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[forest of dean redneck 11,190]

2 hours ago, sid g said:

check out ebay for dust covers only a few quid and worth getting ..

Yeah cheers sid

[fireman 10,774]

Pic i was given,bit messed up but still ok for a free bee..it is a original and not a copy..

Edited June 15, 2021 by fireman

[jackthelad 1,855]

On 30/05/2021 at 00:26, Ken's Deputy said:

Had a tradesman call round to one of my places, one time, Dido. Place away from my home town,

Came through the front door. Did what ever he'd came to do.

On the way out, he spotted the Firemans axe resting behind the front door. He looked at me as if I'd suddenly sprouted two more heads!

" Firemans axe, by your door? 'Nice!' " He said.

Never forgot that. Thought to myself, at the time;

" What a charmed life you must have had. Brought up in a place, so nice, you can open your front door to any knock, without feeling it may lead to you fighting for your fukking life. "

 

moved out of glasgow twenty year ago to a nice wee village in perthshire never got out the habbit of a tool at the back of the door and side of the bed....had some funny looks at a billhook behind the porch door

[jackthelad 1,855]

4 hours ago, sid g said:

got two like that in my living room but in leather 50 notes each of gumtree

[jackthelad 1,855]

good chairs for side the log burner eh

[WILF 44,291]

6 hours ago, sid g said:

Old repro mate ? 

[WILF 44,291]

8 minutes ago, sid g said:

be a 70/80s job handles are the give away 

What they fetching over there at the moment ?

Used to sell a lot of it early 90s, made decent money too as it was expensive to buy new.

I just spent the night in Sligo and I went in a grand old shop yesterday with an amazing shop front.

Anyway, by chance I got talking to the loveliest, most interesting bloke who happened to be the owner.....he was ancient and a lovely, softly spoken gentleman. 
Looking sharp as a pin in his suit. 

I said how much I liked the shop front and he told me his father and uncle had saved for 10 years to have it built in 1919.

All the gold leaf and mosaic tile step was laid down in London and shipped over, and he still had the original drawings with hand written alterations.

Doors were all Burmese teak and looked as good as the day they went in over a hundred years ago.

Brass work was the same.

I love chance encounters like that and I love the fact that things still exist from a time when we valued quality and craftsmanship.

[keepdiggin 9,216]

7 hours ago, sid g said:

Nice house you got there pal

[WILF 44,291]

27 minutes ago, sid g said:

be a 70/80s job handles are the give away 

This is the shop front mate:

[WILF 44,291]

16 hours ago, sid g said:

nice ---- i like some of the old victorian pub fronts you  see work of art ,,,

At the other end of the scale, here’s a little thing I sold last year.

[DIDO.1 20,855]

1 hour ago, WILF said:

At the other end of the scale, here’s a little thing I sold last year.

Now that I like

[dytkos 17,536]

9 hours ago, DIDO.1 said:

Now that I like

No weapons in it?

Cheers, D.

[DIDO.1 20,855]

A mate just bought this on ebay 

[Ken's Deputy 4,456]

I really must photograph my S. Young & Sons (Misterton) set of Badger Tongs

[Ratmanwan3 85]

Given to me last week while doing rats for an old lady, hidden under a rolls Royce in the garage. 1864 us cavelry Sabres.