# wash (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover wash. Page: Feed: --- ## [SPALDING FIRE BRIGADE](https://www.farmersfriendlincs.com/post/spalding-fire-brigade) _2026-08-19 · farmersfriendlincs · Farmers Friend_ Spalding Fire Brigade entered the 20th Century under equipped, under-trained and under-funded. ## [Thomas Nutt - The Beekeeper of Moulton Chapel](https://www.farmersfriendlincs.com/post/thomas-nutt-the-beekeeper-of-moulton-chapel) _2026-08-14 · farmersfriendlincs · Farmers Friend_ A little know hero of beekeeping was located in Moulton Chapel. here I describe the significance to Thomas Nutt's work. ## [Moulton Marsh](https://www.farmersfriendlincs.com/post/moulton-marsh) _2026-08-07 · farmersfriendlincs · Farmers Friend_ Here I look at the development of Moulton Marsh and Moulton Marsh Nature Reserve ## [ELECTRICITY](https://www.farmersfriendlincs.com/post/electricity) _2026-07-31 · farmersfriendlincs · Farmers Friend_ It is perhaps bizarre that in the middle of Spalding down the road from the house I was raised in, in Stonegate was a house that relied entirely on gas for it had no electricity until the 21st century. In it lived Edna Basam and her elderly mother when I was young and they had gas lamps on the walls for lighting. I remember asking them what they were as I hadn’t seen gaslight before and Edna lit… ## [Is Devolution a Threat to Rural Livelihoods, Economy and Opportunity](https://www.farmersfriendlincs.com/post/is-devolution-a-threat-to-rural-livelihoods-economy-and-opportunity) _2026-07-26 · farmersfriendlincs · Farmers Friend_ Devolution of powers assumes local people know what is best for local people. Here I question this reasoning and consider whether it is in fact a severe threat to rural life. ## [Shipwrecks - Profit Over Lives](https://www.farmersfriendlincs.com/post/shipwrecks) _2026-07-24 · farmersfriendlincs · Farmers Friend_ The Wash had its share of shipwrecks with Samuel Plimsol M.P. fighting hard to reduce the mortality of sailors ## [WAINFLEET AND CONCEPTION OF EARLY INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WASH](https://www.farmersfriendlincs.com/post/wainfleet-and-conception-of-early-industrial-infrastructure-developments-in-the-wash) _2026-07-17 · farmersfriendlincs · Farmers Friend_ It is hard to believe today that Wainfleet was considered as a bridgehead port to serve Lincoln with coal. ## [The Wash Dam](https://www.farmersfriendlincs.com/post/the-wash-dam) _2026-07-10 · farmersfriendlincs · Farmers Friend_ 2022 saw Centre Port propose a Wash Dam project. Here I look at the history of this concept first proposed by the engineer John Rennie in 1837. ## [Who Owns the Marsh?](https://www.farmersfriendlincs.com/post/who-owns-the-marsh) _2026-07-03 · farmersfriendlincs · Farmers Friend_ A court decision on 1st January 1824 in favour of Lord Yarborough established rights to marsh land that would later scupper a proposal to dam part of the Wash. ## [European Weather](https://www.farmersfriendlincs.com/post/european-weather) _2026-06-28 · farmersfriendlincs · Farmers Friend_ A quick look at some of the historical hot weather events before the days of the Met office. ## [AI QA That Opens Fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Sst7KtLLCLnt) _2026-06-28 · **Sponsored**_ Runs browser QA, files issues with repro evidence, and opens fix PRs. ## [Another DVORAK Selectric](http://ibmselectric.blogspot.com/2025/06/another-dvorak-selectric.html) _2025-06-27 · Clark · IBM Selectric Typewriters_ I just finished this IBM selectric 3 for a customer. It was a custom build because he wanted the Dvorak keyboard and the Selectric II style ribbon in Marlin blue. This machine came with the 210 bicycle ribbon and because it is harder to locate these days it makes sense to change it to the more available Selectric II style ribbon. Converting the ribbon was pretty straightforward. In addition to… ## [Selectric III Ribbon Conversion](http://ibmselectric.blogspot.com/2024/11/selectric-iii-ribbon-conversion.html) _2024-11-29 · Clark · IBM Selectric Typewriters_ IBM Selectric III models were equipped with two different types of ribbons - the 1299095 SRS style, also used in Selectric II models and the 210 CRC "Bicycle" style on machines built between February 1982 through October 1984 (that's the official dates anyway). It was nicknamed "bicycle" since the outline of the ribbon cartridge looks like a bicycle. The 210 style was designed supposedly to…