OneGuyFromBarlick

Coincidence Ian, that will be a mains connection.



What's going on here?

Looks like trains on a boat?

I think I have to give it you Gloria. What I really wanted you to say was that it is a cross channel train ferry from the days when you could get on a train for say Paris and the whole train was shipped across the channel and went forward on continental lines. But what you say is quite correct.
Now I shall have to think of another object!

What is it? (Canon isn't good enough! )

No takers?

A carronade at the former Carron Works?

Or model thereof..... Exactly right Kev. You lot are getting too knowledgeable!
Now we need another object.

What is it?

It looks like a telescopic aerial re-purposed, (commercially) into a pocket expanding pointing device for lecture purposes.

Telescopic magnet I think

Sorry Ian but no. You're right about the telescopic bit....

Tom came in with the right answer as I was typing that!
You're right Tom a powerful little magnet on the end of a telescopic rod. A very hand bit of kit. I have used t it so many times to get me out of sticky corners.
Now we need another object!

Re-purposed twice then. I know Johnny Howell who taught us at Burnley college 50 odd years ago used one for pointing purposes.

What is it?

A weight for perhaps a clock?
Or a balance weight for a sash window?

Too easy wasn't it Gloria. You were right, a clock weight.
Now we need another object.

What can you tell me about this?

I feel as though I ought to know but nothing is coming to me. Looks like a good one Gloria!

Looks like part of a rivet gun

No not part of a rivet gun.

Is it the nozzle of an oiler?

No Stanley it isn’t. Nothing to do with any liquid.

I stared at it until my eyes hurt. Nothing! I give up.....

Try it from this angle

Is it a spool carrier for tying fishing flies?