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Member postings for John Sawle

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Thread: Poem from 1950's ME
29/12/2011 19:35:21
Thanks for that Tel, it's good to read it again after so many years.
John S
27/12/2011 18:05:11
Can anyone help me find a humerous poem published in ME in the 1950's please? The subject of the poem was a draughtsman deliberately designing a component that couldn't be made.
First he put a hole where it couldn't be drilled then placed a web to prevent a flange being machined, you get the picture. The only lines I can remember are the last ones;
 
"Then he cried," Success at last. Now the bloody thing can't even be cast!"
 
I'm sure we would all enjoy it if it can be found.
 
Thanks, John Sawle
Thread: Foden steam tractor in Russia
01/04/2011 08:04:04
Foden Steam Tractor in Russia
 
Thanks Jason. I've been there and done that!
 
I've been on this quest a while now and have eliminated a lot of loose ends.
I know the vehicle in question was exported to South Africa and was last heard of there in 1936 but a rumour current in SA in 1982 told of its export to Russia. The trouble is that Russia is a big country and institutions there are not good at responding to enquiries from an English speaker.
01/04/2011 08:03:16
Foden Steam Tractor in Russia
 
 
Thanks Jason. I've been there and done that!
 
I've been on this quest a while now and have eliminated a lot of loose ends.
I know the vehicle in question was exported to South Africa and was last heard of there in 1936 but a rumour current in SA in 1982 told of its export to Russia. The trouble is that Russia is a big country and institutions there are not good at responding to enquiries from an English speaker.
01/04/2011 07:59:08
Thanks Jason. I've been there and done that!
 
I've been on this quest a while now and have eliminated a lot of loose ends.
I know the vehicle in question was exported to South Africa and was last heard of there in 1936 but a rumour current in SA in 1982 told of its export to Russia. The trouble is that Russia is a big country and institutions there are not good at responding to enquiries from an English speaker.
01/04/2011 07:57:43
Thanks Jason. I've been there and done that!
 
I've been on this quest a while now and have eliminated a lot of loose ends.
I know the vehicle in question was exported to South Africa and was last heard of there in 1936 but a rumour current in SA in 1982 told of its export to Russia. The trouble is that Russia is a big country and institutions there are not good at responding to enquiries from an English speaker.
31/03/2011 20:32:08
Can anyone help me find a photo and article printed in an issue of ME in the 1950's.
 
It concerns a Foden steam tractor in a technical college in Russia ( then the USSR) written by someone visiting the technical college from a similar establishment in the UK.
 
The article includes a front view of the steam tractor with the Foden logo clearly visible. There are one or two men in the foreground.
 
I am researching the history of the Foden M type tractors, built between 1928 and 1931. These used the same boiler and engine unit as the last Foden steam wagon, the Speed Six. The tractor in Russia is one of them.
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