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SPRIDDLER
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by SPRIDDLER » Fri Jul 05, 2019 7:37 pm
39speedtwin wrote: Neville, sorry they don't look like security screws, if they are the heads have not been broken off!
I didn't pay any attention to the photo in view of Roger's comforting assurance:
RL wrote: ........ this time fitted with security screws and contact adhesive so hopefully it will now survive.
Since I've never done Time I wouldn't know how to recognise Security Screws from all the other staff.
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by Peter Morris » Sat Jul 06, 2019 6:24 pm
39speedtwin wrote: Thanks Johnny, looking at both photo's they are the same, so can someone confirm if it's the original or a photo of the new one?
The photo I posted is the original plaque, obviously before it was stolen
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by 39speedtwin » Mon Jul 08, 2019 9:51 am
Can anyone who lives near, take a photo of the new plaque so that we can clear this up!
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by spookefoote1956 » Mon Jul 08, 2019 10:15 am
I can verify that the photo does not show security (prison type) screws.
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by Expat » Tue Jul 09, 2019 2:56 am
Keep shiny side up.
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39speedtwin
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by 39speedtwin » Tue Jul 09, 2019 10:54 am
Neville we are discussing fixings not those who work in Jails!
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by spookefoote1956 » Tue Jul 09, 2019 11:12 am
spookefoote1956 wrote: I can verify that the photo does not show security (prison type) screws.
No, I haven't done time but I am, as a carpenter, familiar with the fixings.
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by Plugsnpoints » Tue Jul 09, 2019 5:37 pm
What it really justifies is a statue depicting a machinist, welder or suchlike, making a quality product built with pride in the 1950s. This would signify one of the workers producing what should have been a developing British motorcycle industry, rather than a dying one with asset stripping accountants and managers etc. resting on their laurels. Building a few Barratt boxes on the site isn't really a tribute. Someone pinching the plaque and trying to make a few quid sums it up.
I don't suppose for a minute that that will happen, but I recommend tamper proof screws for a start if they get a replacement plaque. I'd donate for that if there's whip round.