Red-and-White and on the up

[bigbirdblade]

View attachment 30351 I am always interested in anything red and white. I wondered whether any of you can name the object in this picture, which I took today, in England. Like me, and like United, it is old, totally red and white, and in good health for its age. And it is pointing upwards, looking towards a bright future. No prizes for the winner, just the satisfaction of being right, something most of us on here enjoy. And my son is barred from entering the competition.

It's the top of a giant Crayola pushing out from the earth?

 

[snootyfenooty]

 

[cahill]

Jesus Christ. Can't believe I read this thread. Anyone got a life to spare ?

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

Jesus Christ. Can't believe I read this thread. Anyone got a life to spare ?

Sorry you did not enjoy it. I would have thought it was pretty obvious from the OP what it was about and whether you had any interest in it. It's up to you whether you carry on reading a thread.

 

[cahill]

Sorry you did not enjoy it. I would have thought it was pretty obvious from the OP what it was about and whether you had any interest in it. It's up to you whether you carry on reading a thread.

I felt hypnotised by the banality

 

[metalblade]

Is it one of North Korea's missiles ?

 

[Kenilworth]

The wreck of three admiralty ships in 1707 on rocks off the coast of the IoS, which included HMS Association was subject to an inquiry, which concluded that the inaccuracy of calculating longitude was the key contributor - the position relative to any marker or lighthouse was not accurate enough. That led to a prize being set up to create an accurate, portable, maritime time piece. Loads of attempts failed to win the massive prize on offer until John Harrison (a Yorkshire man) completed his 4th version (called H4) of his marine chronometer in 1761 to win the £20k prize (worth about £4m in today's money)

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

The wreck of three admiralty ships in 1707 on rocks off the coast of the IoS, which included HMS Association was subject to an inquiry, ...

The monument to Admiral Cloudesley Shovell, who was in charge of the Association when it sank. Not much of a monument, but more than the other poor souls who drowned got. Cloudesley Shovell, great name for a new signing - would obviously have to play sweeper, but given his record, definitely not a future capture.
Final bit of trivia - one of John Harrison's clocks is housed at Nostell Priory, near Wakefield.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

Didn't get the layout right on the previous post. Strong stuff, this Scilly beer.

 

[Kenilworth]

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I read a Robert Goddard novel over the bank holiday weekend called Face to a Name that had all that as the backdrop and Admiral Showell and that memorial stone were in it

 

[steve26272]

View attachment 30352 How about this bad boy in Plymouth!

New corner flag design at swillsbro for when there has been a light drizzle in S6 and it's 6 foot under?