Clive Ironmonger "Dorigny"

Brilliant, will you be collecting one of each showing all of the modifications done to the mixer design over the years.? 🙂 There’s been several….and wonder how many Belle mixers have sold altogether.??

In my first employment, early 1980s, the Marina pick up and trailer used to go over to the works and fetch a load of the mixers which we…[Read more]

Brilliant, will you be collecting one of each showing all of the modifications done to the mixer design over the years.? 🙂 There’s been several….and wonder how many Belle mixers have sold altogether.??

In my first employment, early 1980s, the Marina pick up and trailer used to go over to the works and fetch a load of the mixers which we…[Read more]

This takes me back to a Flymo GT4 that came into the workshop. It would start fine and run up well but then suddenly disappear in blue smoke. That was a missing clip leading to the pin machining a slot in the bore. Perfect bit of machining too…

Another, at first unexplained, oil lifting occurrence I recall was a welch plug having moved in a…[Read more]

This reminded me of Powerfab.

A, now sadly late, friend of mine in the garden machinery trade used to have a Powerfab which he used to hire out.

This sent me off on a google…and found this reading; http://www.oilyhands.co.uk/

Clive.

I remember a builder neighbour having one of these. I think he may have put the wooden body and dropsides on it himself.? I seem to think his was wider than the lower body.?…long time ago.

I also remember the Corgi toys version. 🙂

Clive.

..by 1984 was this the fashion.??

Used to worry about these models, you had to be so careful with them in the van, then when tipping them on the work bench and we tended to push them about holding the collar at the very top of the plastic handlebars. We once had one come into the workshop with a set of metal handlebar assemblies that had been weld fabricated into quite brilliant…[Read more]

I seem to remember a B&S 3 or 3.5hp coming in for repair, 25yrs ago.! that had a sprocket on the cam drive shaft. I believe the engine was from a small cement mixer.?

Clive.

It looks like we can rule out it being a horticultural bit of cast iron then.?? 😉

Clive. 🙂

I wonder if Richard at http://www.merrytiller.co.uk may be able to assist. He has been amassing knowledge over the last few years with regard Merry Tiller and as you will see he lists some applicable spare parts.

Clive.

Yes, looks nicely original 🙂

My first car was a 1976 Clubman estate…I loved it…but looking back now at 6 years old when I bought it had had new sills inner and outer, doors from an earlier mini, plated back door bottom halves, and back valance patched and very heavily blacked over…It had the driest engine ever..didn’t use or leak any…[Read more]

Good shine on the Mini 🙂

What is the little toy? in front of the Sisis.?

Thank you,
Clive.

Next for the lawn is the Merry Tiller with its aeration tines…but left that job for another day and took afternoon tea at Sibsey Trader Windmill. 🙂

Clive.

The Super raker really does do a good job still. I usually get out my late uncles Wolf Cub E30 to finish the job…but it was a bit too blocked in in the garage so used the Hayter that an old school friend gifted me after his garden had less lawn and gained a model railway. 🙂

That’s true, the old Concordes really did very well at the hammer…[Read more]

I was pleased to see Tilbury again. I visited the pontoon there in 2004? when radioship Ross Revenge was alongside. They were remaking the film Alfie at the time too. The waterside was doubling as New York.
Dover, recognised views of there too, from flying over the area in 1991…again in search of the Ross Revenge.!

…and more on topic ;)…[Read more]

Eagle Eyes…is that a registered trade mark of the Action Man toy 😉 Action man is not me….I only talk about it. 😉

Clive 🙂

I saw it on a tv programme that revisited gardening history by year including some show reports through the years.
I reckon I glimpsed a Webb push mower hiding under the cover.

Clive.