Historian, Archaeologist, and Museum Professional who is also an Organist, Christian Universalist, Rower, Geek. Into Boardgames, Reenactment, Heavy Metal and with a soupcon of Long-Covid.
Ant Dawson
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Lucy just couldnât understand why no one wanted her canapĂŠs at the party.
I also left a list of things to do to the model to convert the 1992 replica to something like the original from 1830, and it would be quite easy to get a good looking model by removing all the 'mod cons' added to the replica to comply with modern safety. People, eh?
Thomas
âď¸ RIP David Hockney
I did a review of Hornby's latest Planet model on my facebook author page yesterday. It's drawn a lot of ire - apparently I should be grateful for the model existing; that I shouldn't bite the hand which feeds me; and shouldn't post reviews in any way critical because Hornby will stop making them.
But, the thing is, the chimney is blatantly, egregiously too short! It's wrong. I know the engine intimately so I know what it should look like. I've written the book about it. Apparently to a certain generation Hornby are god like figures who should be worshipped and trusted.
This Sunday (14 June) at Brookfield Church, Gorton, there will be a celebration of all things Beyer Peacock to mark the 60th anniversary of the closure of the firm; the 150th anniversary of the death of Charles Beyer and him being one of 5 LGBT innovators and scientists for LGBT history month 2026!
Well this is rather exciting: my nine-ton baby in model form. And it definitely is the replica, not the original 1830 machine. The crew also look suspiciously like two friends - the late Peter Brown and Prof Bev Pardoe. Happy memories.
Ant Dawson
Merchant Adventurersâ Hall
Look, all I'm saying is now is the time for Dr Woof
