Aktionen
  • Titel
    Rounding rake handle in brake with adjustable rounder plane [2 items]
  • Signatur
    SR RIB PH2/7/17A&B
  • Datum
    1941
  • Hersteller
  • Form und Inhalt
    Ernest Sims working in yard at Pamber End, Hampshire
  • Umfang
    2 photographic prints: b&w
  • Physische Beschaffenheit
    type: PRINT, dimensions: A) 15 x 15.2 cm; B) 15.2 x 15.1 cm
  • Sprache
    English
  • Verzeichnungsstufe
    Akte
  • Wissenschaftlicher Name
  • <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>
  • Available
  • RHC copy neg. NMC 35/15842