MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Cathy]

Is it for helping to maybe stuff something, or distribute stuffing?

[Big Kev]

Not what I thought it was, I thought it was a knitting fork for making braiding.

[Stanley]

You're still very close Kev. I want the proper name!

[Big Kev]

Google says it's a lucet.

[Cathy]

Just watched a Lucet video, it’s like crocheting.

[Stanley]

That's it Kev, it was under rope making when I found it. I've never heard of a 'lucet' before.....
Next one?

[Tripps]

Nevr heard of Lucet, and after looking on Youtube - it looks complicated, and well beyond my ability.

I like the look of this but never got round to having a go. Kumihimo

Wasn't there a UK equivalent which involved an old cotton reel with nails driven into it as the template?

[Stanley]

Yes David, four nails with heads on and away you went, We called it 'French Knitting'. George Davidson and I made enough to make a hearth rug for his mum and a set of coasters for mine....
See thisLINKfor more information....

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Wendyf]

It's a tank.

[Steeplejerk]

Looks like a cotton bobbin that's been modified

[Big Kev]

Cotton reel tank.

[Stanley]

Yep. Wendy and Kev have it. A cotton reel tank. Like French knitting bobbins, we used to make them when I was a lad......
Next one?

[Wendyf]

We all made them exactly the same as that, makes you wonder where the idea first came from.

[PanBiker]

My mum was a dressmaker and had a plentiful supply of bobbins. I liked the larger reels which were a bit like a diabalo, gave more clearance underneath so was a better climber.

How about the Matchbox Gun? Can't find a picture of the ones we used to make with half a dolly peg for the handle, a matchbox and a few rubber bands (Swan Vestas was the best for the body as you got more tension on the firing band.

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Tizer]

Pencil holder made from a cartridge case?

[Stanley]

Sorry Peter no. It's about two inches tall and an inch and a HALF IN DIAMETER AND IS MADE OUT OF TINPLATE.

[Wendyf]

Is it a pot that the mill workers received their wages in?

[Stanley]

Wendy has remembered what it is. Exactly right. Next one?

[Wendyf]

We have a full tray of them in the History Soc archive.

[Stanley]

I had a tray as well but mislaid it somewhere along the way.

[Stanley]

This is a very local object and I shan't let it run for long.



Yes, it's on Fernbank avenue but why was this piece of pavement of interest in 2010?

[PanBiker]

I cant place that view as anywhere on Fernbank Avenue.

[plaques]

Do you mean Fern Lea Ave. just below the dentist? There was some speed bumps across the road at this point. Peoples false teach used to drop out every time a heavy wagon went over it.