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sandersj89

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Re: Old Tools
« Reply #20 on: June 05, 2006, 09:25:21 »
Not quite, it is in fact a thatchers line reel.

They were used to make sure the ridges, eaves and layers of reed, straw were straight as they are laid on the roof. Hence the long spike that is driven into underlying layers of reed to hold still.

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« Reply #21 on: June 05, 2006, 14:47:19 »
Fascinating ... I googled, but didn't find this listed under the tools of the trade ...
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« Reply #22 on: June 05, 2006, 17:19:25 »
The coconut to LORNA, then, who put us on track?

(but if tortoises could fly I might have been in there with a chance :o)

Thanks Jerry....

What else have your sheds revealed, I wonder?

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« Reply #23 on: June 05, 2006, 20:59:27 »
Lish. Us females do rule OK some times  :)
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Re: Old Tools
« Reply #24 on: June 05, 2006, 22:25:25 »
"sometimes" Lorna? Always - cept that sometimes we like to let the men think they're cleverer ;) ;D

coconut to your taste, btw?
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