Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 16 Feb 2020, 14:36
I'll give it a while. I'm fairly confident as I went there once 
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Feb 2020, 03:48
Is it the Greenwich "ball" mechanism on the Royal Observatory?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Feb 2020, 04:09
Sorry but none of you has it yet but I think Kev has it. Big clue, it's thought to be the oldest mechanical clock in the world.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Feb 2020, 05:39
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Feb 2020, 05:59
You are all being so polite! I fancy someone will post the answer today.....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Feb 2020, 08:30
Is the answer in plain sight?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Feb 2020, 08:59
Well, it is to me but most others seem confused. I've given the dead give away clue!
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Feb 2020, 09:45
The clock workings at Salisbury cathedral, reported to be the oldest working clock mechanism. It doesn't have a clock face but rings a bell every hour to 'announce' the time.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Feb 2020, 11:21
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Feb 2020, 11:56
I like Glo's hint too, hiding in plain sight!
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Feb 2020, 03:17
Kev is exactly right of course. Never expected that one to get so far.....
Try this one.....
Try this one.....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Feb 2020, 08:36
Is it an ickey ball?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Feb 2020, 09:06
I had to look that up. Never heard of them Gloria. However, no. Sorry about that.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Feb 2020, 09:15
You don't give as size but I think it may be a lot smaller than it looks. If so:
Banana Bar, a device for inserting through body piercings?
Banana Bar, a device for inserting through body piercings?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Feb 2020, 09:30
Posh exercise weight marketed to health conscious celebrities at an exorbitant price?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Feb 2020, 12:52
Ian has got it despite me being coy about the size. It is indeed a banana bar!
Try this one.
Try this one.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Feb 2020, 16:27
I put the words banana bar into google but got nothing like that, just a bar in Amsterdam and lots of foodie pics! 
Is the tower a former lighthouse?
Is the tower a former lighthouse?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Feb 2020, 19:46
We had something else a little while ago that was wrongly identified as one. Is it a shot tower?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 19 Feb 2020, 02:50
Curses!! That's why I put it up, I thought the rejection would muddy the waters. Yes it's a shot tower in Philadelphia USA. I'll try again.... What is this?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 19 Feb 2020, 09:50
Is it the top of a lifesize model of Blackpool Tower made out of Accrington bricks...?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 19 Feb 2020, 10:06
Haha, you're right, it really does look like a Blackpool Tower mimic in brick! Alternatively, it's a version made out of red lego bricks.
It looks like India Mill chimney in Darwen but what's that on the top?
It looks like India Mill chimney in Darwen but what's that on the top?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 19 Feb 2020, 11:10
Is it in Minnesota?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 20 Feb 2020, 03:12
Sorry nobody is near. It's in England China......
A good example of what British Brickies used to be capable of......
A good example of what British Brickies used to be capable of......
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 20 Feb 2020, 06:40
Is it India Mill chimney in Darwen?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 20 Feb 2020, 06:57
I can see why that occurred to you China, no, but you're in the right era.