{"id":27,"date":"2018-04-26T17:48:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T16:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2018-04-26T17:48:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T16:48:02","slug":"g-block","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/?page_id=27","title":{"rendered":"G block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180420-Copy-8.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-89\" src=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180420-Copy-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90\" src=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-2-300x202.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-2-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-2-768x518.png 768w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-2-1024x691.png 1024w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-2.png 1161w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>G block was a single storey building with two entrances. It was used for CDT and as I recall &#8220;metal work&#8221; in the earlier school. Countersinking, drill bits, tools with funny names like <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calipers#Oddleg_caliper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;odd leg calipers&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/odd-leg.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-404\" src=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/odd-leg-300x235.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/odd-leg-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/odd-leg.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I remember making a coat hanger , but that&#8217;s about all.<\/p>\n<p>G block was also used for graphics and electronics. It was a place where things were built and where sparks flew. Soldering , L.E.Ds ,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AND_gate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AND gates<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/OR_gate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OR gates<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; practical fun.<\/p>\n<p>G block was also immortalised in the film clockwise with a streaker running from one door to the other with a cheering class looking on and banging the windows.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/c13-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-342\" src=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/c13-1-300x155.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/c13-1-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/c13-1-768x398.png 768w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/c13-1.png 844w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PICT0011-Copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-343\" src=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PICT0011-Copy-163x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PICT0011-Copy-163x300.jpg 163w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PICT0011-Copy-768x1415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PICT0011-Copy-556x1024.jpg 556w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PICT0011-Copy.jpg 912w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/63gDMERgWBY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G block was a single storey building with two entrances. It was used for CDT and as I recall &#8220;metal work&#8221; in the earlier school. Countersinking, drill bits, tools with funny names like &#8220;odd leg calipers&#8221; I remember making a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/?page_id=27\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"onecolumn-page.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":405,"href":"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}