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You should know better Charlie!!!!
Speak to the orical,we own all the ledgers for Automower and every single printing plate they had made for all their products
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Hi There look at the side of the mower,the opposite side to the chain case.You’ll find a cast disc,tell me what it says and I will date it for you.
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And finally where will it end indeed!
Top this one!
I’m sure a lot have seen a certain Progress Tractor for sale recently,which I would say is definitely on the rare stakes.Some could say how do you price such a thing,others would say the Market as a habit of responding.
Tonight Mr Wallingfield has gone looking for tie straps,its just rather fortunet he holds import and Export licenses.The tractor is going to Malawi to be used by a Charity on their Farms!

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Obviously not purchasing from the right place!
Toro agents,the best one is Direct Mowers,A Earnest Doe Company
I happen to run Toro’s in my business,they knock the spots off any Honda or Mountfield, and are far better priced than Hayter and yet Hayter is owned by them!
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One question why are you using at best a 1940’s engine for a 1907 Motorcycle? Surely you should be using a Bradbury engine,
I happen to know where there are 2 such engines,which may become available,ideal for your project.
This part is where I get my hands slapped Charlie! He’s a fully paid up member of the club!
Mr Wallingfield
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Chester is very much live and very well,the last time I saw him,he was in deep conversation with Mr Wallingfield doing some deal over our kitchen table!While drinking coffee and munching fruitcake!
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Just to correct you on the history of Pattison as a company in 1901 they started out making shooting Galleries for fairs before making Horse boots for horses working on lawns,their first factory was Streatham SW16 London, and their first patent was in 1916 for the Pulviette sprinkler,taken later up by Lloyd’s of Letchworth.
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No you are not,asking price £10,000! You can always ask,he’s got another rare tractor on for £5,000 also a LDV motorcycle,rare for £20,000 I wonder if it comes with rust like the LDV vans,mine did not have rust,that had gone years ago,it just had a hole between my feet that you could see the road from, better than through the windscreen!

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Last night I was looking at some Colwoods for sale,there is one in Northern Ireland,rusty as hell and no tools for £80,buyer collects,does the idiot know there is a lock down and the item is not on the essential list.To ship that out of Ireland to the main land anywhere will cost £188 inc Vat on a pallet.There is another in Hull for £85,shipping again would be £166 inc Vat,
Just remember its not the price of the machine,its getting it back.
There is though a very early version that has been restored at some point,with a starting price of £200 which includes shipping to your door,Looking at the other 2 and even weighing the cost up of collecting in normal times,that sounds a really good deal,which ever way you look at it,collecting is always the hidden cost.
Its on Wallingfield perhaps one person looking outside the box

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The answer to why the Financial Times is pink,they needed to get the news out as cheap as possible and pink paper was the cheapest.
Funny you should pick me up on spelling,I would not spell it that way either,it’s my computer speller,it’s a bit like the predicted text on the phone,thought up by imberseals.
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Yes sounds like a Lawn rider to me too
By any chance does the operator wear Lycra! As the lanes down here are full of them breaking all the rules of the lock down,bloody menaces coming in 3’s and 4’s all over the road.Nothing short of selfish

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Nothing like feeling old!
In 1984 I became a Lecturer in Horticulture at a Technical College (now probably a University}Although there was YTS it was fround upon,as cheap labour and subjects taught were watered down,although it might sound controversial,the whole time frame and period has to be looked at in context, not out.The whole labour market had upheaval,councils cutting back,with no in house training.Large companies failing not to mention British Steel.
All organisations use to have their own accredited exams for their subjects,then suddenly from 1982,they all had to be unified to include the education system.I’m sure we all can remember the City & Guilds courses,the old Stage 1 & 2,They got changed to Phases,then some one thought up a better name NVQ’s! As we now know them by today NOT VERY QUALIFIED.
In 1984 I was asked to teach Ex Steelworkers who were hoping to change careers under the Treaty of Paris Agreement.
What this actually meant was to receive their full redundancy they had to retrain in certain subjects,which were Catering,Hairdressing,or Horticulture,the courses were called Iseps a form of City & Guilds
I had 14 ex steelworkers teaching them Horticulture plus one Student who I can still remember his name as Foster!
The main problem I had,was not that they were not interested, it was doing the basics,these poor guys had 20 to 30 years working in a Steelworks,and probably the only time they had wrote anything was signing for their wage packets.Needless to say teaching practice had to be re written.The good news though is I only lost 4 from natural wastage,1 to the local Hospital a crane driver who was a little over weight,he kept sitting on the classroom chairs and crushing them,one day got his leg caught and broke it.Nine passed and one of the nine came to run one of my businesses in London,then from their his own Nursery near Barnsley
Then there was Foster,they broke the mould there,what a lad.Never paid attention, in his own world bless him.
One day I asked a question.Why is the Financial Times Pink?
To everyone’s surprises Foster answered it Chapter and verse.My question to him,was how did you know that.
Well Sir my Dad is the Editor for the Telegraph!!!

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Hi
From our archives it shows that John Harston Ltd, was the sole importer of the Pacemaker from 1970.
The first adverts were placed in the Hardware Journal for that year,and there was 6 models available, all the engines were Aspera,and were also backed by Aspera agents all over the country.
John Harston Ltd was at Trowse,Norwich, and 20 Golden Ball Street,Norwich.
We happen to have a mint full line brochure for 1970 in our archives
Hope this helps
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Hi send your photos of your collection,even if they are made in the USA,I’m sure I can ID them for you,as I spent time in the States
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Its good to read that everyone is towing the line.The trouble is the Government is in un chartered waters,but we must keep our distance,unfortunately there is a higher percentage of older members in this hobby than young.
I read what Busman says about large items being advertised for sale on internet sites,and it is fair to say,no you cannot collect or deliver,as is not essential,but its times like these that if you think out side the box,it is possible.
I have a horticultural Business that is still working, it has to as it is one of the most important times of the year, we are working on remote sites but have to comply with Government guide lines and have the use of PPE.
Yes the supply chain for spare parts are still open but wholes are appearing,on certain parts as when manufacturers are not working,which will have a knock on effect,when this pandemic is over.
I have just come out of a meeting with a certain Mr Wallingfield!Using social distancing and our carriers.
As we work on remote sites,we have arranged to pack full size rotavators on pallets to be shipped nationally.When ready the carrier collects,with everyone a safe distance away, and when delivery is done again there will be strict instructions,where by the carrier will leave the pallet in a pre determined place, IE a driveway,which will be pre agreed.
It must be stressed,if seeds are not planted now you can forget vegetables in June on shop shelves!

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