Nina Baker

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Independent engineering historian: women in engineering, motoring, aviation, construction. Ex-MN. Ex-Deacon Hammermen of Glasgow. OBE. https://cramptonmoorhousepublishing.blogspot.com/ https://womenengineerssite.wordpress.com

Pushing the crochet hook down between two coils, to catch the wrapper which is behind.
First wrap just after a binding
In my left hand is the core. It can be anything, in this case the thinner leaves that werent going to be so good for wrapping. My fingers are holding the wrapping, which is the wider leaves.
The beginning of a table mat I am making from the dried leaves of, I think, Crocosmia plants.
Broc on the left, curly kale on the right. High hedge of blackthorn/sloe on the far right. That bed is aligned NW (left) to SE (right).
Broccoli
Calling someone a "plank" is a mildly derogatory British slang term for a stupid, thick, or foolish person. It compares someone's perceived intelligence to a lifeless, wooden board and is often used in the expanded phrase "as thick as two short planks".
Cover of The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson
spine
https://www.maplefromcanada.co.uk/maple-syrup-vs-sugar/
Glasgow Loves Concrete? Sat 21st September. Postby The Egg Man » Tue Sep 10, 2013 4:27 pm It’s unusual for a construction material to provoke the strength of opinion — whether pro or anti — that concrete does, and Glasgow is demolishing or concealing striking examples of historic concrete-based architecture all the time. What do you think? This collaborative day of discussion highlights heritage and future issues for concrete lovers, concrete haters, and everyone in between. Talks: (All talks are free, and attendees are welcome to come and go throughout the day, no booking required) 14:00 Charles Anderson: My life in concrete public art, and concrete mural techniques 14:45 Prof. Branka Dimitrijevic: Lion Chambers 16:00 Ross Brown: Brutalist brick and concrete architecture in Glasgow & Strathclyde 16:45 Prof. Remo Pedreschi: It’s not what you are, it’s what you do: studies in casting concrete 17:30 Stephen Edgar and Dr Nina Baker: Open discussion: Should Glasgow do more to celebrate its twentieth century buildings? All day: Exhibition: Items from the NGS Archives. In association with; The Construction History Society and The Twentieth Century Society: campaigning for twentieth century buildings.
Examples of concrete surface designs that had suffered from weathering presumably due to poor guttering.
A large piece of unfolded paper printed with signatures of those who subscribed to building a theatre in Buchanan street. This was loose in the back of the book but clearly originally stuck in. I am in the process of mending this. Removed the vile, discoloured sellotape, scraped away the worst of the hardened residue and now mending the splits with the approved Kozo paper.
DVD cover of Reilly ace of spies.
Daily Mirror - Tuesday 29 May 1917
Pink wool
From: https://www.facebook.com/PiedsCarres
Nicked from FB https://www.facebook.com/groups/1876606940392454/permalink/1895591038494044/
Diagram of the lots and lots of churches
Rocking chair with swing out drawer
Merchant navy officers in a ship's bar.
Absurd spam linking the lowest possible technology (silk and cow guts basically) with high tech digity thingies.
P.230 https://www.utep.edu/catalogs/1967-2000/the%20university%20of%20texas%20at%20el%20paso%201968-1969.pdf
Screenshot from BBC with title "Trump on red card decision" in a typeface similar to the old German black letter gothic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackletter
Plucky little Belgium: holds up the bully of Europe. headline from 1914. Apparently still good today if Europe is replaced with World
One slice of bread (Thick Slice) lighty toasted. Cover with baked beans - and a slice of ham on top of the beans - cover with grated cheddar and bake it or grill it.(Pint) Mind you can add tomato - onions - chili whatever you fancy. Enjoy(Eat)(Eat)(Pint)
Bodiam castle carp
met office forecast for Glasgow tomorrow is for rain.
FAB1 pink car model.
Frozen pond in foreground with Kelvindale primary school behind.
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It may look like a basket because it is sitting that way but it is actually a traditional straw 'skep' usually used the other way up to keep swarming bees in before putting them in a hive. It is now my project basket, hence the cotton liner.
