MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Cathy]

Is it a grain milling machine?

[Marilyn]

Sorry, no.

[chinatyke]

For producing animal feed?

[Cathy]

Does it wash Fish?

[Stanley]

Maz sent another pic. She'll tell you what it is.....

[Marilyn]

I thought Wendy could do with one of these...save her lots of time...
It's a vegetable chopper for a Pickle making company.

[Wendyf]

That would be very handy Maz, please pop it in the post. Does it spiralize as well?

[Tizer]

It's a fearsome looking device, no wonder it has a steel cage around the blades. Still, I wouldn't want to stand close by it during action - there could be collateral damage, such as getting machine-gunned with bits of veg. Barlick engineer Newton Pickles would have benefited from one of those machines - he could have branched out into a new business: `Pickles' Pickles'

[Stanley]

One of his specialities when he started as an apprentice was repairing the machines chip shops have for chipping potatoes so he was in the same field at one time.



This came to my attention this morning when I found a new use for it but what was it made for originally?

[LizG]

Scooping ash out of the fire?

[Marilyn]

A groin protector that hangs fron the middle button of your shirt?
( worn when welding etc)

[Tizer]

Expanding on Liz's suggestion: scooping hot coals and ash out of an oven.

[Marilyn]

For making toasted Sarnies over an open fire?

[Stanley]

Gloria hit on what I used it for yesterday, fine ash had built at the back of the ash hole in the stove and was interfering with proper placement of the removable ash pan so I used it for clearing that out but that isn't what it was made for originally. Consider the size of the 'scoop' and then remember my interests and have another think.

[David Whipp]

Fire shovel for model steam engine?

[Gloria]

Wasn't me Stanley, I can't take the credit for it.

[Stanley]

You're right Gloria, sorry Liz! (For it was she....) Senior moment I'm afraid.
Young Whipp has got it spot on, for firing a large model locomotive, It was made by Newton and I caught it as he was throwing it away in a clear out....
Next for shaving?

[David Whipp]

Easy one... and, no, it's not a giant Barlick spider...

[PanBiker]

I'll not say...

[Pluggy]

I've heard it called worse things

[Tizer]

..for firing a large model locomotive..

...and for frying eggs and bacon whilst doing so!

[Stanley]

I see they have got the clock working again. Now all we need is the Millennium clock over Singh's newsagents correcting. It's been half an hour slow ever since the power cut we had.....

[plaques]

With all the impending County Council cuts do you think we will see it up for sale sometime in the future?

[David Whipp]

The 'mystery object' will be in safe hands come the beginning of April; it's one of the places that the town council are taking over from Pendle Council...

I think everyone knows what it is; perhaps an expat can do the big reveal?

[Stanley]

A clue. Angus' picture of the structure.