Hovercraft!

SillyMcCarthy · 2011-10-15 22:27:03

Does anyone remember a small hovercraft that was in a yard as you went down Alexander Street back in the 70's? I'm sure there was one somewhere in the city!

15-10-2011 11:27PM

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SillyMcCarthy

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Does anyone remember a small hovercraft that was in a yard
as you went down Alexander Street back in the 70's?
I'm sure there was one somewhere in the city!

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#2 15-10-2011 11:48PM

mike65

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Was it in that small car body shop or in the yard which used to be where those "town houses" now stand?

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#3 15-10-2011 11:53PM

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Yeah, on the left!

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#4 15-10-2011 11:56PM

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I do have a vague memory of boats in that yard so they may have been a mini hovercraft. That would be a rare enough sight in these parts.

Wait - I've found it!

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#5 16-10-2011 04:11AM

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Some of the Engineering students in WIT built one like the one Mike's picture years and years ago if I remember correctly. I think it was red though. We only got to build a go-kart.

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#6 17-10-2011 08:47AM

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That was Cochees Freemans yard, he was a great character

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