Crompton Parkinson made, among other things, electric motors.
Neil Hopcroft
A digital misfit
Monotype at Museum of Technology
And you thought touch typing was difficult on your keyboard?
Printroom at Museum of Technology
There’s something magical about print machinery that we have lost in recent years.
Signs at the Museum of Technology
Oil Cans at the Technology Museum
I’m really pleased with this picture of oil cans.
Switches at Cambridge Museum of Technology
There’s quite a collection of light switches, some of which are still in use.
Control panels at the technology museum
Now it seems weird to look back at some of the control panels from the past, with their space dedicated to individual dials and controls – these days we’d just have a few computer screens able to show different views as needed.
Steam engines at the Cambridge Museum of Technology
We went to a steam day at the Cambridge Museum of Technology, where they had a number of steam engines running.
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Packing up at the end of the day
On our way out at the end of the day, we saw the costumes from the play stacked ready to be put away for another year.
Flag girl
At the end of the day as everyone was packing up, there was a little girl playing with the flags on the village green.