The Anglebox

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My friend and colleague, Eamonn Galvin got a really great day, at the "meet" (as the Yanks would say), to show off his 1966 Ford Anglia 105E, affectionately known as the Anglebox, I suppose because of it's angular appearance.

The Mother of all Airports

I decided to republish this post today, the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the historic Berlin airlift. I've added some extra photos.












Photos courtesy of "The First Post".

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The magnificent entrance hall of Berlin's Tempelhof Airport, which is due to close in October this year. A referendum of Berlin's citizens last Sunday, 27th of April '08, failed to get the required turn-out of 25%, so it looks like the closure will go ahead as scheduled. It's an awful pity, because it is truly a magnificent building, and has been dubbed "The Mother of all Airports" by renowned British architect Sir Norman Foster. When you enter through the huge doors and proceed to the check-in desks, you get the impression that you are in a cathedral, with it's high ceilings and polished stone columns. It was built in the late thirties and the airport as a whole is still the largest building complex in the world, and the terminal building is the world's 18th largest building. It is best known, of course, as the entry point for the Berlin airlift of 1948/49. Link to the Wikipedia article.


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Linda and Alan

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My youngest daughter, Linda, has just married Alan, in the Unitarian Church on St. Stephen's Green in Dublin.

The Toob

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The KT66 Beam Tetrode valve was described as "the best audio output valve ever made" in the hey day of valve technology. I found out, only recently, that the famous 807 transmitter valve is an R.F. version, with an anode top-cap. This is a modern day copy from China purchased in Canada. I hope it will give the genuine "tube tone" to the guitar amplifier that I am currently constructing.

The Bench

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The new workshop is now complete and my heavy-duty bench is taking shape. This is the third large bench that I have made in the past 35 years. They all have the same sturdy design, with large timbers used for the frame and legs and all the joints bolted through with recessed nuts and bolt heads.