MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Gloria]

No, not Lancaster.

[Cathy]

Is it in Colne?

[Gloria]

Is it in Colne?

No not Colne Sue. Think old Olympic size pools.

[Stanley]

Gloria, you're getting as bad as me! That was Cathy, not Sue.

[Gloria]

Gloria, you're getting as bad as me! That was Cathy, not Sue.

Oh crikey, sorry, it’s this COVID business getting to my brain.

[Whyperion]

Its not Crystal Palace, could be the Old Empire Pool, Wembley, but I thought that had seating all round.

[Wendyf]

I think it's the Derby Baths in Blackpool.

[Gloria]

Spot on Wendy, well done.

[Stanley]

Here's an easy one for you...

[Marilyn]

Moustache trimmer?

[Stanley]

Sorry Maz but no.

[Marilyn]

Gigar cutter?

[Marilyn]

If not a Cigar Cutter, it has to be grape scissors or a wick trimmer.
( then I am out...I’ve got nothing. Please don’t tell me it is a ceremonial circumcision implement!)

[Big Kev]

Trimming the wick on an oil lamp?

[Stanley]

I'll have to allow wick trimmer and I suppose it could be used for oil lamp wicks but more usually on candles while they were still burning on the dinner table, hence the box for catching the cut off end.
Next one?

[Stanley]

What's this?

[Whyperion]

something for measuring feet ?

[Stanley]

Sorry, no.

[chinatyke]

Before Maz gets in again: Cigar cutter?

[Stanley]

Close but no cigar China. Look at the length of it.....

[plaques]

Looks painful, The length would suggest something to be cut at a depth. The 'holding' end looks like it will accommodate a finger, push the slider down to open it up and pull it to close and snip off. Without getting deep into personal anatomy I would offer up tonsil removal.

[Stanley]

You've got it P. It's a tonsil guillotine, one of many different designs. The most common was a simple wire loop used to tear them off as torn wounds heal quicker than cleanly cut.
Next One?

[Tizer]

Well done for identifying the tonsil trimmer, Plaques, I wouldn't have known that.
I missed seeing the candle wick trimmer which is a pity because we have one, not as fancy, just a simple old brass one but with the trap to catch the bits. And we've used it too.

[Marilyn]

I had my tonsils our when I was six. They promised me I would never have a sore throat again ever. They lied.

[PanBiker]

My dad had his out about the same age. At home in the back kitchen, doctor and attendant nurse, she put her hand over his mouth when he wanted to be sick from the ether, "we don't have any of that lad"!

You more or less have to have permanent tonsillitis before they will even contemplate taking them out nowadays.