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93/2/1-2
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[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
A 'Horti Culto' petrol-driven cultivator with rotary blades attached, manufactured by Allen & Simmonds (Auto Culto) Ltd. of Thames Side Engineering Works in Reading. It is powered by a four-stroke Villiers engine. Other attachments were also available for the cultivator. It was purchased by the donor in 1959 used on his allotment at School Garden in Iwerne Minster, Dorset.
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1 cultivator: good condition- in working order when received
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: CULTIVATOR (HORTI CULTO) // Accession number: 93/2 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 11.8.93 // Description: Petrol driven cultivator with rotary blades attached. Other attachments are available but only the rotary grass cutter came with the machine. Powered by a Villiers Engine. // Inscription: MAKERS ALLEN & SIMMONDS (AUTO CULTO) LTD // READING ENGLAND Phone 54471 // Dimensions: Length: 160 cm Width 33 cm // Associated information: This cultivator was used by [donor] at School Garden when it was an allotment before the house of the same name was built. // It was purchased in 1959. // Original instructions and Villiers Handbook in Archive collection TR DX30/1–3. // References: TR AMD P2/B 95’
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De Montfort Road [Reading], Wolverhampton
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1959
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