS. I have just used it to make part of my lunch....

[Cathy]

Is there a brush underneath it, could it be a Vegetable Brush

[PanBiker]

Egg Timer?

[Stanley]

Ian has got it. Its a Kitchen Craft egg timer. You put it in the pan with the eggs and it changes colour as the eggs cook. A wonderful invention! (LINK)

[Gloria]

I did think possibly a spoon rest or something that helps with excess fat, but really nothing comes to mind.
Maybe the shine is making it hard.
Where’s Gloria

Gloria is on holiday

[Stanley]

What is it called and why this shape?

[Cathy]

Stone Serpentine Wall came immediately to mind. I looked them up and found that they are also called Serpentine Walls, Snake Walls and Crinkle Crankle Walls.

[Stanley]

You have got it Cathy. The name I was looking for was crinkle crankle. They were built like this because you could use far less bricks building a thinner wall but because of the curves it was as strong and durable as a far heavier wall.
Next one?

[Stanley]

What is it? Clue, the material it's made out of is bronze.

[Stanley]

Another clue, made in America......

[Gloria]

A chain which doesn’t create a spark, or for working underwater so it doesn’t go rusty.

[Stanley]

You're on the right lines Gloria. Think about alternatives to it being a drive chain. What if it was used for communication?

[Gloria]

Was it used by divers?

[Stanley]

Sorry no but it was a diver who rescued it from a sunken Liberty Ship off Skye. But what was it used for on that ship?

[Stanley]

You have all forgotten the answer. It was part of the much longer chain that connected the telegraph lever on the bridge of the ship with the indicator in the engine room thus allowing the Master to control the ships speed and direction of travel. The ship was one of the 'Liberty Ships' built in the US during the war to make up for the losses caused by the Nazi U-Boat campaign in the North Atlantic. (LINK)
Next object?

[Gloria]

My husband said that

[Stanley]

Oh Dear Gloria! Sorry! Do you want to set the next object?

[Stanley]

What is it?

[PanBiker]

Printing blocks?

[Stanley]

Yes Ian but they are for a specific purpose.... What could that be?

[PanBiker]

They are obviously from a specific time period, 1920's perhaps. German Zeppelin Aerial reconnaissance?

[Stanley]

Sorry no. This was mentioned in Jack Platt's evidence he gave to the LTP. A more everyday use than that Ian.
I'll give it until lunch time.

[Tizer]

Are they for stamping an old equivalent of driving licences?