MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Stanley]

It's being driven by the belt and it's in the boiler house at Bancroft.

[Stanley]

No takers?

[Stanley]

If there is no movement by midday I shall knock it on the head.

[Stanley]

It's the belt drive that operated the scrapers on the economiser tubes in the boiler house. It was an automatically reversing system and was fascinating to watch....
Now we need another object. Anyone up for it?

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Big Kev]

Clock mechanism?

[Stanley]

Too easy wasn't it! Yes, but to be more specific, it's the turret clock Johnny Pickles made for the Catholic church in Barlick.....
We need another object now....

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Big Kev]

Looks like a screw on lid for something

[Stanley]

You're right about the quick thread Kev but it's not a lid, in fact quite the reverse.....

[Stanley]

Any offers?

[Tripps]

Looks like it has a handle - well used pressure cooker?

[Big Kev]

Is it coffee related?

[Stanley]

You're both getting closer, domestic but only a fraction more than an inch in diameter..... David is right, there's something on the side of it.

[Stanley]

Look very carefully. The colour of the stains might give you a clue....

[Big Kev]

Tea or gravy?

[Stanley]

Not edible, poison in fact!

[Wendyf]

Is it a pipe bowl?

[Stanley]

Well done Wendy, you have got it. It's the bowl of a falcon pipe. The bowls screwed in and the big advantage was that they could be dismantled and cleaned properly.... I reckon that's why I escaped unscathed after over 60 years of smoking!
Now we need another object....

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Stanley]

No takers? You've seen it before. Steam engine related.....

[Gloria]

Sorry, but not a clue.

[Stanley]

Not surprising Gloria, very few people would recognise it. I'll knock it on the head at dinnertime. I'll try a clue, very closely associated with piston rods.....

[Gloria]

Is it a counter weight?

[Stanley]

Sorry Gloria but no. Think of the rods sliding in and out of the cylinder.