Cricket explained to a foreigner You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that’s in the side that’s in the field goes out and when he’s out comes in and the next man goes in until he’s out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. When they are all out, the side that’s out comes in and the side that’s been in goes out and tries to get those coming in out. Sometimes there are men still in and not out. There are men called umpires who stay out all the time, and they decide when the men who are in are out. Depending on the weather and the light, the umpires can also send everybody in, no matter whether they’re in or out. When both sides have been in and all the men are out (including those who are not out), then the game is finished. – Attributed (tenuously) to the Marylebone Cricket Club
Caspian Sea Monster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea_Monster
Porcupine Pie Song by Neil Diamond ‧ 1972 Lyrics Porcupine pie, porcupine pie, porcupine pie Vanilla soup, a double scoop please No, maybe I won't, maybe I won't, maybe I will The tutti fruit with fruity blue cheese Ah, but porcupine pie, porcupine pie, porcupine pie Don't let it get on your jeans And though it sounds a little strange Well, you gotta eat it with gloves Or your hands will turn green Ah, but porcupine pie, porcupine pie, porcupine pie It weaves it's web from a drink And I do believe I'm gonna get one And leave enough room for dessert Chicken ripple ice cream
Elysium
Birthday honours list 2026 Women in engineering (18) CBE Caroline BOTWOOD. Director, Nuclear Projects Delivery. For services to the Nuclear Industry. London Rebecca EVERNDEN . Director, UK Space Agency, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. For services to Space. Tonbridge Julia Natasha PYKE. Joint Managing Director, Sizewell C Ltd. For services to the UK Nuclear Energy Industry and other Clean Energy Technologies. Hitchin CB Sarah Ann MUNBY. Lately Permanent Secretary, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. For Public Service. London Dr Rebecca WESTON FREng. Managing Director Warhead, Defence Nuclear Organisation. For services to Defence. Cockermouth DBE Dr Hayaatun SILLEM CBE. Lately Chief Executive Officer, Royal Academy of Engineering. For services to Engineering. London OBE Professor Fiona MacLeod CLARK. Head of Capability Electronic Warfare Sensors, Leonardo UK Ltd. For services to Defence and to STEM Education. Dunstable Myrtle May DAWES. Chief Executive, Net Zero Technology Centre. For services to Energy and Technology. Aberdeen Hannah RUTTER. Deputy Director, Office for Digital Identities and Attributes, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. For services to Digital Identity and Open Policy Making. Horsham Alyson Lynn SCURFIELD. Chief Executive, TEC Services Association. For services to Technology Enabled Care. Newcastle upon Tyne MBE Olubukola Moyo BABAJIDE. Founder, Crystal Options Ltd and Female Techpreneur. For services to Technology, to Business and to Inclusion. Milton Keynes
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Reaching For The Stars by Nora Waln
In the UK, in the same period, there were a number of garages run by and for women, some overtly as feminist efforts, others just women getting on with the work, such as Gwenda’s Garage in Sheffield in the 1980s. Named after successful racer, Gwenda Stewart, the garage was set up by women who had just completed a government training scheme in motor vehicle repairing, Roz Wollen and Annette Williams, with self-trained mechanic, Ros Wall. A wonderful musical about their feminist activism and the garage was staged successfully in both Sheffield and London in 2025. When I went to one showing, I was amazed to realise that I had known both Ros and Annette when working on a later feminist project, for women in STEM in the 2000s
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Proper muffins.
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aran-garter-stitch-cardigan
A building with associated grass, owned by an old fart.
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Ignore that it says permanently closed. In fact of course it is uncloseable!
Dumfries Maxwelltown war memorial
Display of fleece from North Ronaldsay sheep
Florence Pomeroy Harberton in knickerbockers.
A quadruple-log pie chart is a highly specialized visualization, usually referring to a dataset encompassing four orders of magnitude displayed via logarithmic segmentation. Alternatively, it can describe a multi-level or 4-quadrant pie diagram. Because pie charts represent parts of a whole (up to \(100\%\)), logarithmic scaling is typically applied to the dataset before calculating slice angles.
Small wooden box with silver plaque saying "The oak of the old Ayr Steeple Presented to the Hammermen Corporation by a Member October 21st 1835"
Supposed Killed or Drowned by Enemy Action at sea
Blueberries from the Co-op
Grace new in her black, red and white uniform. Note the WASA emblem on the front of her sidecar toolbox.
The Evolution Man: Or, How I Ate My Father Roy Lewis https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/428210.The_Evolution_Man
"Supposed killed or drowned by enemy action at sea" Scottish merchant navy women who died as a result of enemy action the first and second world wars. If you in the UK, your cheapest option is to buy direct from me, via Ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/157857304394?_skw=supposed+killed+or+drowned&itmmeta=01KRZMP6SGEHK3C5MR7D3JAXNC&hash=item24c1074f4a:g:kksAAeSweUpp6yfn&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAABAGfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xCLcqExSfYxNPrQOdVxep--xeblmqhu%2B2pvssyUFl%2BmyuSxkEueklyIGEDzHkZ%2BGhhuWdifo6OTW5UavKcvviAcYlxQFiBfGj9nvqF8qRpAKh7Wy8FAd37Hn1RndaWCNQ6oeq3XSSFyYa5Wx976%2Bp7vnziEoBk%2BSMHGEiqYMOHF1fcSs5hmSEcIIY9LvmrlMC74XNhWgjVNX2uq15i2zTSh%2FbclKEr9SMTjIGMd5P7%2FahGpArAMgqVmYSthcK%2FV7zvkupLyrOPD95DIDe7Id5P9nS4%2FUasPnTKeZZWYmJUPS0DG1WARIcTlyZIJBbQEIvQ%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_rs2PTHZw If not in the UK, then Lulu or Amazon.
Reaching For The Stars Nora Waln