- TitreRounding rake handle in brake with adjustable rounder plane [2 items]
- RéférenceSR RIB PH2/7/17A&B
- Date1941
- Créateur
- Etendue et contenuErnest Sims working in yard at Pamber End, Hampshire
- Etendue2 photographic prints: b&w
- Description physiquetype: PRINT, dimensions: A) 15 x 15.2 cm; B) 15.2 x 15.1 cm
- LangueEnglish
- 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. <B>Hay rakes being made</B><P>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.<P>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. <B>Hay rakes being made</B><P>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.<P>SR RIB PH2/7/17</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
- Available
- RHC copy neg. NMC 35/15842
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