Winding Gear

A week or so ago, I blipped an old dockside winch which I found at Courtown Harbour. This afternoon I discovered another one in Arklow, also painted blue and bearing the makers plate...."Mastra Winch, Manufactured by Northern Tool and Gear Company Ltd, Arbroath, Scotland". I have no idea how old it is but its useful days have long passed into history.

I have deliberately played games with the shot in attempt to replicate the old trick of cross processing colour film.

Tonight is the second last of the CS5 training sessions I have been attending so I'll be away for most of the evening. Will catch up with you all as soon as possible.


Edit : I have just found that This compant, NTG are still in business. An extract from their website :

Northern Tool & Gear is a privately owned company and has an outstanding record of over 60 years service to the manufacture of gearing components. NTG presently employ 75 people, 60 of whom are directly employed in the manufacture of gear products and tools.

"NTG work with all industry sectors and have customers specifically in the following fields of industry and are open to expansion into further areas; Printing Machines, Mining Machines, the Defense Industry, Diesel Engines, the Marine Industry, Agricultural Machines, Specialist Automotive industry. Our present contracts have enabled us to grow to a turnover of £5 million"