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Offline Jo

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Duke of Edinburgh
« on: April 09, 2021, 01:07:48 PM »
In the UK we have just heard the sad news:

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Buckingham Palace said: "It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.


The Duke through out his life was a great enthusiast for science and innovation and had a keen interest in Model Engineering. A frequent visitor to the Model Engineering Exhibition in 1954 he graciously consented to the annual award of a Trophy to be known as " The Duke of Edinburgh Challenge Trophy" to be awarded to the winner of the Championship Award at the Model Engineering Show.

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« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2021, 05:58:03 PM »
it's a shame that you learn about these things upon someones passing instead of appreciating them while still around. Thanks Jo!
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Offline Bob Wild

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« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2021, 07:07:17 PM »
My wife is distraught. They’ve cancelled Coronation Street and Gardeners World 😓

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« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2021, 07:19:06 PM »
In addition to "The Duke of Edinburgh Challenge Trophy" awarded at the Model Engineer Exhibition, Prince Phillip also instigated the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme to reward young people, all over the world,  for completing a series of self-improvement exercises. These included voluntary community work, physical fitness, developing practical and social skills and the dreaded expedition training. Many of us will remember those cold, wet nights bivouacking and treking  across Dartmoor with some affection.

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Offline simplyloco

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« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2021, 07:26:54 PM »
My wife is distraught. They’ve cancelled Coronation Street and Gardeners World 😓

Plus Eastenders and the Masterchef final !!!!!
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« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2021, 08:00:30 PM »
Prince Philip was very active in engineering back at the beginning of the 1970's, believing that engineering is the only way to make new ideas relevant and to make things better. One of his quotes was:

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"Everything that wasn't invented by God is invented by an engineer"


The Duke loved to experiment (when he was allowed). Some of his experiments were good, others not so: he installed some of Britain's first solar panels on the Sandringham estate however his attempts to generate methane from manure at Windsor ended in an explosion   ::) .

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« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2021, 05:57:56 AM »
RIP he was a good man.
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Offline Lew Hartswick

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« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2021, 03:36:25 PM »
Jo, I love that quote.
<"Everything that wasn't invented by God is invented by an engineer" >
   ...lew... An electronic engineer, Retired lo these 20 some years :-)

 

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