Calculators (16) : Litton Imperial 1260

This is an impressive looking mains powered desk calculation machine from the first half of the 1970s (or perhaps 1976 as there is a sticker underneath it which says "July 1976", maybe when it was purchased?) The calculator has the standard four arithmetric functions plus percentages and a memory. It also has a slider switch to set the number of digital places. What RM and RV do i am unsure but perhaps something to do with the memory. Numbers are shown using a nice looking VFD display.

Although my calculator does switch on (or rather powers on - the switch on the side doesn't do anything) some of the calculations can go wrong indicating some bit rot but considering the age of this machine it works pretty well.

Wootton Wawen

Wootton Wawen is one of my favourite places, maybe even my favourite of all. So, i like to go at least once a year. I went yesterday to update my railway station photographs there though not a huge amount has changed since i was here last. Illness meant my stay was shorter than intended but i did get some nice photos, which you can see here.

Churches (220) : All Saints, Wellington

The parish church of All Saints in Wellington, Shropshire was built between 1788 and 1790 on the site of an earlier church (indeed several earlier churches) which had been damaged in the Civil War. Behind the three bay western front of the church, the first church in Shropshire built to have a monumental classical temple portico, is a nave, chancel and an apse. The nave has galleries, lit by two rows of windows. Above the west front is a tower.

The church is made from grinshill sandstone.

741

I've bought another dialphone, a GPO 741 this time. I now have four dialphones, which is impressive considering i don't have a landline! The GPO 741 is a wall mounted version of the classic General Post Office telephone, it only works when mounted on a wall due to where the cradle is. 

New school on the Cross City

The new order on the Cross City Line began yesterday as the Class 730 made it's long delayed debut. I thought i'd go and see it at Chester Road. The Class 323s will remain in charge for now though the end is coming!