Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club | Mike Weideli | Activity https://vhgmc.co.uk/members/littlefield/activity/ Activity feed for Mike Weideli. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:35:36 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 aed2cbbe8a926ad6683f239f7163d94e Mike Weideli started the topic History of Sprayer Manufacturers in the forum Garden implements https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/history-of-sprayer-manufacturers/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 22:31:09 +0000 I have found out more about two companies. Thomas Hickin and Allen & Freeman (Carpenter & Allen). Anyone interestted can find the information in Vol. 4 dowloadable from http://www.vintagesprayers.uk

]]> 9debf44b592300dfb618334e9e2134fd Mike Weideli replied to the topic Help identifying an obscure Dron Wal tool. in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/help-identifying-an-obscure-dron-wal-tool/#post-41569 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 18:23:09 +0000 Just come across this. It is a poultry singer(spelling as on box).

]]> a530f6c363e72847f098e8752c652fea Mike Weideli replied to the topic Vintage Sprayers in the forum Garden implements https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/vintage-sprayers/#post-41177 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 14:44:45 +0100 Hi

My web site is now vintagesprayers.uk. The old web site remains available for the time being but is not being updated. The 4 publications which now replace the old site can be downloaded from http://www.vintagesprayers.uk. The publications continue to be corrected and added to as new information comes to light with the latest version being August…[Read more]

]]> 62a806e3c433cf7f7d61b93293779953 Mike Weideli replied to the topic Vintage Sprayers in the forum Garden implements https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/vintage-sprayers/#post-41165 Sat, 26 Aug 2023 09:34:45 +0100 Hi

Many thanks for your comments. Without the inspiration of your web site I would not have pursued my interest in sprayers, so I am very grateful to you. My my concern is that the information I have gathered is not lost.

Thank you.

Mike

]]> 632e5b017e1cfd57dec1a2a2af504d89 Mike Weideli replied to the topic weed eradicator in the forum Garden implements https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/weed-eradicator/#post-40965 Thu, 13 Jul 2023 17:58:11 +0100 As Alan thought, I can confirm that Wikeham is linked with the Boundary Chemical Co. Liverpool. The Field 1903 mentions that it can be obtained directly from this company as well as from retailers. A major retailer seems to have been Dicksons of Royal Avenue Belfast. Also sold by the Army and Navy Coop. Probably Killet was a trade name used by…[Read more]

]]> bd307eb6781f2d6c70749063797d4130 Mike Weideli started the topic Vintage Sprayers in the forum Garden implements https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/vintage-sprayers/ Tue, 01 Nov 2022 14:37:59 +0000 I have now completed the first stage of moving the information I hold on sprayers from my web based system to a pdf files. I have attempted to include all the information I have in the document which can be downloaded from the home page http://www.vintagegardensyringesprayers.info. This is still work in progress and correction and new information…[Read more]

]]> e012de7483eccdfb1cdd8b71ca4912f5 Mike Weideli started the topic Crossland and Wood in the forum Garden implements https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/crossland-and-wood/ Mon, 08 Jun 2020 15:55:46 +0100 Does anyone have a Crossland and Wood (Citadel) Self Supplying sprayer (not the three way syringe) in their collection. It would look something like the attached, but I believe the handle in this picture is a replacement and not correct and would like to confirm this. Also I do not have the hose or strainer and would like to know what they were like.

]]> 99159db690f70d469e0f87f307499499 Mike Weideli started the topic Allen & Freeman Lombard Sprayer in the forum Garden implements http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/allen-freeman-lombard-sprayer/ Tue, 21 Aug 2018 19:49:35 +0100 Allen & Freeman Lombard Sprayer. Does any one have one of these double action sprayers. I have one, but it is incomplete and I am, therefore, not sure how it works. In particular I need a photograph of the piston.

]]> 805bdde62ea2be669b6bf3f4e38ac5c6 Mike Weideli started the topic Allen & Freeman Lombard Sprayer in the forum Garden implements http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/allen-freeman-lombard-sprayer/ Tue, 21 Aug 2018 19:49:35 +0100 Does any one have one of these double action sprayers. I have on, but it is incomplete and I am, therefore, not sure how it works. In particular I need a photograpg of the piston.

]]> a359b4acb3bba6dfda5409b511e02ea6 Mike Weideli replied to the topic Item Bought at the Somerset Tractor Show in the forum Garden implements http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/item-bought-at-the-somerset-tractor-show/#post-23866 Tue, 03 Jan 2017 15:07:32 +0000 The attached is a similar duster by Drake & Fletcher, Maidstone, Kent. There is nothing on this machine or in the literature I have seen that suggests that they used the logo on your duster, but it may be of interest.

]]> 1164cf0067cd2c3a6012a6ca63664dea Mike Weideli replied to the topic Weed Injector ? in the forum Garden implements http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/weed-injector/#post-12367 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 14:51:00 +0100 This turns out to be a Calf Inflator or Winding Pump used in the preparation of animal carcasses. Nothing to do with garden use. It is used to pump air into a calf or other dead animal.  The needle part is unscrewed and left in until ‘the flesh is firmly set’.

