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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 15 Aug 2018, 06:00
by Stanley
No takers? I'll give it another day......
A clue..... think official issue knives......

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 15 Aug 2018, 08:26
by chinatyke
It's a safety blade to stop it snapping shut?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 15 Aug 2018, 09:50
by Tizer
Military knife issued to artillery men?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 16 Aug 2018, 03:15
by Stanley
Tiz is very close. It's the official pattern knife that used to be issued to all service men in the US'

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Try this one......

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 16 Aug 2018, 08:56
by Tizer
Stanley's first TV aerial, or is it Wendy's water divining rods? :smile:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 16 Aug 2018, 19:44
by Steeplejerk
I know but I wont let the bird out of the cage :extrawink:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 17 Aug 2018, 00:53
by Marilyn
To stop birds nesting under eaves and on ledges of buildings.
We tried to buy the plastic equivalent, and they were so ridiculously expensive we decided against it. We just sweep the nests out as quick as they build them...

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 17 Aug 2018, 02:29
by Stanley
Maz has it and Young Tom knew all about them of course.
Next one?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 17 Aug 2018, 07:52
by Gloria
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 17 Aug 2018, 09:11
by Stanley
I think I know what they are Gloria but I'll hang back a bit until I see what others think. I'm not 100% certain though......

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 17 Aug 2018, 09:53
by Big Kev
For rolling sheet metal?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 17 Aug 2018, 10:16
by Tizer
That's one heck of a mangle! :smile:
Or an engineer's nut cracker!

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 17 Aug 2018, 10:21
by StoneRoad
Fishing net mangle ?

Actually, looks like rollers for bending sheet to a specific curve.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 17 Aug 2018, 10:48
by Gloria
It's a set of pyramid rolls in the maritime museum in Rotterdam. An interesting place to wander around. Rotterdam was more than expected, a nice surprise.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 18 Aug 2018, 02:58
by Stanley
That's what I thought they were, I've worked with bending rolls on up to 3/4" plate at REW. That set was a fairly light one. Are we considering this one done and dusted?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 18 Aug 2018, 07:47
by Gloria
Yes we are Stanley, done and dusted.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 19 Aug 2018, 04:13
by Stanley
Right, try this oldie......

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Can anyone tell me why this man is running?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 19 Aug 2018, 05:38
by Wendyf
He's running to encourage that huge animal to trot and show her action to the judge.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 19 Aug 2018, 06:16
by Stanley
Curses! I knew it was too easy.

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Here's the same horse. Lovely beast! This was Sutton Colefield Show in 1976.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 19 Aug 2018, 12:32
by StoneRoad
Wendyf wrote: 19 Aug 2018, 05:38 He's running to encourage that huge animal to trot and show her action to the judge.
Not to mention trying to keep up with a trotting horse !

Lovely animal.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 19 Aug 2018, 12:53
by Wendyf
StoneRoad wrote: 19 Aug 2018, 12:32
Wendyf wrote: 19 Aug 2018, 05:38 He's running to encourage that huge animal to trot and show her action to the judge.
Not to mention trying to keep up with a trotting horse !

Lovely animal.
True, I would probably have to run to keep up with it's walking pace. I have precious memories of a farm in Nidderdale still using horses when we kept our caravan there in the late 1950s.
Do you remember the TV series "The Last Horsemen " about the family in the Northeast who were still using horses to run their farm? I get all weepy just thinking about it. :bigcry:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 02:50
by Stanley
I love big draught horses. Not a big one but I worked with this one.

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Dick at Greenbank in 1956.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 02:55
by Marilyn
We have them here. They pull the tram out to Granite Island...

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 09:34
by StoneRoad
Was in Douglas for my b'day last year.
Had several rides on the Horse Tram along the prom.

The "Trammers" are either Clydesdales or Shires and pull the trams at a spanking trot.

Have a couple of photos somewhere ... "just a minute", I'll have a look ...

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 09:45
by StoneRoad
This isn't my image - it was emailed to me - as my own images are still waiting to be uploaded.

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TiG - DouglasHorseTrams par StoneRoad2013, on Ipernity

The first horse is a Clydesdale ...