boo Posted October 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2021 17 hours ago, powler said: How about a mount for a clock, temp gauge and barometer or hanging it length way down a pendulum clock, you can get the parts for clocks online so do a home made one. The brometer& clock one I've done already for a friend in California, showing there time & ours , made out of yew , just finishing the skirting off.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo Posted October 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 Well can you guess what it was used for ? Been at parents house forever, now dismantled , dents roughly knocked out , both copper , gave the inside a quick clean up , thinking of lamp , copper reflector , eddison bulb , either steam punk vibe or anglepoise type , using the drift wood as a base ! 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted October 3, 2021 Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 brush for fire place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 3, 2021 Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 Was it the bog roll holder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo Posted October 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 Nope ! ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 3, 2021 Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 gas lamp reflector ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted October 3, 2021 Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 It's what my grandma used to call a posher. Used in the 1950s to agitate the wash in the zinc wash tub, before we had an electric washing machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo Posted October 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 Congratulations Amateur, clothes dolly , for the washing! , knocked the centre out ,makes a base , the outer a reflector .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted October 3, 2021 Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, boo said: Congratulations Amateur, clothes dolly , for the washing! , knocked the centre out ,makes a base , the outer a reflector .... It's funny, the last time that I would have seen one of those would have been about 65 years ago, yet I instantly recognised it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo Posted October 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 Was going to be chucked out till I saved it ! It's always been knocking around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 11 hours ago, amateur said: It's funny, the last time that I would have seen one of those would have been about 65 years ago, yet I instantly recognised it. Snap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Yellow Bear said: Snap I too recognised it, but my old Mum used to call it a Posser. Obviously she got the name slightly wrong or maybe a localised name for it. A bit like around here, stubble is referred to as ‘Gratten’. Anyone else know it as that? OB Edited October 4, 2021 by Old Boggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 7 hours ago, Old Boggy said: I too recognised it, but my old Mum used to call it a Posser. Obviously she got the name slightly wrong or maybe a localised name for it. A bit like around here, stubble is referred to as ‘Gratten’. Anyone else know it as that? OB "Posser", "posher" both probably local versions of (given the way it worked), "pusher". No idea where "dolly" would have come from though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciurus Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 We also called it a posser. @booI think a Dolly (dolly peg?) is different. Think of a 3 legged milking stool with broom handle. Does a similar job to a posser but used in a galvanised ‘dolly tub’ It agitates the clothes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diver One Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 As @Sciurussays was also used with Dolly Blue....a washing additive tha kept whites white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo Posted October 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 Not that old too remember! I first encountered it somewhere totally different! As a kid used to get dragged out trammel netting in the estuary for flatties in the boat , the old man had this idea of going in the shallows , using this to plunge the water like a depth charge , apparently scare the fish laid up into the nets , no idea if it worked but was our job, that and rowing ! Carnt do it these days or ****** all now on the estuary, fish conservation area ! Christ we lived on flatties & shrimp as a kid . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciurus Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 48 minutes ago, Diver One said: was also used with Dolly Blue....a washing additive tha kept whites white Diver One, crikey, I had never made the connection with dolly blue! The old Dolly Blue works is only a few miles away at the bottom end of lake Windermere. It is now a motor museum housing one of the earlier Bluebirds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo Posted October 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 History lesson..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diver One Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 23 hours ago, Sciurus said: Diver One, crikey, I had never made the connection with dolly blue! The old Dolly Blue works is only a few miles away at the bottom end of lake Windermere. It is now a motor museum housing one of the earlier Bluebirds. Recall driving through there with my parents....wasn't the factory split in two by the main road? I remember everything covered in blue dust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciurus Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 @Diver One. -That’s the place. My earliest memory is also the blue dust! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo Posted October 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 Thinking of something like this , not in anyway final configuration, just getting the idea & look right Actually may change the base , got an old 4 jaw chuck , maybe more suitable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) On 04/10/2021 at 21:22, boo said: Not that old too remember! I first encountered it somewhere totally different! As a kid used to get dragged out trammel netting in the estuary for flatties in the boat , the old man had this idea of going in the shallows , using this to plunge the water like a depth charge , apparently scare the fish laid up into the nets , no idea if it worked but was our job, that and rowing ! Carnt do it these days or ****** all now on the estuary, fish conservation area ! Christ we lived on flatties & shrimp as a kid . Tofu and meal worms await us all? Known as a dolly here too, sometimes a wooden version with short peg legs. Edited October 20, 2021 by old man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdom Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 I think I remember my grandma calling the tub a dolly tub (it was a galvanised one and was corrugated) and the copper thing the posser.Then onto the mangle to get the excess water out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diver One Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 52 minutes ago, wisdom said: I think I remember my grandma calling the tub a dolly tub (it was a galvanised one and was corrugated) and the copper thing the posser.Then onto the mangle to get the excess water out. I've still got a dolly tub in the garage somewhere. Complete with the little shelf on the side for the bar of soap , well,I,assume that's what it was for. Also the old galv bath which I used to mix the plaster in when renovating the house . Waste not want Not and all that malarkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdom Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 11 minutes ago, Diver One said: I've still got a dolly tub in the garage somewhere. Complete with the little shelf on the side for the bar of soap , well,I,assume that's what it was for. Also the old galv bath which I used to mix the plaster in when renovating the house . Waste not want Not and all that malarkey We were the same it was kicking around for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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