On Friday, 6 March 2015 13:47:11 UTC, mikeselectricstuff wrote:
>
> I met him a while ago at his old junkyard, & soon after the move to the 
> new place - really nice guy. 
> GOJY appears to still be going, and is well worth  a visit if you're 
> anywhere near East London. I 
> think they have a cafe there as it's become a visitor destination 
>

Likewise - ISTR I asked John S if he could come up there too - this was 
just before the move when Chris was threatening closure. Lovely bloke - 
after his diagnosis, he went downhill very quickly - for all his "I'm just 
a working class lad" bit, he moved in pretty exotic circles and was a 
shrewd businessman.

Its partly that visit that made me get interested in learning to a bit of 
my own tube bending...

Below is the failed attempt to re-gas a de-tubulated B7037. Oh, well...

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Nick 
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