Category Archives: conversations

In the 1950s – when many of us were young and investigating everything around us – the world was mechanical. Railway signalling was mechanical, the interlocking between points and signals being achieved by, at times, a baroque arrangement of sliding … Continue reading →

It is a lively bunch who gather round the virtual table in the virtual (tea) bar to chew the fat, and who offer items interest, opinions and information over a wide range of topics. Things that we discussed but have … Continue reading →

BBC Tech Ops people have, over the years, become very interested in lots of “ologies” (cf Maureen Lipman’s adverts for BT from some time ago!).  Some topics that have featured in the Tech Ops mailing list include Cloacopapyrology Ferroequinology Planeology … Continue reading →

Tech Ops people have been emailing about any and all aspects of BBC programming – current sound and picture quality, quality of content and comparisons with BBC reality and the spoof “W1A” – it is sometimes difficult to tell the … Continue reading →

Here is a third collection of threads from the Tech Ops mailing list. There’s a lot of sound stories in this collection! Many of the conversations in this set covered a number of topics, and some segued into new topic … Continue reading →