MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Big Kev]

Initially I thought chimney but, looking closer, there's a railing around the top. Is it a lighthouse?

[Stanley]

You tell me!

[Big Kev]

It's a lighthouse.

[Stanley]

Correct! Now tell me where.....

[Big Kev]

Japan.

[Wendyf]

I'm keeping very quiet indeed.

[Tripps]

I guess it's one of these. Scottish lighthouses.

I'll try Ardnamurchan. . .

The antennas are interesting.

Practices accent with - "Another kipper Doctor Findlay?"

[PanBiker]

They look like VHF Band I stacked dipoles. Or if at the coast are they VHF marine band, maybe for ship/shore repeater?

[Wendyf]

It could be this one.....

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[Stanley]

Kev got it and Wendy knew that because she knew which one it was all along.
It's Ardnamurchan of course. The most westerly point of the British mainland.
Next one?

[Tizer]

I'm impressed by the double knotting of the boot laces!

[Wendyf]

I'm impressed by the double knotting of the boot laces!

Just trainers but I can't help doing a double bow, it's second nature. If it was my boots, you might spot a triple twist before I lace up the cuff then back down a bit before the double knot.

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Big Kev]

Fog horn?

[Stanley]

And I'll bet you can tell me where it is as well.....

[Big Kev]

I'll take a stab at Ardnamurchan.

[Stanley]

Correct Kev! Used as a whale watch station the last time I was there.
Next One?

[Stanley]

Can anyone tell me where this was?

[PanBiker]

Barlick Coop building, Albert Road?

[Stanley]

Dead right Ian. Look at the quality of build......
Next one?

[Tripps]

More stairs - where is this - I knew as soon as I saw it.

I won't leave it for long - but SCG might get it. . .

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[Stanley]

No, he doesn't know. But what is intriguing him is the safety rail mounted above the bannister.....
Is it in a school?

[Tripps]

It's the staircase from Lewis's shop in Manchester. I pinched it from a Manchester history site on Facebook, which I enjoy a lot. It rang an immediate bell with me as I remembered queuing up those stairs, for what seemed like an age, to see Father Christmas. That must have been around or before 1950. What a strange thing memory is.

They had large lifts too, which had an operator, who announced the contents of each floor as you arrived there. A bit like Grace Brothers.

[Stanley]

I remember the lifts in Lewis's David, but not the staircase.

[Stanley]

What is he making?