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Month: April 2017

Engineering

Development of the Merlin Engine

11th April 2017 rattuscatchus 0

The Rolls Royce Merlin was a V12, 27 litre engine and originally was a private venture so was financed entirely by Rolls Royce and its backers. Designated the PV12 it followed the Rolls Royce trend [more…]

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A Wiltshire Junior School, 1953 to 1957

6th April 2017 GrumpyAngler 0

Change has always come slowly to rural Wiltshire, in 1957 the 1944 Education Act hadn’t affected my schooling to any great extent. The school I moved to after the infant school was one that took [more…]

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