Object number
68/180
Description
This knife sharpener used to sharpen knives that would harvest mustard before the introduction of plastic punnets in which they were grown and marketed in the mid 1960s. This knife sharpener was used in Surrey along with the knife and knee pads (68/179 and 181).
Archival history
MERL Recording form - ‘Name of Object: Equipment for harvesting mustard [3 items] // Name and Address of Owner: Mr J. Rhodes Reading // Date: 21.6.68 // Who used it: H. Mizen of F & G Mizen Ltd. // When was it used: Until introduction of plastic punnets in which this mustard is grown and marketed about four years ago. // How was it used: See article in ‘The Growth’ 33 April 1950 p 616 to 619 which describes the methods used by H. Mizen// Where was it used: Surrey // When this object was used do you know if it was common in many parts of the country or only in the place from which it came: Probably common to the far large scale mustard farmers in the South of England. // Additional information: See also MAFF ‘Salads, other food crops in Glam houses, Bull No 143 p 3—6 and plates vi, vii // [pencil drawing].’
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_9534.tif - High resolution image
