Re: Back in the jug :-(

"Nick H" <n_highfield@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:4cbji9F155i52U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Yes, once more I find myself at work sitting in front of a PC with
absolutely no enthusiasm for what I should be doing, so I shall inflict
myself on you lot.
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Also visited Westons cider farm in Much Markle, can't say I'd recommend the
tour but the restaurant was nice. Amongst other things, there is an engine
on display described as an approx 1930/40's Alvis but which appears to be a
Douglas of the teens or twenties. It is the first I have seen with a cowling
to make better use of the limited amount of air stirred up by the crude
flywheel fan and also sports yet another type of lubrication system. I
wonder if this could have started life driving a WWI trench pump which would
have required better cooling than for the low duty cycle operation of the
Marconi's W-T Co. units? Pics at end of 'Infernal Combustion' album:-
http://community.webshots.com/user/n_highfield
and see also:-
http://internalfire.com/modules.php?set_albumName=album02&op=modload&name=PubGallery&file=index&include=view_album.php
for Marconi version.
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Nick H

Hi Nick, as my wifes family farm is nearby I have been in Westons many times
in the last 45 years.
I haven't been on an official tour but what I have seen was fascinating.
Did they show you how they mixed the apple varieties in the storage yard with
gullys running between the piles of apples.
Water from the stream was run down the gully nearest to the required apples &
the cider maker told the workers how many shovels of each variety to put in the stream.
These were diverted into the power scratter before being pressed.
The fermentation casks are 2 floors high & were wooden when I last visited.
One time I visited the manager was showing me a short route out & we went
through the farm yard alongside.
He told me the farmer loading the muck spreader was Mr Weston who only attended
the monthly financial meetings as he was more interested in being a farmer.
--
Dave Croft
Warrington
http://oldengine.org/members/croft/homepage
http://community.webshots.com/user/crftdv


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