St Georges Day

[Stephen Chambers]

... the only car I've had in an "official" BRG was the MGB GT that I had in the 1970s

And I was amazed to see the "rag-top" (roadster) version this afternoon, looking resplendent in the same shade (there's no better colour for them! ). A rare sighting around here, as they're really too low to the ground on what pass for roads in Co. Clare, it must have been the glorious sunshine that brought it out!

 

I can't believe in anyone having a car like that when there are people with sticky Dipper keys to worry about.

Just what you need for "speedy" concertina repairs!

 

I think gold's un petit peu pretentious, moi.

I don't like it so much with ebony, but nickel/silver looks very cold with amboyna, gold looks much warmer.

 

What is amboyna?

Would you believe it's related to the pea?????

 

Pterocarpus Indicus of the family Leguminosae, subfamily Papilionoideae.

 

A rare, exotic hardwood that grows in Southeast Asia, the burl from the tree that is commonly known as narra, it can vary in color from yellow to golden brown to red.

 

I've just realised we've shot right round the back of the discussion, through saints, beer, cars, racing colours, and come out at squeezeboxes again.

Just like a good pub conversation, welcome to the "George and Dragon"! (To come back to the original topic for a moment )

 

I had one of those 1960 era MGB GT models myself. The spoke wheels didn't like the salty winter roads in upstate New York and I had to clean them frequently. Much more irritating than sticky concertina keys and not nearly as easy to remedy.

They weren't too fond of the salty winter roads in England either, but would I be right in thinking that they plated them for export to the US?

 

BTW - does anyone know what has happened to Kimber's concertina following the death of Father Ken Loveless?

I understand that it "held in trust" by the Headington Quarry Morris Men.

Thereon hangs a tale or two.

 

I was pleased to hear that it was "reclaimed".

[Bruce McCaskey]

[They weren't too fond of the salty winter roads in England either, but would I be right in thinking that they plated them for export to the US?

It's been too many years for me to recall much in the way of details. I think they were plated, but it didn't hold up well when coated with muddy salty water. Some of the roads in the area were in bad shape with what we call "pot-holes" (faults in the road surface that were sometimes deep enough to almost lose a concertina in). When filled with slush and rainwater one couldn't tell how deep they were in advance, but I learned that the wheel spokes didn't take well to the shock of encountering the deeper ones and were sometimes inclined to retire abruptly from service.

[Stephen Chambers]

... would I be right in thinking that they plated them for export to the US?

I think they were plated, but it didn't hold up well when coated with muddy salty water.

I asked because I suspect the plating would exacerbate the problem, in England they were more usually painted.

 

Some of the roads in the area were in bad shape with what we call "pot-holes" ...

You'd feel very at-home driving around here then!