Mk1 Sten pic

[Vincent]

Anyone know what a couple of old blokes are doing with Mk1 Stens and a happy German Shepard?

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[Lee Enfield]

Developing a drill routine for the new toys...

[bigduke6]

I would say Home Guard, as the rifles are P14's

[Peter Laidler]

This picture has been produced before and I tyink that it is of the Palace of Westminster Home Guard Detachment., The two with Stens are MP's On the pic I remember seeing, they were named.

As for the spoon billed muzzle depressor, it was described as '...a frill if not a complete fraud.....' . Well, don't mince your words!

[Flying10uk]

How any of them can keep a straight face with the dog "standing to attention" is beyond me.

[browningautorifle]

Neat pics of Mk1s. I had the pleasure of seeing some of those in hand of the Greek/Cypriot fighters in Cyprus in 1975. That was quite a gunpile over there at the time. Every mark and make...

[Vincent]

Thanks Peter.



This one is supposedly of a company that made trophies and switched to Sten production?










Royal Ordnance Factory Fazakerley?

[Peter Laidler]

Photo 1, was that the solversmiths guild? A gathering of trophy makers/artisans formed together for war work. A bit like United Instruments and Houghton Butcher who got all the local bit part instrument makers for the local works, such as Vickers, CTS in York and HBM in London together.

Looks like that lady has didn't know how to put the sling on properly for the photo shoot. Coiled the loop into the butt somehow and is just holding the loop end ......somehow! It's a very early Mk1 non adjustable type too.....

[Vincent]

Thanks Peter.

Picture #4 is interesting to me as it shows a bit of the manufacturing sequence. The body casings have all the holes cut and trigger mechanism housing is attached but only the selector hole can be seen. The holes for the sear axis and trigger axis pins have not been made yet. Also, the barrel bushing and ejector have not yet been fitted.

[Flying10uk]

Vincent, in your post 7 picture 1 it is interesting to see how things have changed with regards to power press safety. Notice the press behind the lady's left elbow which would be of around 6 tons capacity; there is no guarding to the flywheel and no tool guarding which there most certainly would be today.

The last picture of post 7, would the structure in the background with a "4" on the front be an air-raid shelter? I've heard of workshops that were doing vital war work only downing tools when enemy aircraft were directly over head. In such cases one would need a shelter very close to hand. I am aware of an example of this at the former Vickers factory, Weybridge, Surrey which is now the interesting Brooklands Museum. One of the hangers/workshops had a shelter directly attached. The hanger has long gone but the shelter is still there or was the last time I visited.