MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Stanley]

Bodge got it and Gloria was so close!
Next one?

[Stanley]

What trade would use this set of tools?

[Gloria]

Lovely thing, is it yours? Is it used for leather work?

[PanBiker]

I was going to suggest the same, maybe a saddler?

[StoneRoad]

leatherworker, maybe saddler or harness maker would be my suggestion.

Lovely tools ...

[Big Kev]

I'd go for saddle maker.

[Whyperion]

Bookbinder

[Marilyn]

Boot maker

[Stanley]

Bugger! Too easy, anyone who guessed saddler and leather worker got it right. No, it isn't mine Gloria but it's a nice thing!

[Stanley]

A fine body of men with well polished boots! Any idea who they are?

[Gloria]

Peaky Blinders?
Knocker uppers?
Lamp lighters?

[Bodger]

Swan Uppers ?

[Big Kev]

Gas lamp lighters.

[StoneRoad]

gas lamp lighters would be my guess as the background looks "urban"

[plaques]

Harpoonateers on holiday?

[chinatyke]

Anything to do with beating the boundaries?

[Stanley]

Anyone who said lamplighters got it right. I love the polished boots.
Next one?

[Tripps]

When I first moved down here in the 1980's I lived next door to a chap who was a retired lamplighter. Must have been one of the last. He had done the lights in the royal parks which I guess had gas lamps a lot later than most areas.

[Stanley]

If you look up lamplighters on Google you'll find that there are still lamplighters at work in cities that have promoted tourism and kept traditional gas lamps in central areas. (LINK)



What's going on here and where is it?

[Tizer]

Delivering butter or cheese?

[chinatyke]

Looks like it could be a pub. Are they delivering ice? The sets in the roads are very even, is it Belgium? I've no idea why I say that!

[Tizer]

It does look a bit foreign. I wonder if they are containers of frying fat for a restaurant or hotel?

[Gloria]

If that lots come off that barrow it's been stacked very high.

[Marilyn]

Guess it can't contain anything too smelly, drippy or repugnant if the carter at the door is carrying it on his shoulders!
Could it be Coal? (Though that does not need putting in a tub when a sack would do).
Could it be dried Peat?

[Stanley]

You've got the place right, It's the Netherlands. Sorry but you are all wrong on what they are doing.
Clue, they are taking material out of the building not putting it in.