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Travelling Post Office carriage at Wansford station.
In the background is the Station building which is currently not owned by the Nene Valley Railway. They are asking for donations to raise £160,000 to buy the building from the present owner to ultimately use as a new base for operations.
Rolled up towards the seats is the air matress and bedding. Not as comfortable as home, but good enough to get a decent nights' sleep.
A 1942 Austin K5 Gun portee - These vehicles were adapted to serve as platforms for a 6pdr Anti Tank gun in the desert when battles were very fluid affairs moving over considerable distances and the guns were required to be put into action quickly. The gun could be fired facing forward over the driver or in reverse over the tailgate.
It carried a crew of 4 plus driver, ammunition and stores. In the main they were used by the New Zealand army and saw little service outside of the open desert terrain in North Africa.
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Platform fishing is a technique for catching salmon on the Columbia River used by the Natives that have been passed down for generations. During the low water season, platforms are constructed extending down towards the optimal fishing spots. They are used when the water is high and the salmon are returning. The fisherman would use dipnets- fishing nets attached to poles- or hoopnets- nets held open by large circular hoops, to swoop down and snag fish below the platforms. The poles may themselves be up to 7.6m long. Celilo Falls was a famed fishing spot, with hundreds of Natives from dozens of tribes fishing from dozens of fishing platforms while the salmon tried to jump the cascades. This technique was far more common when the Columbia River remained a deep and wild body of water, but with its extensive damming simpler methods are replacing platform fishing.
Cascade Locks, Oregon
The platform rocker from Frank's home growing up. Originally carried to California by covered wagon, by a great aunt of my father. It has been through many reupholsterings, and is about to go through another.