]]> 4a2d7c23a307d11f99eee036b4eac4e3 Mike Weideli started the topic Syringe Sprayers in the forum Garden implements http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/syringe-sprayers/ Tue, 09 Dec 2014 09:19:58 +0000 My web site is now as complete as it likly to be for a while. It provides access to photopgraphs of all my sprayers most of which are syringes or hand held continuous sprayers, but there are other types. I appreciate that there will be errors, and some information will not be 100 percent, and would welcome more information or comments.

Nearly all…[Read more]

]]> 7adf4a17ddc3413ee3bf782a9dbfa110 Mike Weideli replied to the topic Mysto Florists Friend No 2 in the forum Garden implements http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/mysto-florists-friend-no-2/#post-10591 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:55:41 +0000 My Florist Friend 2

]]> 354c638bc707dd8cba1d0134542fc2e0 Mike Weideli replied to the topic Mysto Florists Friend No 2 in the forum Garden implements http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/mysto-florists-friend-no-2/#post-10590 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:47:19 +0000 Very interesting. Wonderful restoration. The spray head on the one I have is incomplete and I am interested in knowing what it might have looked like. I think the one you have may be earlier than my one though as the design of the head seems to have changed, although the principle remains the same.

]]> fc7e1d52544623b233e372b8762939ff Mike Weideli started the topic Weed Injector ? in the forum Garden implements http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/weed-injector/ Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:27:26 +0100 Does anyone know what this syringe was deigned to do.

]]> 435c70e2feff5edaa81ad9b27718e2d5 Mike Weideli started the topic Pump in the forum Garden implements http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/pump/ Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:22:59 +0100 This pump is a Mysto, but I am not sure what it was originally intended for. Doubt if it was for horticultural use. Works very well and could be used to empty a water feature.

]]> 0173047af4eb97ed309dcecc50767fee Mike Weideli started the topic Two Way Sprayer in the forum Garden implements http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/two-way-sprayer/ Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:11:33 +0100 I have come across two sprayers with the attached logo. One sprayer is absolutely identical to the standard RoseNJet sprayer apart from the logo. The other is a smaller version (14 X 1.25 inches), but using the principle of the RoseNJet nozzle. The larger one has the patent number for the RosNJet nozzle stamped into the barrel and because this…[Read more]

]]> 4ee318a715de918a0cc54860fc50a815 Mike Weideli started the topic Unknown Logo in the forum Garden implements http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/unknown-logo/ Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:36:52 +0100 Can anyone provide information on the attached logo. It comes from a syringe sprayer. Diamond Brand is associated with G&W Purser Ltd, but this doesn’t seem, to fit.

]]> 2939c6d15e42e4efa403b8bec181d03e Mike Weideli replied to the topic Cooper Peglar & Co Syringes in the forum Garden implements http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/cooper-peglar-co-syringes/#post-5630 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 10:10:15 +0000 Very interesting.Any idea what it was designed to do ? It is difficult to tell from the picture. Are the attachments in the side additional nozzles or is there a reservoir there.?

]]> 09478ce8cf4f9e60520d1432760037d2 Mike Weideli replied to the topic Agresuco catalogue in the forum Garden implements http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/agresuco-catalogue/#post-5449 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 20:58:00 +0000 Florist’s Friend is a Mysto (W.T.French’) logo. The moveable fine sprayer on 434 looks like one I have on a Mysto syringe, but not that model.

]]> c253c046a0c996bbe7d0a73779c4182a Mike Weideli replied to the topic Cooper Peglar & Co Syringes in the forum Garden implements http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/cooper-peglar-co-syringes/#post-5265 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 12:23:52 +0000 Many thanks. My interest was originally in the construction and development of the syringe sprayers, so I have a fairly large collection of unidentified sprayers. Only recently have I started to look at the manufacturers. I agree it is very difficult to identify anything which doesn’t have a mark of some sort. Not only do the ‘same’ models change…[Read more]

]]> 4c9690d4d8dee1cd29f4eb476c082f42 Mike Weideli replied to the topic Chromessol Sprayer in the forum Garden implements http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/chromessol-sprayer/#post-5264 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 12:03:37 +0000 I think these were mainly used for spraying disinfectents in hospitals, kennels etc. However, no reason why they couldn’t have been used in the greenhouse. There is a bit of history on the WallaceCameron website. I noticed what was probably a Cromessol sprayer (or similar) being used in a episode of Poirot for killing wasps.

]]> 89ea168a7964ba1ccc503ee050f34ba3 Mike Weideli replied to the topic Solo Sprayers etc in the forum Garden implements http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/solo-sprayers-etc/#post-5126 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:12:27 +0000 Will need to sort the file out as it is too big.

]]> 9257c71fee66f8bf97e3c542eab06958 Mike Weideli started the topic Solo Sprayers etc in the forum Garden implements http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/solo-sprayers-etc/ Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:09:10 +0000 Attached is a pdf file containing various Solo leaflets. These seem to date from the 1950’s through to 1972. If anyone can provide more accurate dates for any of them this would be helpful.

]]> 328067480dcda40cd65997ebee12856b Mike Weideli started the topic Cooper Peglar & Co Syringes in the forum Garden implements http://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/cooper-peglar-co-syringes/ Thu, 09 Jan 2014 20:32:49 +0000 Has anyone any pictures of syringes which can definitely be attributed to this company ? Does anyone know if they normally marked their syringes or any other info which might help to identify them.

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