What Is The Oldest

[GMES]

Thing or place you've worked on or in as an Electrician, with the vast wealth of knowledge and experience on here there should be some good ones. I will kick it off by saying about 6 -7 years ago I did some work on a 16th century coach house , it was supposed to be haunted but I never saw anything strange. The bedrooms were well sloping though, if you put a marble on the floor it would roll straight to the other side, it all leaned to the back of the building and was a bugger to sleep in. Also one of my regular customers who owns a little engineering company and that dates back to 18th century, well part of it at least.

It can also be a peice of equipment, doesn't have to be a place.

 

[Leesparkykent]

I've done a MICC install at Heaver Castle.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Thing or place you've worked on or in as an Electrician, with the vast wealth of knowledge and experience on here there should be some good ones. I will kick it off by saying about 6 -7 years ago I did some work on a 16th century coach house , it was supposed to be haunted but I never saw anything strange. The bedrooms were well sloping though, if you put a marble on the floor it would roll straight to the other side, it all leaned to the back of the building and was a bugger to sleep in. Also one of my regular customers who owns a little engineering company and that dates back to 18th century, well part of it at least.

It can also be a peice of equipment, doesn't have to be a place.

the foundry with the Ellison busbar chamber springs to mind Glenn

what was it?...1942?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I've done a MICC install at Heaver Castle.

but you didn`t have to `heaver` it in?


did you make sure to `heaver` up...afterwards?

 

[GMES]

Something like that Pal, did you see the book I bought, Hold fire I will get a link.

 

[Dan]

I stayed here the other week, actually when on the way to visit CEF.

http://www.lumleycastle.com/

Lovely place. Would assume it has a full-time team working on it.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I stayed here the other week, actually when on the way to visit CEF.

http://www.lumleycastle.com/

Lovely place. Would assume it has a full-time team working on it.

hmm

a holiday to CEF....how noble...

 

[GMES]

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@GLENNSPARK

 

[GMES]

Looks nice Dan.

 

[Dan]

hmm

a holiday to CEF....how noble...

Kinda killed two birds with one stone. Stopped off in York for a couple of days after it was a couple of weeks ago when it was really sunny. Went up Thursday night, stayed in the castle, met Dave Howe who ran TilersForums.co.uk with me and I had never met in 10 years of working with him!! And met @CEF Paul on the friday for a quick chat and some banter. Then off to york.

The castle was out of this world. I think 1388 it was built. Bashed my head a fair few times getting a beer from the castle library/bar.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

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@GLENNSPARK

good for late nite boredom Glenn

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Kinda killed two birds with one stone. Stopped off in York for a couple of days after it was a couple of weeks ago when it was really sunny. Went up Thursday night, stayed in the castle, met Dave Howe who ran TilersForums.co.uk with me and I had never met in 10 years of working with him!! And met @CEF Paul on the friday for a quick chat and some banter. Then off to york.

The castle was out of this world. I think 1388 it was built. Bashed my head a fair few times getting a beer from the castle library/bar.

so it was stimulating conversation all round

how pleasant...

 

[Midwest]

Putting new lighting in for storage shed at the BL factory in Oxford in the early eighties. We had to move grates that held jigs for Spitfires and Morris Oxfords (the latter were shipped off to India). The unit had been previously to hold acid dipping tanks, where the rust was removed from car body panels before being sent to the body building plant. Good old British Leyland.

 

[Richard Burns]

I have done some minor work in a castle that was converted from a fort built in 1542. The kitchen walls are 2m thick stone blocks, the gas guys had fun getting the boiler exhaust out of the room!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Putting new lighting in for storage shed at the BL factory in Oxford in the early eighties. We had to move grates that held jigs for Spitfires and Morris Oxfords (the latter were shipped off to India). The unit had been previously to hold acid dipping tanks, where the rust was removed from car body panels before being sent to the body building plant. Good old British Leyland.

Hmm...British Leyland

Didn't top gear have a program dedicated to some of their wares?

We had the

allegro...in a variety of sickly colours

Princess...a wedge of cheese

Ital...less said here the better

Vitesse...something WILL fall off

Dolomite...endless leaks


And that's before we get to the crap middle management...and the endless strikes etc

Yep...good old British Leyland