Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club | Simon Pearce | Activity https://vhgmc.co.uk/members/simonp/activity/ Activity feed for Simon Pearce. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:56:20 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 d29fb62215e575c8dfe0c6bfb41e35d0 Simon Pearce replied to the topic Machinery Identification in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/machinery-identification/#post-41401 Sun, 12 Nov 2023 19:03:05 +0000 Hi. Fascinating to learn the type of steam mower in the photo Tony G shared with the group. I would love to see the better picture of the mower in steam. Did it require coal to produce the steam and have a small furnace which needed stoking up. How long would it run on a firing up? So many questions. Sorry. I’m always curious. I only hoped to add…[Read more]

]]> 29831c6d4c4da0004342cf5913bd989a Simon Pearce replied to the topic Machinery Identification in the forum Help and information https://vhgmc.co.uk/forums/topic/machinery-identification/#post-41389 Mon, 06 Nov 2023 14:26:36 +0000 Hi. Thank you for the beautiful photograph of the group of people at Woolverstone. The comments were interesting. However, the identification of people in the photo is questionable. I believe the gentleman identified as Charles Berners, second from the left, is in fact William Messenger, head gardener at Woolverstone Hall from 1893. Charles…[Read more]

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