How an early 20th Century Steamship works
An interesting find on YouTube was this animation of an early 20th Century steamship by the Animagraffs channel.
Whatever happened to British shipbuilding?
This online lecture from Newcastle University in 2020, currently with only 666 views and presented by Dr Paul Stott, Senior Lecturer in Marine Production and Shipping Market Analysis, Marine, Offshore and Subsea Technology, School of Engineering, Newcastle University. Is a fascinating watch with lots of interesting snippets, such as to build a typical wooden Royal…
Harmathanatophobia: Part 1
Another amazing episode from Not Just Bikes, where Harmathanatophobia is outlined; the rational fear of being killed by cars, and outlines the nonsense of ‘vehicular cycling’ and made me aware of the legendary ‘Big Jim’s Booze Bike Ride to Braemar’ video from the BBC back in the 1970’s. Further info will be put here; but…
The World Tram Driver Championships
A very interesting discovery was the ‘Vienna 2025: The First Ever WORLD Tram Driver Championships’ from The Tim Traveller YouTube channel. This is something that could be a great UK wide event, and could help to raise the profile of tram systems more broadly; I mean, who DOESN’T was to watch Tram Bowling?!? Perhaps even…
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