Travel Bug Dog Tag The ACME Thunderer

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Owner:
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Released:
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Origin:
East Midlands, United Kingdom
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of Team Romasvla.

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Current Goal

To whistle its way from cache to cache.

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ACME Thunderer

Joseph Hudson a farm worker from Derbyshire moved to the city of Birmingham, like so many during the Industrial Revolution, and trained as a toolmaker.He was commissioned in 1883 by The London Metropolitan Police for an idea to replace the policeman’s rattle a cumbersome means of communication for the bobby on his “beat” (the name given to his patrol).The police tested his whistle on Clapham Common and were delighted when it was clearly heard just over a mile (1.6Km) distance.The rest is history. By the year 2000 sales had reached big numbers.The Acme Thunderer alone had sold over 200 million to 119 countries.

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Tracking History (62400.4mi) View Map

Visited 8/24/2011 TeamBeecher took it to Siskin Yorkshire, United Kingdom - 22.8 miles  Visit Log
Visited 8/24/2011 TeamBeecher took it to Goldfinch Yorkshire, United Kingdom - .28 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/24/2011 TeamBeecher retrieved it from Redwing Yorkshire, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Will help it along on its journey.
Dropped Off 8/24/2011 cpfireworks placed it in Redwing Yorkshire, United Kingdom - 22.16 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/1/2011 cpfireworks retrieved it from TTGH08 Digley Overlook Yorkshire, United Kingdom   Visit Log

steady footing required and blind faith.. reminds me of a scene from the film flash gordon! :D

  • close but no cigar nice tree in the area!
Dropped Off 7/29/2011 Encuentro placed it in TTGH08 Digley Overlook Yorkshire, United Kingdom - .15 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/29/2011 Encuentro took it to TTGH07 Bilberry Reservoir Yorkshire, United Kingdom - 2.48 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/28/2011 Encuentro retrieved it from Holly-Oaks! Yorkshire, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Interesting potted history of the Acme whistle. Many thanks. I'll move it along soon.
Dropped Off 7/27/2011 Bobo Frett placed it in Holly-Oaks! Yorkshire, United Kingdom - 47.67 miles  Visit Log
Visited 7/26/2011 Bobo Frett took it to Another by the Beck East Midlands, United Kingdom - 48.05 miles  Visit Log
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