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What can you tell me about this, and where is it?
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A submarine pen?
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I think Kev is right and I'd guess perhaps Brest?
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I’ll give it you Kev, not far away Stanley, it’s at Lorient.
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Can you tell me what I am working on here?
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Gloria wrote: ↑27 Jul 2025, 07:27 I’ll give it you Kev, not far away Stanley, it’s at Lorient.
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Automatic oiler reservoir?
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You've got it Ian. It's a Kirkham four feed high pressure oiler that I was refurbishing..... I did two of them. God knows what it would cost to make one today.....
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Where was I?
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From memory, New York I believe?
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Got to give it to you Ian, your memory is correct, at MOMA in NY.
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What are they?
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No takers?
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Well done Tom! Two 'Blow' butter churns. They only took a quart of cream and were used on the table top.
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What is it and where?
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I know :biggrin2:
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I thought it might be recognisable. Let's see if anyone else remembers.
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Boundary stone?
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Sorry Gloria but no. It used to bean essential part of the townscape.......
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Town well, encased in the Gisburn Road School wall
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Quite right Ian.... I shall have to find another object!
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Do we know if it was originally fed from a borehole?
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Shouldn't think so Ian. More likely to be a natural spring somewhere nearby.
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The fire hydrant feeds from the same source or is that just a coincidence and connected to the mains water?
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