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Gone out of fashion
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It is truly remarkable how quiet their companion air compressors are now.
Hydraulic power made a big change in the machines doing construction work. Something not seen now, but common from Victorian days, are excavators with scissor-action jibs. It probably started with the JCB 'diggers' and then spread larger and larger machines.
Terence David Lines
master brummie
You don’t want to, dug half of Birmingham up with one of those Jack Hammers when I first worked for Post Office Telephones.
Terence David Lines
master brummie
Told a friend who works for Ladbrokes this morning, I will not be watching got 0.0 written all over it for me.
Terence David Lines
master brummie
Is this a Tardis.
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
No hydraulics but they could do the job
The No 6 Perry Barr tram service ended in 1949 and 4 years later in March 1953 they were taking up the tracks as seen in Birchfield Road.
Johnfromstaffs
Johnfromstaffs
Not only the tin bath, but the National Dried Milk tin. There would be one somewhere in most sheds, usually containing an assortment of old screws and rusty nails, if my dad’s shed was typical.
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
i have only one left now that is used just for my curries
pjmburns
master brummie
Smudger
master brummie
The Aussie Opal miners still use a Jack Hammer.
Johnfromstaffs
Johnfromstaffs
Our Pyrex dishes are still in regular use for cooking microwave items that need a lid, and for storage of items in the fridge. I don’t see that they are out of fashion at all.
Perhaps the fashion that we have moved away from is the white glass with floral patterns? Clear glass Pyrex is still being made, (and used!).
Johnfromstaffs
Johnfromstaffs
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mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
i use the modern glass ones not like these
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Richard Dye
master brummie
Pete, in the US these are making a comeback at BBQ’s. They fill them with ice and see how long you can sit in it for. No I didn’t
Terence David Lines
master brummie
My grandmother had a smaller one than the one above. Her house had a bath. The galvanised one was used to put the Shallots in after we peeled them in October, then salt shook over the top which was then covered with fresh water left in front of the open fire to keep it warm. 24 hours later drained Shallots put in jars and her own made spiced vinegar added plus two teaspoons of soft brown sugar added this would keep the Shallots crisp.
We had a smaller galvanised bath which was used regularly despite having a bathroom [with a bath]. Water heated from the old black fire grate so in summer Mom used to heat the water in the big gas boiler situated in the corner of the kitchen. I always had to go in the bath after my brother to save heating more water. Wonder what todays youngsters would make of it
NoddKD
master brummie
Also the tin of National Dried Milk seems to have gone out of fashion. As a nipper I was sent every Saturday to Lewis's for two tins for my sister. Happy days.
NoddKD,Courier.
Johnfromstaffs
Johnfromstaffs
Worse still if you had to follow your dad in the tin bath after he’d been down the pit for a week!
Used to have one for school trips. It’d fit into a duffle bag along with a purse with spending money and a packed lunch. Viv.
Richard Dye
master brummie
We have a version of that in our cars.
Terence David Lines
master brummie
Had one. We used it has a goal post in the summer when the frame work had been taken down.
Bob Davis
Bob Davis
Mainly because of white finger, but they are still required in streetworks training and assessment and in a lot of cases now they are petrol driven, so do not need the compressor. I remember when I ran a plant hire company, we had one and two toolers as standards, but also a bigger CP four tooler which spent most of its life out on hire.
Never have used any other knot than a Windsor and have not worn a tie for about three years, so this topic sent me to my ties and yes can still tie a Windsor knot.
But on thè subject of the post, have you noticed you can no longer get spares and replacement ironmongery parts and bits and pieces? Only a complete replacement piece wrapped in plastic
Bob
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Bob Davis
Bob Davis
Prior to JCB, this looks like an American machine, but I the UK Ruysto Bucyruse were king, hard to beat an RB22 face shovel, I last used one, an old dog ,from the fifties in 1991. You knew at the end of the day, it was not operated by hydraulics.
Bob
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