Country Skills and Objects ...number 5

[British Red]

Seemed to amuse people when Bowlander and I played "guess the old fashioned thing" last night, I thought I would add one more.

This is either blindingly obvious to everyone - or totally obscure. I don't know which?

So....what is this, and what would you do with it on your homestead?


Whole Object by British Red, on Flickr

 

[Robbi]

hang a pot over a fire ?

 

[Dartmoor navigator]

hang a pot over a fire ?

Achht...



Now that is for tensioning a fence

 

[British Red]

Ahhh...obvious then

Yep its a chimney based fire crane. Top ring (on the right) hooks up the chimney, bottom part allows the raising and lowering of the pot withouttaking the pot off the fire

 

[Dartmoor navigator]

Bu993r!

 

[Robbi]

yippeee ! got one !! am i a country gentleman yet ?

 

[British Red]

Now that is for tensioning a fence

No, but I do promise to put up a wire stretcher at some point

 

[British Red]

yippeee ! got one !! am i a country gentleman yet ?

Do you own, and will you wear, the tweed cap of honour?

 

[Dartmoor navigator]

Do you own, and will you wear, the tweed cap of honour?

And is Jemima still eating that boiled egg?

 

[Robbi]

yep

 

[British Red]

With black shoes?

Oh my good man, "never black in the country - never brown in the town"

 

[Robbi]

only in town Sir, only in town.

 

[British Red]

Tweed in town?

 

[Robbi]

oh yes, most definately Guv. + brown Barbour with leather details

 

[Dartmoor navigator]

Robbi, this'll be you from here on in after a few sherries .... (Paul Whitehouse based the character on Hugh Falkus!!!!)

[video=youtube;NPiGJBHVadA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPiGJBHVadA[/video]

 

[Robbi]

Hahahaha !!! oh mate, you have no idea !!!

my local !

http://jennywattsbar.com/experience-jennys.html

 

[British Red]

oh yes, most definately Guv. + brown Barbour with leather details

1950s or earlier? If your Grandad didn't break it in......well,



But never, ever, do "country comes to town" ....unless it has

 

[Robbi]

blimey ! hard work being a country gent !

 

[British Red]

After three generations you qualify as "incomer"

 

[Robbi]

LOL ! a blow in !