The CC Trig Point bagger thread, now incorporating other interesting geographs

[Bobby Mhor]

Two true ones today, and a probable fraud!!!

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TP12951 Hardingstone water tower.

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A double whammy!!!
BM and an old utility marker, near the Hardingstone War Memorial, on No 47.

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And what looks like a couple of fraudulent cut marks on Milton Malsor church entrance..
What say the team?

SP 7365 5555 79.7140 N 4 3 0.6 1987 TWR HOLY CROSS CH W FACE SW ANG

There is one at the church....
Am I assuming it was the Holy Cross church?

If so, those two are too high..

 

[Drago]

On a related note I was checking out some of the metal tags hammered onto a telegraph pole today, Date code on the pole is 1962, so it's been doing sterling service for 55 years. I shall research what the symbols on the tags and plates all mean.

 

[PeteXXX]

Yep, Holy Cross church. I didn't see the 'real' one, and the ones in the pic are too high and shallow.
I doubt they're covering anything, the pillar is too round. BM's aren't usually on places like that.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Yep, Holy Cross church. I didn't see the 'real' one, and the ones in the pic are too high and shallow.
I doubt they're covering anything, the pillar is too round. BM's aren't usually on places like that.

It says the mark is on the tower...
too far off the road to use Google Maps plus not many photos online to see if anything...

You will have to return tout suite and check it out.
we need to know...

 

[classic33]

On a related note I was checking out some of the metal tags hammered onto a telegraph pole today, Date code on the pole is 1962, so it's been doing sterling service for 55 years. I shall research what the symbols on the tags and plates all mean.

Walking into them again?

 

[Gravity Aided]

Metal tags over here as well
https://nationalband.com/industrial-and-commercial-tags/utility-pole-tag-samples/

 

[Bobby Mhor]

On a related note I was checking out some of the metal tags hammered onto a telegraph pole today, Date code on the pole is 1962, so it's been doing sterling service for 55 years. I shall research what the symbols on the tags and plates all mean.

http://www.telegraphpoleappreciationsociety.org/faq

I'll have to print this off, see what you have f'in started? (again )

 

[PeteXXX]

Back to basics here

St Margarets church, Oxford, a slightly worn BM

And a decent BM and bolt on this tower.

Must be loads more around Oxford, but I was busy looking upwards, not down!

 

[biggs682]

Must be loads more around Oxford, but I was busy looking upwards, not down!

None at Hogwarts

 

[Drago]

Here's another strangely interesting site, this time about telegraph pole ceramic insulators.

http://www.teleramics.com

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Here's another strangely interesting site, this time about telegraph pole ceramic insulators.

http://www.teleramics.com

Handy for dipoles...

 

[Drago]

Don't give me ideas! There's a telegraph pole across the street that would be idea for a dipole cut for use on 80M...

 

[Gravity Aided]

I might still have some old glass insulators from telegraph poles.

 

[PeteXXX]

When I was a scientific glass blower, I used to make fancy insulators for fun
Nothing to do with my actual job though

 

[classic33]

You're not alone on this
http://www.telegraphpoleappreciationsociety.org/55-gpo/hardware/148-gpo-street-furniture

Post 1969?
Post Office Telecommunications was set up as a separate department of the UK Post Office, in October 1969. The Post Office Act of that year was passed to provide for greater efficiency in post and telephone services; rather than run a range of services, each organisation would be able to focus on their respective service, with dedicated management. By law, the Post Office had the exclusive right to operate the UK national telecom network, and limited ability to license other providers' services and equipment.

The 1970s was a period of great expansion for the Post Office. Most exchanges were modernised and expanded, and many services, such as STD and international dialling were extended. By the early 1970s, subscribers in most cities could dial direct to Western Europe, the US, and Canada; by the end of the decade, most of the world could be dialled direct. The System Xdigital switching platform was developed, and the first digital exchanges began to be installed. The Post Office also procured their own fleet of vans, based on the Commer FC model. However, progress came at a price. Investment was stifled by public spending limits, and long waiting lists for telephone lines developed, sometimes for years.

In 1979 the Conservatives decided that telecommunications should be fully separated from the Post Office. By 1981, the British Telecommunications Act was passed and the service became British Telecom in October that year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Telecommunications

http://www.secretleeds.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=6054

Keep up up there!

http://www.telegraphpoleappreciationsociety.org/faq

I'll have to print this off, see what you have f'in started? (again )