[charlie]

Another book is Mechanical Aids to the Smallholder by Denys De Saulles, I got my copy via the internet from Australia. One small error I found was the photo of the Monro Tiller is printed with the wrong way round ie miller drive appears on left rather than right.

[charlie]

A very useful looking machine, would make a good subject for an article in The Cultivator

[charlie]

Yes all cheques should be payable to VHGMC.

[charlie]

Look forward to seeing photos, sounds an interesting project.
Easy solution to uploading photos is to download shrinkpic, it resizes photos automatically.

[charlie]

90+ years??? I make it 85 years

[charlie]

I was very lucky to get a copy in 1999 from New Zealand via bookfinder.com for a lot less than the one on that auction sent went for recently. As you rightly say a very useful book, giving prices of machines and attachments along with spec for machine often including weight.

[charlie]

Roy wanted adverts should go in The Cultivator magazine.

[charlie]

Which B&S engine is it? There should be a serial number on the cowling.

[charlie]

But until someone buys them they are worth nothing.

[charlie]

It is with printers, should be out soon.

[charlie]

One from Amateur Gardening 29th May 1953 for the JALO Trusty.

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[charlie]

I will have to trawl through the pile of Amateur Gardening and Smallholder magazines I have and scan any adverts I find.

[charlie]

I will see what I have.

[charlie]

I see, did see one on auction site.

[charlie]

I see someone at the top up to his old tricks, trying to shift the blame!!!!

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