http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope

On Mon, 3 Nov 2014 17:51:20 -0000, "harryagain"
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Yes, just. I saw one when I was a kid in the 1960s, but my parents
wouldn'tlet me use it because they thought/knew it was dangerous.

On 03/11/2014 17:51, harryagain wrote:
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No.
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On 03/11/2014 17:51, harryagain wrote:
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No.

Me neither, but I suspect by the time I was old enough to have noticed
and remembered if I had seen one they had probably mostly gone (7 in
1970)
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On Mon, 3 Nov 2014 17:51:20 -0000, "harryagain"
wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope



Yes there was one at our local shoe shop but I don't recall if it was
used on me.
However it does seem unlikely that I would remember it, and what it
was for if it wasn't used on me. I don't recall seeing my skeletal
feet, but looking at the height of the viewers that would be
impossible for a small child.
(dob 1953)


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harryagain wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope

Indeed so. I remember using one at least once, but couldn't
really make out the image properly myself.

Chris
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On 03/11/2014 18:33, Caecilius wrote:
On Mon, 3 Nov 2014 17:51:20 -0000, "harryagain"
wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope

Yes, just. I saw one when I was a kid in the 1960s, but my parents
wouldn'tlet me use it because they thought/knew it was dangerous.


That was my mother's opinion. However, with hindsight, had someone
looked properly at my feet then, something might have been done to avoid
the odd things at the ends of my legs they became. And I might have been
able to get footwear that fitted - which I can only achieve even now by
accepting considerable compromise.

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Caecilius writes:
On Mon, 3 Nov 2014 17:51:20 -0000, "harryagain"
wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope

Yes, just. I saw one when I was a kid in the 1960s, but my parents
wouldn'tlet me use it because they thought/knew it was dangerous.

Same here - Jacksons in Reading had one in their shoe department.
With my dad being an atomic physicist specialising in X-ray
spectroscopy, I wasn't allowed anywhere near it!

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On Mon, 03 Nov 2014 19:17:49 +0000, Graham. wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope

Yes there was one at our local shoe shop but I don't recall if it was
used on me.
However it does seem unlikely that I would remember it, and what it was
for if it wasn't used on me. I don't recall seeing my skeletal feet, but
looking at the height of the viewers that would be impossible for a
small child.
(dob 1953)

I'm sure I vaguely recall using one of these as a little 'un - dob 1971,
so probably around '75-6ish? But surely I can't have...?

I definitely recall their replacement, the machine you put your foot in
and metal bars came out to nudge your toes gently.

harryagain wrote

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope

Yep, definitely remember using those.

Must be the reason I have two heads or sumfin.

On Monday, November 3, 2014 5:51:25 PM UTC, harry wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope

The local museum has one from a local shoe shop.

I don't know how thoroughly they decomissioned it ...

Owain

It's an x-ray machine, so as long as it isn't plugged in it should be safe. It's not like there is a lump of radioactive material in it like in smoke alarms or luminous dials.

I very much doubt the high voltage insulation has withstood the test of time, nor the vacuum in the x-ray tube. Would be very dangerous to find out!

Philip

On Mon, 3 Nov 2014 20:20:04 +0000 (UTC),
(Andrew Gabriel) wrote:

In article ,
Caecilius writes:
On Mon, 3 Nov 2014 17:51:20 -0000, "harryagain"
wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope

Yes, just. I saw one when I was a kid in the 1960s, but my parents
wouldn'tlet me use it because they thought/knew it was dangerous.

Same here - Jacksons in Reading had one in their shoe department.
With my dad being an atomic physicist specialising in X-ray
spectroscopy, I wasn't allowed anywhere near it!

The only time I encountered one of these was at the Royal Garden hotel
in London where the security team used one to check packages during
the IRA bombings in the 1970/80s.
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In article ,
Caecilius writes:
On Mon, 3 Nov 2014 17:51:20 -0000, "harryagain"
wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope

Yes, just. I saw one when I was a kid in the 1960s, but my parents
wouldn'tlet me use it because they thought/knew it was dangerous.

Same here - Jacksons in Reading had one in their shoe department.
With my dad being an atomic physicist specialising in X-ray
spectroscopy, I wasn't allowed anywhere near it!

Yes, Lewis's in Leeds had one 1950's..

