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Artizen wrote:Isn't it wonderful to see all this really sincere discussion about what started out as a model gate? Wonderful - I am watching from the sidelines.
Gerry Bullock wrote:Now I happens to know that an Ebenezer (no not Scrooge) Shufflebotham made this gate as he has many hundreds in his time as a carpenter in Haltwhistle for the Fell Farmers thereabouts.
Now Shuffle's as he's known locally, on account of his distinctive gait.[yes gait Gnot Gate] claim to fame is that he's never had a failure of this gate type in the 50 years he's been making them.
OK, if you talk to the farmers thereabouts they'll all have a tale to tell about a broken hinge or a rotten bar however Shuffle soon comes round and puts it to rights. Hence his claim, furthermore he's still using the same spade to dig the posts supports since the day he started, of course, it's had 20 new handles and a tad more new blades but still the same spade.![]()
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Old shuffle, he's bin back
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and fixed another bar to the backside
of the gate ,the right way up!
Then he went off, mumbling to himself That'all teach Her to say MY gates wrong way round!!!![]()
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Regards Richard
richard andrews wrote:Go on Gerry, tell me![]()
Her indoors never breathed a word,
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But the lads did let slip that old Shuffles was cussing about them dam Females
And wood & glass & where doors should go!!![]()
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Regards Richard
Narrow gauge Nutter wrote:Looking at the first 2 pics, shouldn't the brace on the gate go the other way?
MichaelPG wrote:It's an 0-2-2-0 which we use for track inspection. It hates dogspikes. It loves fishplates. I could go on.... but I wont.
MichaelPG wrote:It's an 0-2-2-0 which we use for track inspection. It hates dogspikes. It loves fishplates. I could go on.... but I wont.
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