For as far back as I care to remember I have always had a ‘want’ to know ‘why’.
What lies behind the picture, what makes things work, why do things work, can I see the wiring under the board?
As a child, every toy I had was scrutinised and ultimately dismantled to satiate this curiosity (not all of them were reassembled successfully though), probably the only surviving toys from this period are not suprisingly Lego and Meccano as these come in a form that can’t be broken down to any smaller constituents and lead to the opposite ‘art’ of create and build.
This curiosity has never left me and is still a source of wonder and joy in how I view the world around me, even more so in my later years as I seem to have developed a better understanding and a greater appreciation.
This blog is directed at giving me an outlet for that and hopefully some of this will rub off on you, the reader.
Under The Board 
Lego and Meccano two excellent toys,
This is a bit of a shot in the dark, but I’m researching a piece of oral family history that names the original failed Morecambe Tower project as “Lee’s Folly” on account of one of our forebears being the visionary behind the company. Do you know anything about this connection? Thx.
Hi David, thank you for getting in touch though I’m afraid I can’t shed any light on your question. I did find an entry in the Archives Hub – https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/da37042d-b8f6-3a2b-8098-8e3e3a08bc78 which goes into a lot more detail (though still sparse) and a glorious plan of what would have been the finished tower had it come to fruition.
I hope you can find the information you’re looking for.
Many thanks, Neil.