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Oh yes! Proposed new Science Museum
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I had no idea that the SM was holding onto stuff like this. I've never
seen a Connie in the flesh, for a start.
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I'd love to be able to go and see that lot.
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Nor had I. I'd kind of assumed that this sort of thing woud go
straight to the IWM.
Nice to see that the SRN-1 still exists, too. I'd love to see that.
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Excellent , that'll be well worth a look
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I'm fairly sure you can go & view the stuff anyway - they certainly
have open days for schools. The site's just up the road from SWMBO's
cafe, & has been under development for a while now, so I'm pretty sure
it's past the 'proposed' stage.
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I've been round a couple of times on their public open days, mind you
that was a while back
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I went around it about 15 years ago. Mindbogglingly brilliant.
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That Connie's the one used by the Rolling Stones for their Australia
tour in the early '70s.
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What? I don't believe you.
I once owned a Connie myself - it was a 1960 Royal Enfield and I can
hardly imagine the Rolling Stones achieving that objective with it.
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My mother owned a couple of Connies - good they were, whizzed about on a
cushion of air.
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Talking about Ernie 1:
"The machine, replaced in 1972, is cleaned with saliva and cotton buds
to remove the residue left by cigarette smoke."
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I keep on getting a 404 on the link.
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