Rounding rake handle in brake with adjustable rounder plane [2 items]

SR RIB PH2/7/17A&B

1941

Ernest Snow, E. Sims, Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News

Ernest Sims working in yard at Pamber End, Hampshire

2 photographic prints: b&w

type: PRINT, dimensions: A) 15 x 15.2 cm; B) 15.2 x 15.1 cm

English

Rake, CRAFTS, Wood, Wood products, Woodworking tools, Planes (tool), Pamber End, hay rake making, Graphic Materials

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>8. &lt;B&gt;Hay rakes being made&lt;/B&gt;&lt;P&gt;Ernie Sims was a rake-maker at Pamber End, near Basingstoke in Hampshire. His family made hay rakes and scythe handles there for more than 200 years. The business finally closed with his death in the 1980s. These photographs were taken in 1941. Here, a rake handle held in a wooden vice is being smoothed with a round shave.&lt;P&gt;SR RIB PH2/7/17</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV><DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>4. &lt;B&gt;Hay rakes being made&lt;/B&gt;&lt;P&gt;Ernie Sims was a rake-maker at Pamber End, near Basingstoke in Hampshire. His family made hay rakes and scythe handles there for more than 200 years. The business finally closed with his death in the 1980s. These photographs were taken in 1941. Here, a rake handle held in a wooden vice is being smoothed with a round shave.&lt;P&gt;SR RIB PH2/7/17</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>

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RHC copy neg. NMC 35/15842