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Girls and Boys
Any regular readers of this blog will know about the pub quiz audio rounds I put together occasionally for a quiz in London (see the quiz category). This week’s concept is entitled ‘Boy Meets Girl’ – we’ve created 10 boy/girl ‘couples’ represented by an audio excerpt from a well-known song. No points for the names (obviously), but one point for getting the artist. 10 couples – 20 questions. All the names are edited together without a gap (and I try to match key/barline where possible) so you need to concentrate!
Average score on this one is around 15 out of 20. Let me know how you did – either by commenting on this post or on Facebook/email.
Tears on my pillar
Carl writes…
Fortunately the broken section of transom rail was with the kiosk when ‘Kelly the Crane’ brought it over [from Derbyshire] to Norfolk. It was the missing piece of the jigsaw & fit perfectly; however it had to be thoroughly stripped of paint & rust before I could could ‘operate’!After buzzing a ’36′ pad over the broken section & grinding a ‘V’ in both this & the structural transom rail I was ready to re-align. In order to aid perfect alignment of the section when welding, I drilled a hole through the broken section & the corner pillar. The broken section’s hole was enlarged & countersunk. The hole in the corner pillar’s top was threaded with a 5/16 Whitworth ‘taper tap’. A countersunk steel screw was nipped tight between the sections prior to welding. This screw will remain in situ & be coated with body filler creating the correct aesthetics.After welding, the ’36′ pad was used to ‘dress’ the weld; this ensures the weld trail is flush to the surrounding surfaces.
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- Oh no! A bit missing!
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- Hang on, what’s this bit of broken iron I’ve found in the back of the transport truck…
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- It fits! Would you Adam ‘n Eve it?!
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- Grind the paint off…
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- Tap and die job. Looks like we need a Whitworth 5/16th taper tap here.
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- The bolt!
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- The hole!
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- Beautiful flush fitting.
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- But it will need welding to be fully invisible.
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- “I’m melting!”
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- I’ll see you burn…
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- Stuck on you.
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- Because you’re so smooth
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- On top of the world!
Can you fill me in?
Kerris fills the casting imperfections around the 'Telephone' sign frame area.
Kerris (one of Carl’s phone box restoration team at Remember When UK) has been back filling all of the casting imperfections. She has also begun ‘prepping’ the roof for paintwork pre-installation (you may recall the roof is actually a replacement one – see previous post). Carl has now loaded the K6 back on to the GPO trailer (an authentic 1930s antique itself) getting it ready for welding. It’s easier welding a horizontal surface, he tells me.
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- You’ve never seen a phone box from this angle before…
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- The K6 on Carl’s authentic 1930s GPO trailer.
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- My K6 horizontal on the trailer. A queue of phone boxes in various stages of repair stands behind.
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- GPO trolley from the other side – note the two mini wheels on the front.
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- The trolleys tilted so a single GPO installer could put the K6s in place unaided.
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- Fully upright.
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- Yes – even Carl’s workshop is 1930s retro…
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- Imperfections in the roof casting being sanded out.
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- Kerris fills the casting imperfections around the ‘Telephone’ sign frame area.
