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  • Titre
    Rounding rake handle in brake with adjustable rounder plane [2 items]
  • Référence
    SR RIB PH2/7/17A&B
  • Date
    1941
  • Créateur
  • Etendue et contenu
    Ernest Sims working in yard at Pamber End, Hampshire
  • Etendue
    2 photographic prints: b&w
  • Description physique
    type: PRINT, dimensions: A) 15 x 15.2 cm; B) 15.2 x 15.1 cm
  • Langue
    English
  • Niveau de description
  • Nom scientifique
  • <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