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« Reply #15 on: April 17, 2014, 06:47:15 AM »

The badge is the ATS Auxiliary Territorial Service, WW11 ladies .
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« Reply #16 on: April 17, 2014, 10:18:53 AM »

I never did quite work out why this strap end or belt end was marked up with dateable trade mark and a Penny-Farthing bicycle ?


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« Reply #17 on: April 17, 2014, 10:36:48 AM »

That's a nice little find Doug it's from a Penny Farthing tool bag  Wink



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« Reply #18 on: April 17, 2014, 10:49:29 AM »

Good detective work Cheffy (although in fairness you probably cycled one when they were new) and lovely finds Doug.
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« Reply #19 on: April 17, 2014, 10:58:56 AM »

That's a nice little find Doug it's from a Penny Farthing tool bag  Wink



Thanks Geoff, that would tie in with the date from the makers mark quite nicely.
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« Reply #20 on: April 17, 2014, 11:13:10 AM »

Good detective work Cheffy (although in fairness you probably cycled one when they were new) and lovely finds Doug.

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« Reply #21 on: April 17, 2014, 06:05:49 PM »

I never did find the rest of the car!


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« Reply #22 on: April 17, 2014, 07:18:18 PM »

Very interesting finds, would love to find something like that well done.
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Queen Ann trade weight.
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Roman partifact.
1350 Bronze Token.
William lll Sixpence.
George lll Shilling.
Victoria Shilling.
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« Reply #23 on: April 17, 2014, 09:10:34 PM »

Surface finds.

Top one is a riding (hunting) crop handle, one below not really any idea.


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« Reply #24 on: April 18, 2014, 08:16:39 AM »

doug i think the top horn is what the whipper in would carry with the hunt , for cracking the whip to get the hounds to gather in one place , it would of had a small wooden pole built in to the handle with a long leather whip coming from the pole
 


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« Reply #25 on: April 18, 2014, 08:23:47 AM »

and the 1600 badge is off a ford cortina and also used on the ford capri

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« Reply #26 on: April 18, 2014, 09:29:42 AM »

doug i think the top horn is what the whipper in would carry with the hunt , for cracking the whip to get the hounds to gather in one place , it would of had a small wooden pole built in to the handle with a long leather whip coming from the pole
 

Thanks, I did see a photograph on the inter web which shows the rider unhooking a gate while still on the horse with handle of the riding whip.
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« Reply #27 on: April 18, 2014, 09:32:00 AM »



I remember the day when I had a Ford Cortina 1600E , wish I still had it!
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« Reply #28 on: April 18, 2014, 09:33:05 AM »

A few more.


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« Reply #29 on: April 19, 2014, 12:29:10 AM »

Nice finds Doug, is that a silver Bodkin on page 1 with the initials MM   
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