Re: Como depot revisited, editorial.
| August 28, 2017 06:07PM |
Hi Stewart,
Believe me that I have no disrespect in regards to what the folk on the South Park are achieving in building an active museum. But I need to make the point, this is not a resurrection of the flesh in its actual form. It is people working towards preserving history as best they can.
The point that I intended to make but did not manage to get there last night is that important pieces of history can be lost in the attempt to preserve it. And the particular point in interest that I was making last night was regarding the grooved board used across the ceiling of the baggage room which has been replaced with just a flat piece of wood. And in so doing, the link between it and the piece of grooved wood is lost, forever. Something that as a historian, consider to be extremely important. Because that link is one of the clues to understanding the true history of the Como depot.
So forgive me if I seem abrasive, indeed am abrasive. It is not important what I am, who I am. That means nothing. What is important is what I am showing you. And any genuine, true historian will seriously look at what is being pointed out, examine it, and in time, understand it. And then maybe, they will have an alternative explanation for what I am showing. Maybe they can build upon it too.
But please also understand, I am actually building a model railway. And I know enough to know that I could never truthfully model a prototype accurately. And this is the point that I make with the Como depot restoration. Man has restored the Como depot in their own image. Meaning, according to what they believe they understand.
My mission is to help people recognise that the depot was moved to Como in flat sections. Pieces from different buildings, to make one building. I supply the proof of that in the post that I made a few days ago. It needs an independent arbitrator to go and measure the things that I have pointed out.
It is not me telling you. I am showing you and everyone, not meaning to be personal. lol
Its not about me, you or us. Its about understanding history. A bit like a detective might solve a crime by examining a tiny detail.
The ceiling of the baggage room now,
Believe me that I have no disrespect in regards to what the folk on the South Park are achieving in building an active museum. But I need to make the point, this is not a resurrection of the flesh in its actual form. It is people working towards preserving history as best they can.
The point that I intended to make but did not manage to get there last night is that important pieces of history can be lost in the attempt to preserve it. And the particular point in interest that I was making last night was regarding the grooved board used across the ceiling of the baggage room which has been replaced with just a flat piece of wood. And in so doing, the link between it and the piece of grooved wood is lost, forever. Something that as a historian, consider to be extremely important. Because that link is one of the clues to understanding the true history of the Como depot.
So forgive me if I seem abrasive, indeed am abrasive. It is not important what I am, who I am. That means nothing. What is important is what I am showing you. And any genuine, true historian will seriously look at what is being pointed out, examine it, and in time, understand it. And then maybe, they will have an alternative explanation for what I am showing. Maybe they can build upon it too.
But please also understand, I am actually building a model railway. And I know enough to know that I could never truthfully model a prototype accurately. And this is the point that I make with the Como depot restoration. Man has restored the Como depot in their own image. Meaning, according to what they believe they understand.
My mission is to help people recognise that the depot was moved to Como in flat sections. Pieces from different buildings, to make one building. I supply the proof of that in the post that I made a few days ago. It needs an independent arbitrator to go and measure the things that I have pointed out.
It is not me telling you. I am showing you and everyone, not meaning to be personal. lol
Its not about me, you or us. Its about understanding history. A bit like a detective might solve a crime by examining a tiny detail.
The ceiling of the baggage room now,
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