Car phones - for the very wealthy - have been around since the 50s.
Well that was a fascinating rabbit hole. Still looks unlikely that Terry Scott had a System 2 car phone working in Middlesbrough in 1974, but not impossible. The call procedure looks just about enough to make you jump off a bridge!
The subscriber will select one of the 3 traffic channels allocated for the area they are currently in.
Then they need to press the call button
The radiophone will then transmit a 2060 Hz tone on the traffic channel , and continue to do so for between 5 and 12 seconds after the “Call” button is released.
If the base station receives a strong enough carrier with a strong enough tone on it, a signal is sent back to the operators position, to light the “CALL - LAMP” near the answering jack for the selected base station at the Tate Gallery Telephone exchange.
The operator will then plug into the traffic channel “answering jack”, her voice is transmitted to the subscriber, She asks for the radiophone users number, then connects him to the party he requires.
First one I used was in the late 70s. Wasn’t a lot less of a faff then.
There is a catch net, so it’s not straight into the water, I guess he just clambered back up
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That would make sense, but the report says otherwise.
A wee flypast today, just as I was finishing up the Tower House of Ginlockie, ADSB waned me of the manned aircraft approaching, so gave me time to ensure I was low and turned the drone for the A400M flypast…
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A rare departure from Southampton this morning. The Pacific Grebe of Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd. One of three vessels that transport nuclear materials between Europe and Japan.
When regulations stipulate, the vessels will have an armed compliment of Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers onboard.
The Grebe is sporting a ’ FastRig ’ which can be seen on deck laying on its side to reduce its carbon footprint out to sea.
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A scree shot of The Pear Tree in Purton, Swindon, that was the venue for my Stepdaughter’s wedding a couple of weeks back. The weather was attrocious but managed to have a great time anyway. I’ll post the video of the place I took between the monsoons out next week! 
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Very rare indeed. Ive only ever seen one move from Hollyhead then they spend most of their time at their base at Barrow in Furness.
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It was visiting the National Oceanographic Centre , all to do with this new FastRig device .
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Southcote Lock & Remains Of Wire Mill Built Around 1720’s Reading,
Wiki
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Go to see our friends in Scotland, take some drone pictures
12 months later they ask if it’s ok to print one for there redecorated lounge 
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Great snap
What’s @PingSpike ocd make of it
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The positioning 
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9 x zoom ,{ or so I thought }, 5 x AEB with the 3S.
Did a bit of tidying , but was quite pleased. That is until later when using the 9 x again… Curious? Pop over to Q and A thread and try to give me an explanation.
Pictures from Ravenhead quarry up to Billinge Hill, Lancashire. And that is the hill, nothing to do with distortion or optics… 
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