Dr Mike Flannery

Horological Conservator specialising in early clocks, and related items. ACR registered, FBHI. FTC 2015 Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellow

[Dr Mike Flannery @mybenchview]

@clickspring1 @Sup3rrDave I bet I use it first........

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@DrStruthers @allnuttclocks @StruthersWatch Beautiful.

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@FedExHelpEU could I please have some help tracking a package sent to Australia which was delivered damaged , there is NO customer support I would not use @fedex in the UK fedex blame @TNT and vice versa

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@FedExNews very poor customer service, no one rings you back if you have a problem, with a damaged delivery, not recommended by me.

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So true.

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I wonder if the title of 'Clockmaker' for the new Trailblazer Apprentice Scheme is far to narrow going forward. I work on a range of dynamic objects most may well have links towards clockmaking but are not clockmaking, can anyone think of a better title for future craftspersons?

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@SMichlmayr @clockandwatchuk Well done Esme

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@Silver_hand @WorldbyRead No its not its #pixie #magic. Its a bit like flying and planes its all magic, and the sooner we all realise it the better!

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@WorldbyRead When, as a child, I asked a teacher that sort of question, I was told Yes he could explain it, but I would not understand, even if he did. Personally I would stick with #pixiemagic #centrephedialmotion #turboencabulator

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@Sc0ttJeffery Oh Gosh that is horrible.

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Photo of the dress that Tamsyn Flannery a modern woman at work has spent months researching and recreating @WomenAtWorkUK @FinchFoundryNT @nationaltrust @NTSouthWest #stillaprouddad

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Fantastic recreation of a 1890 dress @WomenAtWorkUK now on display @FinchFoundryNT @NTSouthWest @nationaltrust suberb work by Tamsyn Flannery #prouddad.

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@Louisa_Burden Adjustable Spanners are the tools of the devil, I always hurt myself when using them. Every home should have a complete set of AF Metric and Whitworth spanners, and a 18" stilson wrench polished and on display in the best room, it should be the law!

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@allnuttclocks @Allcollcare Not sure how well horologists are respected today, I think we are seen as a sort of anacronistic timewarp industry, Sadly there is still great negativity directed towards people who make and repair things, unless its "crafting" which is posh tat.

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@RikeFranke @ThreshedThought Congratulations, Very well done, I think my mother tried to read mine, she used to leave around the house as if she was just in the middle of it, for about 4 years,

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@WorldbyRead @rooneyvision I could not put my finger on it, but you are right on the money Matthew, that is a superb cover. Very similar to my 1970's mechanical engineering textbooks.

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@TLynskey @rooneyvision @WorldBollard @lccmunicipal @BollardsBritain @bollardoflondon @createstreets @EverestDeptford You cannot beat a good bollard!

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@hapsci Yes , the sun is shining, I have work to do, just had a coffee, and about to go the workshop, what could be better!

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@Mark_J_Harper Where do you stand on a second referendum on leaving the EU?

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@martinbeecher I too failed the 11+ it was a horrible feeling and I can still remember the huge disappointment of my parents, we failure got a letter on the day after those who passed, it was well over half a century ago and it still hurts.