Dave’s retro life
@djroot.bsky.social
Where we refuse to accept that anything since 1993 has happened!
British nerd, into arts and crafts. Love books, music, writing and old things - typewriters, cameras and musical instruments, stuff like that. Unapologetic woke lefty 🇺🇦 🌈
British nerd, into arts and crafts. Love books, music, writing and old things - typewriters, cameras and musical instruments, stuff like that. Unapologetic woke lefty 🇺🇦 🌈
Aw thanks Mark! It’s a lovely forest and the colours are wonderful right now!
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Aw thanks Mark! It’s a lovely forest and the colours are wonderful right now!
It’s a beauty. It’s a bit fussy about how you load the film though - double check the rewind arm is turning when you advance, maybe practise with some cheap or out of date film. If you’re an expert obviously you can disregard my advice :) but I did waste one film and tear a second before I got it.
October 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It’s a beauty. It’s a bit fussy about how you load the film though - double check the rewind arm is turning when you advance, maybe practise with some cheap or out of date film. If you’re an expert obviously you can disregard my advice :) but I did waste one film and tear a second before I got it.
I think the owner of the house has bought it and put it out as a curiosity to be honest, but it does look cool in person, another one to get a colour pic of some day
September 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I think the owner of the house has bought it and put it out as a curiosity to be honest, but it does look cool in person, another one to get a colour pic of some day
Hehe Inglesham were on a tear!
August 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Hehe Inglesham were on a tear!
“This air damping vessel came from the Belvedere Mill in (1995?) and was moved and erected with help from Heber Ltd. (illegible, “and the”?) Gloucestrershire (?) Society for Industrial Archaeology”.
I should have snapped close ups on my phone so I could be more sure of the dates.
I should have snapped close ups on my phone so I could be more sure of the dates.
August 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“This air damping vessel came from the Belvedere Mill in (1995?) and was moved and erected with help from Heber Ltd. (illegible, “and the”?) Gloucestrershire (?) Society for Industrial Archaeology”.
I should have snapped close ups on my phone so I could be more sure of the dates.
I should have snapped close ups on my phone so I could be more sure of the dates.
“Valley works opposite built by the Stroud Water Co. in 18(94?) supplied softened water from the wells to the mills in the valleys by steam and later to the public by electricity until 1974.”
August 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
“Valley works opposite built by the Stroud Water Co. in 18(94?) supplied softened water from the wells to the mills in the valleys by steam and later to the public by electricity until 1974.”
I wish I knew what had happened to the majority of all my kit over the years - sold to buy something else I suppose!
August 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I wish I knew what had happened to the majority of all my kit over the years - sold to buy something else I suppose!
They’re Merlin and Morgana
July 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
They’re Merlin and Morgana