Nigel Dale

Writer illustrator 20th C architecture art engineering. Interests Modern Movement and British High Tech including Patera Building and Potteries recent heritage.

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The Patera Building prototype manufactured in Stoke-on-Trent in 1982 is included on the C20 Society Risk List 2025 @C20Society

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@Addyspectre1 @Rachelle_Hulme @m_jones_1797 @dommedebbiexx Good geometry on the umbrella.

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@austincwb @bluebirdk7 It’s the last place you’d go to find out about the search for K7, its recovery, rebuilding and running on Loch Fad. It ought to be the first.

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Q. to Google: Do Ruskin Museum use volunteers?
A. “The museum has historically engaged skilled volunteers for major restoration and exhibition efforts, such as the famous Bluebird K7 project.” I wonder who put this slant on things? @bluebirdk7

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@PaulHar24465442 @The1BullTerrier @bluebirdk7 @OriginalMuggles It seems like the obvious thing to do.

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@bluebirdk7 As someone unable to visit Coniston, a visit to the RM website ought to be the next-best thing. It’s far from that!

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@bluebirdk7 @GrahamBoardman2 This type of information is what makes BBP’s the only reliable archive for study. Normally, you’d expect the museum to provide a full provenance - but they don’t.

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@bluebirdk7 He deserves a lifetime troll award.

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@bluebirdk7 How apt it is that first reaction is to cause damage.

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@bluebirdk7 Careful wording is always the key to successful FOI requests. Shouldn’t be rushed.

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@bluebirdk7 @OriginalMuggles Parish Councils are not exempt from FOI requests as a class, but they can withhold specific information where an exemption applies, such as personal data, commercially sensitive material…. Not exempted but would they play that card?

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@bluebirdk7 Disappointing for everyone. Monday made the national news with camera crews etc.

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@PaulHar24465442 @bluebirdk7 I saw Jim Clark racing in a Mk 1 Ford Lotus Cortina at Oulton Park - 1967 I think.

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@Wayne_midlife @Geoff___Smith @bluebirdk7 A friend's dad arrived late on 4/1/67 felt the silence and went home again. When he saw the images, he was haunted by them for life. Not long before he died, he asked to visit DCM’s grave to pay his respects.

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@bluebirdk7 It’s the court of public opinion that matters.

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@nikigaunt @bluebirdk7 I don’t block people I just ignore their comments.

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What happened to that post with a facebook (RM) link that made some serious allegations against Bill and BBP? @bluebirdk7

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@Addyspectre1 @Rachelle_Hulme @m_jones_1797 @dommedebbiexx Now there’s a question: Do digital images project themselves into the cosmos? That’s how I always imagined time travel - to travel more than speed of light - to get ahead of what the world looked like now to the observer.

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@nikigaunt @bluebirdk7 You, with your friends, seem intent upon taking the whole sad saga of Bluebird K7 into the gutter - shame on you.

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@bluebirdk7 K7’s provenance was fully intact until March 2024 - every moment of its history had been recorded and filed away into an extraordinarily detailed archive. That’s what museums are supposed to do - RM have fallen well short in their tenure of the duty.