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On 03/11/2014 17:51, harryagain wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope


Yes, not quite the same. I was not aware of the dangers at the time.

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Adrian wrote:

I definitely recall their replacement, the machine you put your foot in
and metal bars came out to nudge your toes gently.

Sounds vaguely reminiscent of the chocolate speciality called 'spring
surprise'.

Bill

Clark's shoe shops made a big thing of these in the late fifties and early
sixties. They were featured in their TV ads, as I recall.

Growing up, I used the one in the local shop many times. I recall it as
being rather more elegant, curvy and early-science-fictiony than the ones in
the link, and I can remember looking into the viewer and seeing the scans,
so either I was unusually tall (which come to think of it, I was) or the
viewer was set low enough for me to get to.

Never did me any harm...

"Bert Coules" wrote in message
o.uk...
Clark's shoe shops made a big thing of these in the late fifties and early
sixties. They were featured in their TV ads, as I recall.

Growing up, I used the one in the local shop many times. I recall it as
being rather more elegant, curvy and early-science-fictiony than the ones
in the link, and I can remember looking into the viewer and seeing the
scans, so either I was unusually tall (which come to think of it, I was)
or the viewer was set low enough for me to get to.

Never did me any harm...

he says as he types the reply using his 25 finger like toes on each foot

On 04/11/2014 08:15, Bert Coules wrote:
Clark's shoe shops made a big thing of these in the late fifties and
early sixties. They were featured in their TV ads, as I recall.

Growing up, I used the one in the local shop many times. I recall it as
being rather more elegant, curvy and early-science-fictiony than the
ones in the link, and I can remember looking into the viewer and seeing
the scans, so either I was unusually tall (which come to think of it, I
was) or the viewer was set low enough for me to get to.

Never did me any harm...

You or your 12 toes? :-)

Graham. wrote:

However it does seem unlikely that I would remember it, and what it
was for if it wasn't used on me. I don't recall seeing my skeletal
feet, but looking at the height of the viewers that would be
impossible for a small child.

I remember them - probably late 1940's to early 1950's. I certainly remember
seeing the bones in my toes as a child. Perhaps machines for children's
departments had the front viewing window lower down than the 2 on the sides.

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On 03/11/2014 17:51, harryagain wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope


Yep and the amusement arcade machine that allowed you to look at the
bones in your hand.

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"Nightjar \"cpb\"@" "insert my surname here wrote:

Yep and the amusement arcade machine that allowed you to look at the
bones in your hand.

Did these actually work on the same diffraction principle as
"X-Ray Specs"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Ray_Specs_%28novelty%29

Chris
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On 05/11/2014 08:18, Chris J Dixon wrote:
"Nightjar \"cpb\"@" "insert my surname here wrote:

Yep and the amusement arcade machine that allowed you to look at the
bones in your hand.

Did these actually work on the same diffraction principle as
"X-Ray Specs"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Ray_Specs_%28novelty%29

It was a genuine X-ray machine. You put your hand up into a slot at the
back which gave you just about enough room to wiggle your fingers. There
was a screen at the front that showed you all the bones as you did so.
It was of fairly limited entertainment value, so most people only tried
it once, which was probably as well.

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"Nightjar \"cpb\"@" "insert my surname here wrote:

It was a genuine X-ray machine. You put your hand up into a slot at the
back which gave you just about enough room to wiggle your fingers. There
was a screen at the front that showed you all the bones as you did so.
It was of fairly limited entertainment value, so most people only tried
it once, which was probably as well.

:-0

Chris
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On Tuesday, November 4, 2014 5:34:36 PM UTC, Mike Clarke wrote:
Graham. wrote:

However it does seem unlikely that I would remember it, and what it
was for if it wasn't used on me. I don't recall seeing my skeletal
feet, but looking at the height of the viewers that would be
impossible for a small child.

I remember them - probably late 1940's to early 1950's. I certainly remember
seeing the bones in my toes as a child. Perhaps machines for children's
departments had the front viewing window lower down than the 2 on the sides.


They did have a lower window for the child. I remember being put on one in the early 1960s (aged about 6) and seeing the bones in my feet.

Robert

On Wed, 05 Nov 2014 08:18:58 +0000, Chris J Dixon
wrote:

"Nightjar \"cpb\"@" "insert my surname here wrote:

Yep and the amusement arcade machine that allowed you to look at the
bones in your hand.

