Trivia Investigation Team

[NewcastleFalcon]

Here's the seed, find something in the great tradition of the Trivia Investigation Thread springing from the random image. First up I have no idea where the place referred to is. Hands up any FCF Member who does

It is certainly very picturesque, and indeed this particular image, of Arlington Row, was a finalist in 2012 for Wiki Picture of the year.

Arlington Row Bibury
Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Bibury is in the Cotswolds, down Gibbo way!!

Did you know it Mick or look it up Looks like a place you would earmark for a visit just to snap the same photo!

Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Yes I know it from rallying days. It has also appeared on some of Clarkson's TV coverage in the past and it is on my route home for the next adventure revival which Jim and I are considering - a revival of the South Coast Saunter!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

Try this story about Bibury

Notorious Yellow Car Vandalised in Bibury
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-g ... e-38867290

Spoiling the pictures apparently!

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

The Classic Motor Hub Bibury has a video about itself...
https://classicmotorhub.com/

Tells the story well.


Neil

[Gibbo2286]

It's on the opposite side of the county, this side The Forest of Dean is more quarries and coal mining than toffs.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Here's one where the Trivia Investigation Work has pretty much all been done, and passively consumed by the Falcon.

Decided to contract out the work to Hannah Fry, and she has done a very decent job on it.

All you wanted to know about your bankcard but were afraid to ask

She even produced a TV programme about it The Secret Genius of Modern Life. No1 The Bankcard Bit of history, unlikely events, inventors, people, bit of "tomorrows world", bit of experiments with acetone, bit of inside the factory.

Hands up if you knew how contactless works, and what is it within the card that makes it work, and how that relates back to a bit of cold war spying involving "The great seal bug" aka the "thing".

Plenty to learn if you didn't know already. Try this clip only 2 minutes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dcy7nm

On iplayer

Neil

[Gibbo2286]

Watched the programme last night Neil, very interesting and well worth the time, I'll follow the series, my sort of programme.

[mickthemaverick]

It will be interesting to see if there is an episode on the 'passive keyfob' in the pipeline. When they first became available for us to fit, in the mid-late 80's I think, we carried out a similar investigation to discover just what we were installing and whether there were any extra curricular uses!! I'll leave it there for the moment, not wanting to spoil the potential program!!

[myglaren]

Saw that way back, Quite Interesting

[NewcastleFalcon]

What does this plate have to say From a car which made an appearance here

viewtopic.php?p=764730#p764730

Falcon Original

On the surface not much. A fairly straight forward Country and Flag and a regional identifier in the first 2 letters. The rest simple numbers and sequential letters. More behind the the journey it has made from its "home" to Northumberland.

As far as I can work out from Wiki the car was registered in the Ternopil Oblast Region in the West of Ukraine.

A random bit of trivia investigation about a region I know nothing about produces this...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternopil_Oblast

One of the natural wonders of the region are its cave complexes. Although Ternopil Oblast is among the smallest regions in Ukraine, over 100 caves have been discovered there. Scientists believe these are only 20% of all possible caves in the region. The biggest cave is Optymistychna Cave the name meaning Optimistic. Measuring 267 km (166 mi) in total length, it is the longest cave in Eurasia and the fifth-longest in the world.


Optymistychna Cave
The original uploader was AGV at Ukrainian Wikipedia., Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons

Neil

[bobins]

...........and what's more it very much looks like a brown canvas haversack. When was the last time you literally saw an old school haversack. In my day they came in either brown or air-force blue which was always my personal choice. People would paint things on the flap for a bit of individuality again of varying degrees of chatty-ness mostly band-names or football teams.

The humble Haversack



Neil

Pay attention at the back, as you never know when this information might come in handy

"The word haversack is an adaptation of the German Hafersack and also the Dutch haverzak meaning "oat sack", (which more properly describes a small cloth bag on a strap worn over one shoulder and originally referred to the bag of oats carried as horse fodder). The term was adopted by both the English and French (as havresac) cavalry in the 17th century. The word haver likewise means "oats" in Northern English and Scottish dialects.

The haversack, especially when used in the military, was generally square and about 12 inches (30 cm) per side with a button-down flap to close it. When empty, the bag could be folded in three and an extra button on the back of the bag would allow it to be refixed in this position. For the military, this made it neat and, when held to the side in its folded form by the soldier's belt, it became part of the uniform of many regiments in the British army.

During the American Revolutionary War, soldiers used haversacks to carry their individual food rations for the day, when the mission did not call for a full rucksack."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haversack

[NewcastleFalcon]

Nice extras there Bobins

On April 3rd 2013 the Scotsman in their Scottish Word of the Week chose "Haver" and did a superficial dive in a couple of paragraphs including a reference to its use in the Proclaimer's hit "I'm gonna be 500 Miles"

https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cultu ... er-1581808

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

A spin off from the current wherethisthen? viewtopic.php?p=768959#p768959

Gilding should be carried out using 23.5 or 24 carat double-thickness English gold-leaf to the original, or previous, design for the particular dial. Gold paint must not be used as it loses its colour very quickly. For dials near to the sea, 24 carat is a more durable option.

Replacement dials should be accurate replicas of the old dial and made of a suitable hardwood and painted in the same colours as the original. In exceptional circumstances a glass-fibre replacement dial having the same appearance as the original may be an option but the reasons for fitting this rather than a wood one must be fully investigated and permission obtained before any work is done. The resin compounds in the glass-fibre dial may not stand the test of time. The former wood dial should be retained in the tower for future reference. It is rare for a cast iron skeleton dial to be beyond repair.

A small bit of trivia from this large bit of trivia of limited interest to most granted, but possibly of great interest to some, or possibly even just one!

The code of Practice for Turret Clock Work
To Whet the appetite here are the paragraph headings

Contents
01 A Turret Clock
02 Historical Importance
03 Conservation: what is it and why?
04 Looking after a clock
05 Maintenance
06 Contractors
07 Automatic Electric Winders
08 Night Silencing
09 Bells and Hammers
10 Pendulum Correctors
11 Electro-Hammers
12 Dials and Hands
13 Turret Clock Removal and Replacement
14 Clock Relocation
15 Risk Assessment
16 Clock Inspections
17 Building Work
18 Exceptions
19 Funding
20 Providing Information for Advice
Appendix 1: Turret Clocks in the Church of England
Appendix 2: Turret Clock Service Report

[bobins]

Yes Mick, here's a few photos from that time, about 1988. I bought the derelict cottage when I sold the business and lived in the caravan while it was restored and extended.
The other one is my used car patch before I moved, that lot would do well on Bangers and Cash now.

And if I'm not mistaken, that caravan was a Pemberton...

Stand by for a bit of useless trivia..........

A few weeks ago, Jonny Smith - creator of 'The Late Brake Show' on Youtube - did a piece about the hand built, low volume, rather fine Pembleton car.
And the reason it was called a Pembleton ?

Spoiler: show

Because when the original owner of the company built the first one on a very tight deadline, he used scrap metal from a Pemberton caravan for the bodywork and took the name from that.
Told you it was useless trivia