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... <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wH6PC5okHBI/VPmyAnW8YCI/AAAAAAAAAzg/qUsiI0WhbT4/s1600/IMG_2822.jpeg> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wH6PC5okHBI/VPmyAnW8YCI/AAAAAAAAAzg/qUsiI0WhbT4/s1600/IMG_2822.jpeg> Nick <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wH6PC5okHBI/VPmyAnW8YCI/AAAAAAAAAzg/qUsiI0WhbT4/s1600/IMG_2822.jpeg> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/bf70c319-70c3-480e-a73d-77ad7f42fa5d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.