[modeleng] Re: identity????

ADDENDUM

Are there any toy catalogues on the 'Net from around
1930-1950?  I've seen these advertised in the
Christmas catalogues from many years past.

Al Messer

--- alan stepney <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It is a shame when such relics cannot be preserved.
> 
> As for the model, if you do find anything, I would
> be interested to learn 
> more about it.
> The castings have no markings, apart from a couple
> of casting numbers, and 
> the threads are BA.
> 
> Alan
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <john.burridge@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 5:21 AM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: identity????
> 
> 
> Alan Hi,
> I went to look at a lathe two years ago in a
> workshop in the Hockley part of 
> Birmingham, when i went in the whole of the workshop
> was like walking back 
> to the twenties or before,the lot of machine tools
> were overhead belt driven 
> which included Lathe,Mill,Drill,grinder,and a couple
> of drop presses all 
> driven from the end of the workshop by a large
> electric motor the current 
> owner who wanted to sell the lot said that his
> father and uncle had owned 
> the bisiness for sixty years which did stampings and
> badges for the Jewelry 
> industry in and around Birmingham.
> There was a line of about fifteen flypresses and
> lots of very well made 
> tooling finished to a very high standard all he
> wanted to do was to get rid 
> of it so he could  convert the shop in to flats(what
> a waste)He had tried 
> many museums but none of them were interested.
> As for the model some where i have an old catalogue
> of my father with a 
> simalar model with line shafting.
> yours for now
> John Burridge   Holidaying in Australia
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Message Received: Aug 23 2006, 04:55 AM
> > From: "alan stepney"
> > To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc:
> > Subject: [modeleng] identity????
> >
> > A friend has inherited this board containing a
> lineshaft and assorted 
> > model
> > machinery.
> > Obviously (??) it would have been driven by a
> steam engine at some time.
> >
> > (General layout)
> > http://www.alanstepney.info/x0009.jpg
> >
> > (individual items)
> > http://www.alanstepney.info/x0007.jpg
> > http://www.alanstepney.info/x0005.jpg
> > http://www.alanstepney.info/x0004.jpg
> > http://www.alanstepney.info/x0003.jpg
> >
> > Has anyone any idea of make, and /or value?
> >
> > I suspect Bowman, but could easily be wrong.
> >
> > Alan
> >
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