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Post by ronk » Fri Apr 22, 2022 5:29 pm

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So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with. :thumbsup:

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Post by Argyll Andy » Fri Apr 22, 2022 6:41 pm

ronk wrote: Fri Apr 22, 2022 5:29 pm 85D4AF5E-6CCD-4610-8E82-8FACD22B8C04.jpeg
Is that Barrow on Furness Ron?

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    Post by Pondrew » Fri Apr 22, 2022 7:30 pm

    Argyll Andy wrote: Fri Apr 22, 2022 6:41 pm s that Barrow on Furness Ron?
    Swan Hunter yard at Wallsend (Newcy on Tyne).
    Here it is in full Technicolour:
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    Post by buzyg » Fri Apr 22, 2022 7:47 pm

    What a cracking choice of motors those Geordie shipwrights had. :D :thumbsup:
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    Post by Ole gits rule » Fri Apr 22, 2022 8:37 pm

    Theres a capri in there - worth a mini now
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    Post by Pondrew » Fri Apr 22, 2022 8:48 pm

    Ole gits rule wrote: Fri Apr 22, 2022 8:37 pm Theres a capri in there - worth a mini now
    I got a Mk1 Capri, 2 Anglias, a Wolseley (1800?), and maybe a Ford Corsair, at least one Mini, possibly two, and I think the end one on the right may be a Vauxhall Viva. The third one from the end on the right has me stumped, going to take a stab at a Hillman Hunter.
    Picture is circa 1969/70 as a guess?
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    Post by Ole gits rule » Fri Apr 22, 2022 9:01 pm

    Pondrew wrote: Fri Apr 22, 2022 8:48 pm
    Ole gits rule wrote: Fri Apr 22, 2022 8:37 pm Theres a capri in there - worth a mini now
    I got a Mk1 Capri, 2 Anglias, a Wolseley (1800?), and maybe a Ford Corsair, at least one Mini, possibly two, and I think the end one on the right may be a Vauxhall Viva. The third one from the end on the right has me stumped, going to take a stab at a Hillman Hunter.
    Picture is circa 1969/70 as a guess?
    IMP maybe
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    Post by ronk » Fri Apr 22, 2022 10:46 pm

    I think that ship was scrapped about 1982
    As pondrew said Swans on the Tyne
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    Post by ronk » Fri Apr 22, 2022 10:54 pm

    As pondrew said, it was Swans on the Tyne at Wallsend.
    It popped up on another search today and I wonder how we move huge volumes of crude around these days?

    We certainly don’t have the shipbuilding skils to build ships like that anymore.
    You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
    So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with. :thumbsup:

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