Did these actually work on the same diffraction principle as
"X-Ray Specs"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Ray_Specs_%28novelty%29

Chris

I got a pair of those as a cover-mount on a comic.
It was just two aperture with a feather stuck on each.

Very disappointed I was.

Remember those twirly card disks with the string? Loads of fun, but I
havn't seen kids playing with them for years.





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On Monday, November 3, 2014 5:51:25 PM UTC, harry wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope

Oh, yes - at least one of the local shoe shops in Streatham had one, though I recall the design being a bit more streamlined. I can vaguely remember using one at least once...

Graham. wrote:

Remember those twirly card disks with the string? Loads of fun, but I
havn't seen kids playing with them for years.


I had something like that made from 2 metal disks with a loose abrasive disk
sandwiched between them. Each outer disk had a small piece of flint embedded
in it producing very impressive sparks when you got it spinning.

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Mike Clarke wrote:

I had something like that made from 2 metal disks with a loose abrasive disk
sandwiched between them. Each outer disk had a small piece of flint embedded
in it producing very impressive sparks when you got it spinning.

How long would one of these keep the X-box generation occupied for?
http://www.instructables.com/id/Super-banger/

On Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:20:03 +0000, Mike Clarke
wrote:

Graham. wrote:

Remember those twirly card disks with the string? Loads of fun, but I
havn't seen kids playing with them for years.


I had something like that made from 2 metal disks with a loose abrasive disk
sandwiched between them. Each outer disk had a small piece of flint embedded
in it producing very impressive sparks when you got it spinning.

Ooh yeah. Lots of plastic and tinplate toys had abrasive wheels and
flints in my day. Another thing stopped by the H&S police I suppose.

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In message , Graham.
writes
On Wed, 05 Nov 2014 08:18:58 +0000, Chris J Dixon
wrote:

"Nightjar \"cpb\"@" "insert my surname here wrote:

Yep and the amusement arcade machine that allowed you to look at the
bones in your hand.

Did these actually work on the same diffraction principle as
"X-Ray Specs"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Ray_Specs_%28novelty%29

Chris

I got a pair of those as a cover-mount on a comic.
It was just two aperture with a feather stuck on each.

Very disappointed I was.

Remember those twirly card disks with the string? Loads of fun, but I
havn't seen kids playing with them for years.



Ours have made a number of those over the years, but it's not the sort
of thing they would go down the park with.
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Andy Burns wrote:

How long would one of these keep the X-box generation occupied for?
http://www.instructables.com/id/Super-banger/

Oh yes, I remember having fun with those too.

Present day kids might be amused for a few seconds I suppose. They'd
probably think of them as the sorts of toys we played with before we had
electricity.

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"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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Mike Clarke wrote:

I had something like that made from 2 metal disks with a loose abrasive
disk
sandwiched between them. Each outer disk had a small piece of flint
embedded
in it producing very impressive sparks when you got it spinning.

How long would one of these keep the X-box generation occupied for?
http://www.instructables.com/id/Super-banger/


I remember the "Hilly Billy Banger". Free with the "Topper".
Must've been in the 50s.
Lasted about half an hour of serious use.

On Mon, 3 Nov 2014 17:51:20 -0000, "harryagain"
wrote:

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Here is a picture of the one I remember. My mother wouldn't let me
anywhere near it.
http://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/col...tag/pedoscope/
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On Mon, 03 Nov 2014 18:52:46 +0000, Chris Hogg wrote:


Yes, just. I saw one when I was a kid in the 1960s, but my parents
wouldn'tlet me use it because they thought/knew it was dangerous.

Ditto, but 1950's for me. Father was a local GP, so was aware of the
potential hazards.

I certainly remember the shoe fluoroscopes being touted as late as the
early 60s, but they were never in any shoe shops near me, which was
probably for the good.
Otoh, I distinctly recall thinking the whole-body fluoroscope was as
cool as **** and desperately wanted a go on one. Again, it's just as
well I missed my chance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoroscopy

On Sat, 08 Nov 2014 12:46:25 +0000, Dave W
wrote:

Here is a picture of the one I remember. My mother wouldn't let me
anywhere near it.
http://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/col...tag/pedoscope/

Can't imagine anything being named a Pedoscope now, though.