MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Cathy]

A small hand held gardening tool, as used in garden beds.

[Stanley]

You're very close Cathy but no connection with gardening. Think field work...

[Big Kev]

For retrieving your Jack Russell from a rabbit hole?

[Stanley]

Could be Kev but that was not its primary purpose. You are very close....

[Big Kev]

Moles?

[Tizer]

I'll put my money on Kev's moles!

[Gloria]

I'll put my money on Kev's moles!

So will I.

[Stanley]

A good bet! Because it's right. A mole catcher's spade. Usually on a longer shaft with a metal spike on the other end.



Next one?

[Cathy]

That was a nasty one.

[Stanley]

Kept you going for a while though Cathy.....



Who is this man?

[Gloria]

Rat catcher?

[Big Kev]

I'm with Gloria on that, you suppose he's noticed he has one sat on his shoulder or is that a ferret?

[Wendyf]

I'm with Gloria on that, you suppose he's noticed he has one sat on his shoulder or is that a ferret?

Isn't that a ferret?

[Big Kev]

Could be a Brummie rat

[Tripps]

If it's not this chap it should be. .

[Stanley]

It's a ferret.
Yes it's a ratcatcher but a rather special one. More information please.
That Kev has been googling again!

[Gloria]

Birmingham rat catcher?

[Stanley]

Exactly Gloria. The official Birmingham rat catcher.....
Next for shaving?

[Gloria]

Exactly Gloria. The official Birmingham rat catcher.....
Next for shaving?

Picked it up from Kev.

[Tripps]

I've sent for the ferret man's book Tales of a Rat hunting man

Note hunting not catching.

I surfed it on the local library shelf years ago, and my odd memory won't let me forget about it.

He has a terrier sort of dog named after him The" Plummer Terrier"which I quite like the look of.

Plummer_Terrier_Nathy.jpg

PS Well I never - I notice that the other very cheap copy has vanished. I wonder. . . .

[Stanley]

Nice looking dog....

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Big Kev]

A pipe socket, the splined end goes inside the pipe so you don't damage the outside with Stilsons (that's my understanding anyway).

[Stanley]

Got it in one Kev, an internal pipe wrench, they come in sets for different size pipes. Most common use is getting a broken piece of pipe out at a joint.
Next for shaving

[chinatyke]

What a good idea. So simple. Never come across them.