OneGuyFromBarlick

Breaking up frozen ground?

No Gloria, subsoil plough pan busting. Look up Mr Storey......

Nobody seems to be biting. It's a Fowler Gyrotiller. The two bladed drums at the rear rotated and broke up the subsoil without bringing it to the surface. Invented in the 1920s they were always a specialised contractor's tool and were made in varying sizes up to 250hp.
Next one?

What is it?

Top view of a candle?

The bottom view of a blown-up balloon

Sorry, neither of those.....

Can I ask… animal, vegetable or mineral?
(I’m not thinking animal).

Not certain Cathy but I think vegetable......

If there is no serious movement on this one by midday I shall knock it on the head..... Clue, it's just what it looks like, a rubber ball. Question is what is its special use?

Is it one of those Virtually Indestructible Best Ball’s for exercising dogs

No Cathy, not a pet's plaything. There was a serious use for it.

An exercise ball for humans

A stress ball?

Sorry, No to both. It's a part of the toolbox of a trade or profession.

Is it used by plumbers? Floating ball in cistern?

An `intragrastic balloon' used to treat severe obesity. Inserted down the throat, into the stomach and then inflated.

I know but I'll let it run

No, tell them Kev. It needs knocking on the head.....

Kev isn't stepping forward so here's the answer. It is a tack rubber ball and is used by watchmakers to grip smooth watch backs to unscrew them.



Next for shaving?

What is it?

No idea what it is, but wouldn’t health and safety have a field day there nowadays?

Clue, it was in a cotton mill in Cheshire.....

Dust extractor ?