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Archives - Museum of English Rural Life
- Creator: Illustrated Sporting
45 Hits
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- 1Adjusting and tightening rails on finished gate hurdle; hurdle maker at work
(SR RIB PH2/9/29)
1941
file - 2Attaching central upright to rails of gate hurdle using hammer and nails; hurdle maker at work [2 items]
(SR RIB PH2/9/28A&B)
1941
file - 3Bench used by gate-hurdle maker as template for marking out and fitting together hurdles [2 items]
(SR RIB PH2/9/32A&B)
1941
file - 4Binding rake handle with thin metal strip to strengthen when split for attaching to head; young employee of Ernest Sims working at Pamber End, Hampshire
(SR RIB PH2/7/6)
1941
file - 5Boring hole in rake head to insert handle using brace and bit [2 items]
(SR RIB PH2/7/4A&B)
1941
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- 6Boring hub mortice holes using auger, ready to be chiselled out; wheelwright Mr. Sibley making way for spokes at Barden, North Yorkshire
(SR RIB PH2/12/21)
1941
file - 7Boring out wheel hub using [manual] hub boring machine to make way for axle box; wheelwright Mr. Sibley working at Barden, North Yorkshire
(SR RIB PH2/12/20)
1941
file - 8Bundles of spars [250 per bundle] yet to be twisted; ready to be transported to thatcher for twisting and then used on thatched roofs
(SR RIB PH2/10/3)
1941
file - 9Chopping wood with spar hook to make spars used in thatching for pegging down liggers
(SR RIB PH2/10/2)
1941
file - 10Cutting mortices in head of gate hurdle using morticing axe; hurdle maker at work
(SR RIB PH2/9/2)
1941
file - 11Drilling mortices in head of gate hurdle using brace and bit; hurdle maker at work over morticing brake
(SR RIB PH2/9/3)
1941
file - 12Drying curved scythe handles on pegged setting frame
(SR RIB PH2/7/39)
1930's/ 40's
file - 13Fitting iron bands onto nave of wheel to add strength; employees working at Mr. Sibley's wheelwright shop at Barden, North Yorkshire
(SR RIB PH2/12/19)
1941
file - 14Fixing spoke into felloe of wagon wheel using spoke dog and hammer; wheelwright Mr. Bowyer of Warfield, Berkshire in workshop
(SR RIB PH2/12/4)
1945
file - 15Hammering final spoke into wagon wheel hub; wheelwright Mr. Sibley and employee working at Barden, North Yorkshire
(SR RIB PH2/12/10)
1941
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