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Old 23rd Jan 2020, 11:10 am   #18
Welsh Anorak
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Default Re: Scrapyards to visit?

There used to be one near my home when I was young. If you wanted anyhting of a mechanical or elecrical nature, they'd have it - some BSF threaded bar, brass fittings, half horse motors? No problem. The covered area was a real Aladdin's cave, and the (slightly eccentric) workers would know EXACTLY where to find a 3BA left hand thread nut, though probably hadn't been asked for twenty years.
My father was a friend of the very elderly owner, complete with his WW1 wooden leg and Humber Super Snipe, and they used to have spirited arguments about whether it was a scrapyard (my Dad) or an engineer's emporium (him). I suppose they were both right!
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