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Old 24th Jan 2020, 10:17 pm   #35
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Default Re: Scrapyards to visit?

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Originally Posted by McMurdo View Post
I was allowed to wander around scrap yards as a boy, no problems in the 70's. Scrambling around in lorry cabs after dashboard lights, ripping old tills open for the key switches, finding a set of post office relays in an old filing cabinet, that sort of thing. Nowadays I can't even do that if I'm summoned there to fix a machine; there are designated walk-routes, hart hats, boots and high vis, on-site safety course to attend, no fun at all.
Sounds as though you had the same mis spent youth as I did.... great times weren’t they
I always had a fascination with car clocks and instruments, usually less than 50p each!
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