A collection of diverse items that may be of interest.

• The Tramping Camp Of The 1st Dundee Troop Boy Scouts - July 1911
  My grandfather, James Shaw, was one of the first scoutmasters. This is an account written and illustrated by two lads of his troop. It tells of their trek of 109 miles starting and finishing from Dundee and passing through the Perthshire Highlands. 
  
• Tale of Two Tapes
  A wee bit of humour. I was challenged to create a comic strip using objects found in an office. This was triggered by the arrival of a new type of sticky tape in the office. CAUTION: contains puns.
  
• WebTree
  From time to time I do some research on the family tree and pass on those findings to my family. It is easy to forget who was told what so as an experiment I have put some notes in a blog.
  
• James Shaw (Tertius)
  My father, James Shaw, served with the RAF in Canada and 140 Squadron in Europe during WWII as an engine fitter. He was able to pursue his interest in things mechanical which continued throughout his career with the Rover Company as a vehicle development and project engineer. 
  
• Recording Autodialler
  At the end of 1971, while at the University of Nottingham,  I was looking for a project that combined my interest in digital electronics and telephony. The recording autodialler was the result. Nowadays it all comes built into the telephone. 
  
• Cell Controller
  As part of my MSc thesis at the University of Strathclyde I converted a small conveyor line to computer control. The idea was that eventually it would work in conjunction with a Rediffusion Reflex Robot.
  
• Shaw Elders
  This is a trial of putting my family tree on the web. Are you part of it? Only if you were born before 1917!
• Rare Rovers - The Rover P7s
  Some notes on alternative engine prototypes based on the Rover 2000 (P6) by someone who was there, Rex Marvin..
• John Tamsin's Bairns by Robert Couston
  I'm not one for poetry but somehow the message comes over better with a wee bit o' the Scots tongue. I believe Robert Couston was grocer and amateur poet from Mussleburgh circa 1900.

Links to External Websites that may be of interest.

• The Incredible Vi Hart
  Mathematician/Musician with an inventive approach to making her subject interesting if not exhausting!.
  
• 34 Wing
  A contemporary account of the RAF's 34 Wing during World War II. This wing was formed to provide direct air support for the Allied Armies immediately before and after the Operation Overlord invasion. These operations have been given little public notice, having been overshadowed by the Battle of Britain and bomber campaigns. 
• The Hugh Rigby Collection
  Photographs relating to 34 Wing, RAF from the Hugh Rigby collection.
  
• John W. Lowrie
  A tribute to a World War II aviator by his boyhood pal..
  
• Fatty Unbound
  A lively blog by a young lady showing how she 'does' fashion on a tight budget.. 

• STC  New Southgate
  A memorial to the north London site of one of the United Kingdom's major telephone manufacturers and those that worked there from 1922 to 2002. 
• Telessential
  Need an internal telephone system, telephone, data cabling, pabx configuration or telephone servicing in the Montreal area? Then Jim's your man!. 
• Jolyon de Fossard - Electrician
  Domestic rewiring, industrial and commercial installations. Based in Bath, UK, offering a first-class, personal service to his clients. 

10 May 2012