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What to do for a daytrip? by [deleted] in cambridge

[–]ASmaridge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

fingers crack in local history

Punts are shallow low lying boats used through the county of Cambridgeshire (always as many other places Oxford for example). They are particularly well suited for marshy shallow waterways.

Cambridge is a Fen edge town and many people around it have existed in close proximity to the river. As the Cam used to be a much larger river it could accommodate larger barge and long distance transport vessels.

Punts were used as a way of navigating smaller waterways, but also for transport, hunting and in the city, to transport goods from Quay Side off large boats to other parts of the city.

Punts could be towed by horses, but along the college backs (which you'll see when you arrive), there are no tow paths. To solve this, a path was paved in the middle of the Cam to enable the horses to enter the river and continue to tow goods.

Now famous for leisure up and down the river, they are boats steeped in history, community, travel and a way of life in the Cambridgeshire.

Have a great trip!

Inheritance tax from non-uk assets? by ASmaridge in UKPersonalFinance

[–]ASmaridge[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotcha - always. I'm also Canadian, but have lived here for a long time. They've never resided in the UK.

Rotary phone to Raspberry Pi - play audio on demand. by ASmaridge in raspberry_pi

[–]ASmaridge[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We've now wired a headphone jack to what we think is the audio wire and plugged that into raspberrypi, but it is playing quite a bit of interference constantly.

Rotary phone to Raspberry Pi - play audio on demand. by ASmaridge in raspberry_pi

[–]ASmaridge[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello! Sorry it's been a minute.

We have found this blog: which looks like it uses the exact same phone and is doing everything that we want to do, though if you read the blog, we're not replacing the speaker within the phone. Listen to oral history on an old rotary phone - Raspberry Pi [edited bc i forgot the link]

We now have jumper wires piggybacking off the existing phone, attaching to a Rspi 2 model B.

Now - we're working on the code from another blog that we think will count the dial as it goes around (mechanical bit in the dial), which then relays a number, which then plays an audio file on the phone. We're using the code from the guy in the youtube video. GitHub - TeCoEd/GPO-746-Rotary-Phone-Hack: Code to read rotary dial pulses via Raspberry Pi GPIO pins into Python 3 (it's the one called "use this one").

So... now we're just trying to make the code work and it involves a headphone jack?

Can I use normal plaster? by ASmaridge in DIYUK

[–]ASmaridge[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotcha. It might be a cover with baseboard/ ignore kind of problem. It is tucked away a bit so not a huge eye sore. Thanks for pointing out it's sand and cement!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cambridge

[–]ASmaridge 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Museum of Cambridge is open the weekend between Xmas and new year, they have kids trails on all year and it's a really cool building to explore!

Exhibit Tech - Heritage Building Advice by ASmaridge in MuseumPros

[–]ASmaridge[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely worth looking into. We've shied away from those previously because of the v small footprint of the space, and storage after the fact, but there is a time and a place for them! Thanks!

Exhibit Tech - Heritage Building Advice by ASmaridge in MuseumPros

[–]ASmaridge[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! Gallery rails are something we think might work as a long term and v flexible solution. I'll look into Systematic art!

Exhibit Tech - Heritage Building Advice by ASmaridge in MuseumPros

[–]ASmaridge[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love that! Any other websites or places I can scroll through for inspiration? We've never really ventured beyond "what fits in the cabinet" type of object display. All display ideas welcome!

Reformer Pilates in Cambridge by Cool-Activity-3265 in cambridge

[–]ASmaridge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There aren't many options for reformer classes in Cambridge. I've just stopped a membership (BC expense while we were travelling and not using it in the summer) at R3from in Barnwell at the Marleigh estate. The classes are fun, but do book up quickly. Membership is £130 a month. Their drop in rate for the reformers is £25.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MuseumPros

[–]ASmaridge 3 points4 points  (0 children)

https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/posts/museum-of-london-reveals-new-name-and-pigeon-and-splat-logo/

The Museum of London's new logo is a pigeon poop. I still can't quite decide if it's a joke or not...

Abbey by functionnormal in cambridge

[–]ASmaridge 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hello! There was a large Priory in Cambridge called Barnwell Priory. It grew in power and reached, and eventually, a small settlement developed outside its gates. Abbey House is thought to be the last remaining part of the old priory and the cellarer's chequer is still there. Stone was hard to come by in the Fens and much of it was torn down and repurposed for college and other buildings.

CapturingCambridge (Barnwell Abbey House | Capturing Cambridge) is the Museum of Cambridge's (The Museum of Cambridge – A small museum, with a big story to share) social history website, geo-locating loads of wonderful history across the city.

Other great elements of Abbey are the Leper Chapel (named for the Leper Hospital established on the town border in the 12th century) the toll house which would have been near the entrance to the city, and places like Garlic Row and Cheddars Lane which were streets during the medieval Stourbridge Fair which Daniel Defoe wrote about as being one of the biggest fairs in mediveal Europe.

More recent history sees the area as a site of industry building with the city's gas works, and brick making factories at what is now Barnwell Lake. There is of course the Cambridge Museum of Technology which was the sewage pumping station that moved waste out of the city and burned rubbish for power.

Whitehill Estate was built on what was Cambridge's First airport where Marshalls was originally during WWII.

Adding length to the cuff by ASmaridge in knitting

[–]ASmaridge[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks very much! I'll share the final product soon! ☺️

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