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    Speedy Builder5
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      I have 35 copies of The Model Engineer from 1942 – 1950, just odd ones, but they have no 'value' I guess as there are plenty for sale in the "For Sale" section.
      As I live in France, the postage is probably as much as they are worth. they have to go. Do I put them in the bin along with these books:-
      BS Workshop Practice dated 1943
      SAE Handbook dated 1930
      Mechanical World Year Book dated 1929
      Encyclopedia of Aviation dated 1937 (Just up Andrews street ?)
      Handbook of Wireless Telegraphy Vol 1 dated 1930
      BobH SW France

      #25335
      Speedy Builder5
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        @speedybuilder5

        The Model Engineer

        #304847
        alan-lloyd
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          @alan-lloyd

          Do you by any chance have FEB 20 AND 27 Vol 96 from 1947? Alan

          #304848
          Speedy Builder5
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            @speedybuilder5

            Alan , No – best year was 1945 with 13 issues.

            #304849
            JasonB
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              @jasonb

              Looking at the issue numbers there were no mags on those dates

               

              2388 is 13Feb

              2389 is 6Mar

              2390 is 13mar

              2390 says the weather was to cold, and Government ordered journals etc to cease publication to save coal and energy use.

              2390.jpg

              Edited By JasonB on 29/06/2017 19:03:51

              #304851
              Speedy Builder5
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                @speedybuilder5

                Here is a challenge – swap all the ME's for a small diesel / glow engine working/ not working for a static display model for my grandson.
                BobH

                #304882
                Ady1
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                  @ady1

                  Just pop them into a doctors/dentists waiting room

                  They make a pleasant change to national geographic and Hello magazines

                  #304892
                  Robbo
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                    @robbo
                    Posted by Ady1 on 29/06/2017 21:43:35:

                    Just pop them into a doctors/dentists waiting room

                    They make a pleasant change to national geographic and Hello magazines

                    We no longer have magazines of any age in our Surgery waiting area – this as a result of their "Cleanliness Review".

                    But still plenty of patients coughing their infections into the air!

                    #304900
                    Speedy Builder5
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                      @speedybuilder5

                      I don't think our surgery would want Old English mags – I did say we were in France. I could use them as fire lighters, but you know how it goes, you rip out a page or two and then start reading an article.
                      It is interesting to see the content of the mags, very different from today. Model boats, aeroplanes, locos. Plenty made in cardboard and wood. No CNC, rotary tables and problems with silver solder.
                      BobH

                      #304916
                      Bazyle
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                        @bazyle

                        That date range is probably rarer. I should keep them until you encounter an English tourist driving back who therefore doesn't have a weight limit or stick them in a corner of the attic to be found by someone in 50 years.

                        #304935
                        Speedy Builder5
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                          @speedybuilder5

                          Bazyle – Where do you think I got them from – In a corner of my cousin's attic

                          #304943
                          Watford
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                            Posted by Robbo on 29/06/2017 22:50:40:

                            Posted by Ady1 on 29/06/2017 21:43:35:

                            Just pop them into a doctors/dentists waiting room

                            They make a pleasant change to national geographic and Hello magazines

                            We no longer have magazines of any age in our Surgery waiting area – this as a result of their "Cleanliness Review".

                            But still plenty of patients coughing their infections into the air!

                            The real issue is probably the signing-in screen which everyone contacts after picking their nose!

                            Mike

                            #304952
                            Speedy Builder5
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                              @speedybuilder5

                              Glad to say that the problem has now (will be) gone as a fellow follower of this forum has agreed to take the mags off my hands. As regards the "sign in Screen" at the doctors', Have you seen the ordering screens at McDonalds. Catch all yer bugs off the screen and then tuck into the food – No Thanks!
                              BobH

                              #304990
                              alan-lloyd
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                                @alan-lloyd

                                Thanks for your reply Jasonb, all clear now, regards Alan

                                #304994
                                Neil Wyatt
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                                  @neilwyatt
                                  Posted by Robbo on 29/06/2017 22:50:40:

                                  Posted by Ady1 on 29/06/2017 21:43:35:

                                  Just pop them into a doctors/dentists waiting room

                                  They make a pleasant change to national geographic and Hello magazines

                                  We no longer have magazines of any age in our Surgery waiting area – this as a result of their "Cleanliness Review".

                                  But still plenty of patients coughing their infections into the air!

                                  I wouldn't have described ten-year-old issues of National Geographic, Staffordshire Life and The People's Friend as dirty magazines…

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