Tag Archives: ships

A sad hero

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Gary

It was another rubbish weather day in Frensham. It wasn’t too bad early on but the day descended to one long drizzly cloud of water. Miserable. And technology let me down first thing when I tried to Skype with mum … Continue reading →

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Get up!

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Gary

I wasn’t going to work today as Mirinda had a dinner on that she didn’t want to go to. The fact that she didn’t want to go may have been why she had very little difficulty in deciding to come … Continue reading →

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Tom attack

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Gary

Back to work following the Easter break. I sometimes think it’s a shame that I only work on a Friday because whenever it’s a public holiday, I can’t go to work. To be fair, holidays are usually reserved for Mondays. … Continue reading →

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Building ships

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Gary

Each week, Nick (at work) checks through my work and adds things for me to work on. Sometimes this doesn’t amount to much (and some weeks he doesn’t even get time) and then, like this week, there’s a lot for … Continue reading →

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Remembering George

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Gary

Last week, at work, I was faced with one of those records where the information is so scant, it barely exists. In fact the only information I had to go on was the name of the ship model (Vasco de … Continue reading →

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On the Clyde

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Gary

Today was mostly about a Scottish shipyard at Fairfield Farm. It was on the banks of the Clyde, at Govan, not far from Glasgow, and produced all manner of ships. The business really started off in 1834, as Randolph, Elliott … Continue reading →

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Historic links

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Gary

Mirinda said, tonight, that my job at the Science Museum is sometimes like genealogy; creating family trees for companies rather than people. And she’s right. Today, for instance, I had to unravel quite a convoluted little knotted ball of twisted … Continue reading →

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Buoy, oh buoy

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Gary

Today, at the Science Museum, I was tasked with finding out whether a chap called Worcester actually made any of the ship models at the museum. I had said yes but Edouard had said no. It needed some in-depth research. … Continue reading →

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Ships for a decade

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Gary

Today, I was greeted by Nick at Work with the fact that we hadn’t seen each other for about five weeks: Either he’s been away or I’ve been nursing some injury or other. He told me that he’d spent most … Continue reading →

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Gary loves ships

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Gary

Today, being a Wednesday, means it was Date Night. So, I travelled up to London to meet Mirinda at the flat. During my train trip in, I was happily reading when, mid-sentence, I fell asleep. I was woken up by … Continue reading →

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