Born in 1894, Douglas Rudolf Pobjoy later studied engineering locally at Bristol University. Pobjoy abandoned his studies when the first World War broke out by enlisting in the Army Service Corps and was sent to [more…]
London’s tram network was equally loved and hated by its users and those inconvenienced by it. On the one hand, it was a reliable method of getting about however tracks were expensive to lay and [more…]
It was during an English lesson during the late 1970s – English lessons were never about spelling, grammar, creative writing, etymology, poetry or literature, always, always politics – when a short term supply teacher told [more…]
As a nipper, I was brought up in what was a fairly typical, English family. Mum, Dad, siblings and normal sorts of stuff. We were what I call typical Church of England. We all went [more…]
In my youth, I was an avid reader of Electronics Today International. Not only did it cover the more hefty electronic DIY projects but it also liked to look forward in terms of technology and [more…]
Whilst discussing the future liberation of Europe in 1942, Lord Louis Moutbatten discussed how fuel could be supplied to an invading army with the Minister in charge of the Petroleum Warfare Department, Geoffrey Lloyd. Previously, [more…]
Fog is a bit of a bugger. It reduces visibility, is patchy and is somewhat unpredictable but what is fog? Fog is condensed water droplets that appear close to the surface of the earth. It [more…]
(or why shoving a red hot poker where the sun doesn’t shine is an experiment in quantum physics) In my previous artlicle, we had a brief look at spectroscopy and how atoms of different elements [more…]
Dunkirk, May, June 1940 It was on Saturday that Mrs. Catcher and I took the train to the imax cinema to see Dunkirk. It is quite a journey so we made a night of it [more…]
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