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Shaun Walsh

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In 1986 a couple of my friends were working in the radiochemistry lab at Unilever on the Wirral. All of the fume cupboards in the lab had radiation monitors on the exhausts on the roof. They were working in the lab when, all of a sudden every alarm went off simultaneously and the building was evacuated. After a bit of head scratching they determined that the source of the radiation had to be external, not from inside the lab, the alarms had detected the radioactive fallout from Chernobyl as it headed towards Wales!

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A government warning said that anyone travelling in icy conditions should take a shovel, blankets, sleeping bag, extra clothing (including hat, scarf and gloves), 24 hour supply of food and drink, de-icer, rock salt, torch, tow rope, petrol can, first aid kit and jump leads...


I was getting some very strange looks at the bus this morning!!!!

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Peter Christy

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On 11/11/2024 at 14:03, Shaun Walsh said:

In 1986 a couple of my friends were working in the radiochemistry lab at Unilever on the Wirral. All of the fume cupboards in the lab had radiation monitors on the exhausts on the roof. They were working in the lab when, all of a sudden every alarm went off simultaneously and the building was evacuated. After a bit of head scratching they determined that the source of the radiation had to be external, not from inside the lab, the alarms had detected the radioactive fallout from Chernobyl as it headed towards Wales!

I remember being taught about radioactivity as a teenager in a physics class. We were all made to stand at the back of the lab whilst the teacher took out small samples and placed them before the Geiger counter, which clicked away quite merrily. On returning to our seats once the samples had been secured, the Geiger counter went screaming off the scale! One of my fellow students, sitting near the front, was wearing a watch with a luminous dial.....!

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PatMc

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4 hours ago, Peter Christy said:

I remember being taught about radioactivity as a teenager in a physics class. We were all made to stand at the back of the lab whilst the teacher took out small samples and placed them before the Geiger counter, which clicked away quite merrily. On returning to our seats once the samples had been secured, the Geiger counter went screaming off the scale! One of my fellow students, sitting near the front, was wearing a watch with a luminous dial.....!

Post Office (pre BT days) telephone engineers were not supposed to carry more than, IIRC, 5 of the then new & fashionable Trimphones in thier vans due to the radiation level from the dials. I'm not sure if the push button version ones were also affected.

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Shaun Walsh

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8 hours ago, PatMc said:

Post Office (pre BT days) telephone engineers were not supposed to carry more than, IIRC, 5 of the then new & fashionable Trimphones in thier vans due to the radiation level from the dials. I'm not sure if the push button version ones were also affected.

My wife worked for the Post Office in the 1970s, she was part of a group that was computerising the stores system. As part of the process she had to visit a large P.O. depot which stored, among other things,  thousands of Trimphones. The Trimphone storage area was restricted access with strict limits on time spent in the area due to the radiation emitted by the tritium in the luminous dials.

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The Pope was out for a walk in Rome when the strap of his sandal broke, he looked around and across the street was a shop with M. Cohen Shoemaker above the door

 

Any port in a storm he thought and went in

 

" Can you mend my sandal?"

 

"Certainly your holineess"

 

Sewed on a new strap " There you are , good as new"

 

"What am I owe"

 

"For you no charge"

 

"Bless you" and the pope went on his way

 

The shoe maker thought this could be good advertising, phoned his friend the signwriter and got a big sign above the door

 

M. COHEN -COBBLERS TO THE POPE

 

The next day the catholic butcher next door had a new sign too

 

KNACKERS TO THE CHIEF RABBI

 

 

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