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  • Titolo
    Rounding rake handle in brake with adjustable rounder plane [2 items]
  • Riferimento
    SR RIB PH2/7/17A&B
  • Data
    1941
  • Creatore
  • Ambito e contenuto
    Ernest Sims working in yard at Pamber End, Hampshire
  • Portata
    2 photographic prints: b&w
  • Descrizione fisica
    type: PRINT, dimensions: A) 15 x 15.2 cm; B) 15.2 x 15.1 cm
  • Lingua
    English
  • Livello di descrizione
  • Nome scientifico
  • <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