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Chris H
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Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:10 pm |
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my sister and I went to crammond island in edinburgh for a wander today, took some pics.
crammond island was a ww2 fortification
forth rail bridge and behind it you can see the road bridge
thats my sister emma there
doc what are these?
forth rail bridge again
then on the way home from gettign handbrake cables from euro I saw this beast! lol
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Dan
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Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:14 pm |
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does that have a smashed windscreen? |
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Chris H
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Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:15 pm |
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no thats hailstones on it. you wouldn't believe the hailstones we had! |
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Chet T16
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Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:23 pm |
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I seen that brigde on the that thing i was watchin with billy connoly |
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Wicked Neo
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Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:29 pm |
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i would think those are where some hefty guns batterys were placed
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Chris H
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Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:34 pm |
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nope thats further round, that bit is to far inland and has few windows |
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Doc
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Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:24 am |
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that would have been my guess. tbh I cant think of anything else that would require a mounting block of that size.
Unless it was an armoury. (but it has windows, so thats unlikely. |
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Chris H
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Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:32 am |
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well my sister says they use it as an armoury.
The channels in the floor appear to be drains which run outside the walls, the chgannels also have slots for what I think would be grating on them.
The gun mount turret things are still there in other builkdings as are their rails for them to spin on. Its pretty cool. |
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Doc
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Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:40 am |
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well maybe it was then?
They may have added the windows later so the tourists could see? but it's unusual to have weak entry points on an armoury like a window. |
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Chris H
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Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:43 am |
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nah not for tourists, most of the place was pulled down to try and stop tourists!
Come up and I will take you round it matey! |
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Doc
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Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:52 am |
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Aye, I'll pop up after she sproggs it. lol |
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Chris H
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Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:54 am |
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JB
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Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:30 am |
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maybe there were generators mounted on them....and the channels with the grills were where the hefty powerlines rans out to the other buildings on the island...
did you take emma the "quick" way across the sands  |
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Chris H
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Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:36 am |
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no I never took her the short way! lol
i also now knwo how to park right at the wee village at the start of it! lol |
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Rosso
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Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:49 am |
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Why was i hoping to see some Renault pics when i clicked on this thread?  |
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Neal
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Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:01 am |
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I don't know, why were you? |
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