At work today

[Jon Lad]

It's amazing how well preserved that plaque is, considering its age.

[openspaceman]

My guess is the railings were a later addition as the height of the garden it retained suggest it was a haha, the aim of which was to extend the view of the lawn into the grass beyond yet keep cattle out.

[woody paul]

1 hour ago, Jon Lad said:

It's amazing how well preserved that plaque is, considering its age.

Wasn't made in China 😄

[Doug Tait]

29 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

My guess is the railings were a later addition as the height of the garden it retained suggest it was a haha, the aim of which was to extend the view of the lawn into the grass beyond yet keep cattle out.

 

That makes a lot of sense Andrew, hadn't thought of it. If you look over the wall from the house there's a gentle downhill grass slope to a river, the opposite bank of the river rises steeply to be higher than the house with a woodland on top, maybe a kilometre away. A lovely vista. If the wall was higher it'd block the river view from the ground floor.

 

The plaque is intriguing too, I wonder where it was placed originally, before the house was built.

[Stere]

Victorian brass 'BEWARE OF THE DOG' sign dated 1st May 1864 and for Sir John Rumbelow, width 12cm

WWW.THE-SALEROOM.COM

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Bid Live on Lot 216 in the ANTIQUES, COLLECTABLES & FINE ART Auction from Lodge & Thomas.

 

[waterbuoy]

3 minutes ago, Stere said:

Victorian brass 'BEWARE OF THE DOG' sign dated 1st May 1864 and for Sir John Rumbelow, width 12cm

WWW.THE-SALEROOM.COM

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Bid Live on Lot 216 in the ANTIQUES, COLLECTABLES & FINE ART Auction from Lodge & Thomas.

 

How on earth did you find that?!

[Bolt]

1 minute ago, waterbuoy said:

How on earth did you find that?!

Google.

 

sir+john+rumbelow+1864 - Google Search

WWW.GOOGLE.COM

 

[Bolt]

On 28/02/2023 at 20:47, Doug Tait said:

New arrival in the truck today.

A few test cuts on small stuff but not had chance to try it in anger yet, be interesting to see how it does.

 

 

 

 

 

‘ere Doug,  have you used this in anger yet?

 

Hopefully it’s rubbish, as I went down the Husqvarna battery ‘rabbit hole’ and this looked like first Stihl offering to make me potentially regret that decision*
 

 

 

*eye watering initial investment - no way I’m also investing in Stihl battery paraphernalia!

[Doug Tait]

14 minutes ago, waterbuoy said:

How on earth did you find that?!

 

They're abundant on every auction site apparently 😂

[waterbuoy]

so it would appear!