Folding Plastic Spoon (detail)

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Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

Not Made of metal.
A close-up of the back of the folding spoon.
A beautiful and yet simple design..it clicks into the working spoon..with an anti-fold "lock" all made out of one piece of plastic.
A miracle of plastic engineering.

Folding Plastic Spoon

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Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

Not made of metal..
a folding plastic spoon we were given on a Fin air flight to Finland.
Not sure why it needed to fold!

Football Makers Tools

Football Makers Tools
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

This set of Football makers tools is from the Museum of Liverpool life, situated on the docks.
I should do another blog..
My favourite museum exhibits!

Cake Tester

Cake Tester
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

This is a very delicate metal cake tester that was brought back from the U S of A by Jane Brake.
my mom used a thin Knitting needle to test her cakes.
But this has a feel of being just right for the job.
CAKE TESTER is stamped on the top.
(sorry about blurry photo..)

War Museum North Exhibit

War Museum North exhibit
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

This is one of my favourite exhibits from the War Museum North.
It is a genuine piece of Zeppeline wire attatched to a pin so that it can be worn.
It comes with a Guarantee certificate to prove it is the genuine article.
Produced by the Red cross to raise money.
(I gave Michael a piece of genuine Berlin Wall, it wasn't just any old lump of concrete! It is numbered and also has a certificate of proof!!)

Tap from a Beer Barrel

Tap off a barrel
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

A heavy brass tap off a beer barrel.
Found at Anderton boot fair from an old man who looked as if he had emptied his garage onto the table..
No writing on it anywhere.

Needles from America

Needles from America
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

Thank you again to Snapatorium.
MADE IN ENGLAND
But sent to Texas and back to England.
TAPESTRY
18
"BOYE" NEEDLES OF QUALITY
THE BOYE NEEDLE Co
CHICAGO
MADE IN ENGLAND
MADE FROM THE BEST QUALITY SPRING STEEL WIRE.
It also has a advert on the back for sewing machine needles
ALWAYS IN A FLANGED TUBE

Smaller packet
H.MILWARD & SONS
PATENT HELIX NEEDLES
SHARPS
8
PATENT WRAPPERS
J.F.MILWARD
1857

Advertising Thimbles

Advertising thimbles
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

Three advertising thimbles.
The first one another kind present from snapatorium:-
HOFFMAN CLEANERS
3511 Rice BLYD.
LEHIGH 9511
The red one was found on a boot fair in Frodsham and says:-
USE CWS CONGRESS SOAP
The green one was also found on a boot fair in "the cow Pat Field".
and says:-
Use Dr LOVELACE'S SOAP.
this one has a dark green plastic top.
They are all made of aluminium.

Two Kodak Canisters

Two Kodak cannisters
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

I found the canister with the yellow lid on Crewe market.
The other canister was kindly sent by Snapatorium.
No other writing on them apart from a big KODAK.
Both made of aluminium

Lead Buttons

Lead Buttons
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

A small pile of lead buttons tied up with green garden wire.
I can only pressume they are some kind of weights.
Why sew lead buttons to your coat?
They are covered in a series of bumps and scratches

Nozzles

Nozzles
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

A detail of the cake icing set I wanted to include (due to the nature of the blog the cake icing set is in the archives).
My Grandmar used to ice wedding cakes for the Co-op.So I feel a strange affinity to these.

John Bull Mend-A-Tear

John Bull Mend-A-Tear
Originally uploaded by a1scrapmetal.

JOHNBULL
MEND-A-TEAR
MENDS WATERPROOFS AND OTHER GARMENTS
On the back of the tin:-
"A CLEVER DEVICE WHICH ENABLES ANYONE TO MEND IMMEDIATELY ANY KIND OF TEAR IN ANYWATERPROOF OR OTHER GARMENT &c

SO SIMPLE - INSTRUCTIONS ENCLOSED"
Made in England