Tag Archives: pump
Wood and Metal 8
For a number of years I collected old wood and metalworking tools. They are often very well made and they have a solidity and purposefulness that I greatly admire. Being brought up in an industrial city in the English Midlands … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs, Text
Tagged 1940s, blow torch, fire extinguisher, gasoline, pump, Rochester NY, vintage
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The Pump
At one time these pumps were very common in England, though the only one I ever saw in use (and used myself) was the street pump outside our grandmother’s cottage in County Wexford. However this one in our garden is … Continue reading
Posted in House History, Photographs, Text
Tagged garden, home, house history, iron, old house, pump, water, well
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Reflections 