Like gas suspension, it’s just another form of “spring”; however the suspended part has greater mass than is needed for gas suspension.
1 Like
You do t know who Johnny Ball is? Blimey. He’s Zoe’s dad.
1 Like
Not a name recognised unless half of Cannon & Ball, a duo that I didn’t appreciate.
Just googled: his children’s TV was rather late or too young for me - in any case our TV watching as kids was strictly limited to an hour or less a day on weekday early eves and apart from Dr Who, only whatever our parents watcheon Sat or Sun eves.
You’ve got me wondering now if it was that linear motor on Tomorrow’s World (which I also watched avidly) though my recollection is that I saw it on one of Johnny Ball’s shows. Maybe it was on both.
He really did produce some fantastic STEM themed TV Shows for kids on the BBC when the modern STEM term didn’t really exist - a really natural down to earth presenter who taught us so many interesting things as youngsters in the late 70s/early 80s. A shame they don’t make TV shows like think of a Number these days.
1 Like
I Googled him earlier too - in his mid 80s now. I found a few clips on YouTube and he was an excellent communicator who brought a lot of fun to the presentations for youngsters. Not many remaining episodes it seems as the BBC wiped so much of it.
Gosh, ‘How’ - I’d forgotten that one, suspect they’d never get away with the credits these days - they’d be accused of cultural appropriation or similar.
Interestingly:
Seems the show was revamped in the early 2020s.
Original had Fred Dinenage - thought he was the chap who cleaned all those industrial chimneys but wikipedia suggests otherwise. 
2 Likes
Fred Dinenage (1966–2022) Bunty James (1966-7, 1970-6) Jon Miller (1966–1981) Jack Hargreaves (1966–1981) were the original presenters of How. Brilliant program.
3 Likes
Fred Dibnah?
1 Like
Yes I think that was him - never watched the series but seem to recall it was quite popular.
Dinage did How
1 Like
Loved Fred Dibnah.
(Courtesy of The Bolton News)
In the days when H&S was an old car horn, “Toot Toot” and the saying, “Did you like that?”
DG…
4 Likes
Always wondered who took those photos of Fred Dibnah perched on top of a tower or chimney and how they did it?
Whoever it was must have had even bigger b*lls than Fred himself!!
1 Like
Heli, no drones back then.
2 Likes
Yes, it’s a sad day. Their products were certainly of high quality. I own a substantial rack installation myself, and I wanted to add an additional shelf for a new component, but found the website was not active.
My local dealer also confirmed that they have customers anxious with outstanding orders.
I suppose I will have to seek out some second hand/used items, as a complete replacement is not an option I would be prepared to undertake.
I can see the 2nd hand price of legs going through the roof. Shelves were more bespoke, so you just need to be lucky.
1 Like
Yes, there are not many used items for sale, or to the right spec.
I can see that I will have to buy what is available, and get the tools and woodstain out !
The legs are perhaps the only part that could be traded going forward. I know my media storage (vinyl, CDs, and DVDs) has been modified since the initial purchase with a change of shelves. And I wish I’d bought some shorter legs for if/when I change my power amp from MF to Naim.
1 Like
This topic was automatically closed 60 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.