Shawbits Serendipity

A collection of diverse items that may be of interest

tree of life

Lost and found family roots and branches. Serendipitous searches for the family tree

Carpenter using a hand brace

Training in the slöjd method at Nääs, Sweden

Insignia of the Royal Artillery

Service with the Royal Garrison Artillery in East Africa and London during the Great War

graphic reed crossbar

Early Time Domain Reflectometry experiments in support of TXE4, the UK's first large semi-electronic telephone exchange, (1972-1976)

IFCS and Graduate logos

From Fire Control to GRADUATE: Memories of Marconi Space & Defence Systems, later Marconi Instruments, Fife

portrait of soldier

The experiences of a Royal Garrison Artillery Bombardier in German East Africa and France 1914-1919

old rotary potentiometer

Early radio, Hi-Fi and home computers

iconic viking's head

A 33-year career as a vehicle, brake and project engineer

graphic outline of australia

William Marshall Shaw, William Main & George Main migrate from Cumbernauld to Sydney in 1887

graphic of railway semaphore signal

The tragic end of Robert Shaw, from Carrickstone Farm, Cumbernauld, in 1879