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Hi All

Just come in from the cold! I was with Thomas and Mr Wallingfield last night as we can now meet in groups less than 6.
This rollers proper name is a Sorrell roller which comes from the Patent. I do not think its a Pattison as they all had large wood rollers with steel spikes screwed in. all tended to be much larger as well normally about 3 feet in width.
For my money it dates to the late 30’s and was made by a Company long gone in name called Smiths, but is still with us today in another guize.Smiths were bought out after the war(second) by Sisis who ran out of the same factory, in the last few years Sisis was struggling, so Ian Howard came to the rescue and now they are part of the Dennis group.
Yes Thomas can remember such barbaric machines from his apprenticeship days, the golden rule don’t work on steep gradients, dragging behind you, with open shoe laces!

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Good evening Mr Sprayerman,hope you are both keeping well, Yes you are one person who would have cracked my quiz in record time!Hows the gardening doing?
Kind regards
Andrew

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Have a look on that internet auction site for that scoundrel Mr Wallingfield,he has a job lot of rotavator brochures to include yours on this week!
Kind regards
Andrew

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Hi Allen
The Country Gentleman Association ran from 1893 to 1975,after that period it changed its name, and was still running in the 1980’s,in the latter years it moved from Letchworth to Eaton Square London, I think no 19 from memory, they shared a building with the Institute of Psychiatry, at the time I was visiting every day (As a courier, nothing else)
They produced many books over the years, the one to shy away from is their calendar book as it does not have any decent references.
I have a complete run of original copies, but a little warning the late 1920’s copies to the 1930’s can make eye watering sums
Hope this helps
Mr Wallingfield

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Answer for the rivers of Sheffield
Don, Porter, Loxley, Rivelin, and Sheaf.
Perhaps the Pope was born in Sheffield but I do know a certain man called Bessemer was, and we use his products every day
Kind regards
Man of Sheffield
Mr Wallingfield

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Just to put you all out of your miseries, here again are the questions and correct answers

1,Which town or city did Chas H Pugh (Atco mowers) first have a business
Answer, Rotherham

2,What type of business was it.
Answer, Jeweller

3,Which town or city was flight invented in
Answer, Chard, Somerset (A bit slow here Charlie!)

4,Which town or city was the inventor born
Answer, Rotherham.

5,Suffolk Iron Foundries (1920) which town or city was their factory
Answer, Ipswich
The answer to this is interesting as the founder originally worked for Ransomes in their foundries.
Hope you all enjoyed it
Best wishes
Mr Wallingfield

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Oh dear up to now, no correct answers!

Must try harder
Regards
Mr Wallingfields

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Well another one of those long days completed of which the highlight was talking to our President Charlie.
That is until I read Alans answers,absolutley brilliant cannot stop laughing, and that is just one reason why I love this club!

As for the keymaster,finally you’ve got it! well done.

Alan taking your first answer to be correct and that you broke my anagram what are the 5 areas named after the rivers in Sheffield, I had it drummed into me when I was in Scouting.
Although Sheffield has a lot of effluent in its rivers it has not got a kuaka Maximus as Rome!

Regards
Mr Wallingfield

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Well go to the foot of our stairs! you are so close but yet! Correct year and even correct month but what about the day.
One for Allen here, if you know so much about Sheffield why is it a copy of Rome?
Kind regards
Mr Wallingfield

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HMMM Star sign, thought you might have guessed that! Try Virgo, probalby answers a lot of questions.
As the Americans would say – we have 100% precipitation here today
Kind regards
Mr Wallingfield

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Try a date nearer to 60 years! And remember the driving license is in reverse (not the driver)
Regards
Mr Wallingfield
PS Try putting wallingfield into google and see what appears

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Yes the old rotavator word! My date of birth is a palindrome reads the same on a driving license, so what could it be! The initials and my sir name, spell out the area of the city where I was born in.So is that a fluke or was there something else going on.
So who am I?
Regards to all
Mr Wallingfield

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Yes a strange year, been working flat out, straight through the first lock down and will be doing the same now. I work on what they call remote sites and the only life I see is bloody rabbits, though last week was rather interesting as a Stag took a fancy to my topper finisher, perhaps he thought the handles were antlers!
I’m afraid Covid is very serious stuff and not to be taken lightly, Charlie is absolutely right over the younger generation. There is only one word for it, SELFISH.

On the collecting front we have done rather well, have managed to expand our range of early Tennis Court line markers by 11 ranging in years from the early 1900’s to the 1930’s,Along with a handful of Edwardian lawn sprinklers, I’m sure this was coursed by folks clearing out their garden sheds.
Though just as the country was opening up from the first lock-down, I had to venture out to Whitchurch to collect a complete tennis court fixture from the 1920’s to include, posts nets, the original wicker basket and all the outside perimeter posts and outside nets, a right van load I can tell you. On the way back we stayed in Ironbridge which is well worth visiting.

Yes I have missed the Shows particularly Malvern back in September, but I’m sure we will eventually get there one pace at a time!
Regards to all
Andrew

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Hi Ian
Just picked your thread up.Please think about what I’m going to say,You said the improved was adding a blade to the cutting cylinder,you are right there but not because of grasses here in the UK,When your machine is sat out in Tasmania!.They altered the blades for New Zealand,their grasses have the same characteristics as ours. Coldwell sent many,many machines to your part of the world,far more than here.The reason is there was a tie with Shanks of Arbroath Scotland.
If you need anymore help with the Coldwell,you may email me direct,through this site
Kind regards
Andrew
Archivist
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