Wedding Hair Pins

pins 1, a photo by a1scrapmetal on Flickr.

Another packet of Hair pins that saved the day.
The HALLO Super Delux HAIR PINS
"PLASTIC COATED
Make your Hair Beauty"
ROBIN INDUSTRIES (INDIA)

Hair Pins

pins 2, a photo by a1scrapmetal on Flickr.

Hair-Pin Card

pins 4, a photo by a1scrapmetal on Flickr.

The C-No-Pin IS THE ARISTOCRATIC HAIR-PIN FOR WELL GROOMED BOBS.
FOREIGN.
INVISIBLE IN USE ANATOMICALLY PERFECT.
ITS THE NEW WAY
IN THE WAVE
SUITABLE FOR ALL STYLES OF HAIRDRESSING.
I think I may have put this on the blog before..but this packet came to the rescue yesterday when Barb put up my hair for my wedding..so it is a very special packet now.
alongside the HALLO super delux hair pins .

Hair-Pin Card (obverse)

pins 3, a photo by a1scrapmetal on Flickr.

Railway Carriage Key

key 3, a photo by a1scrapmetal on Flickr.

I found this on the boot sale at Weaverham High school on Sunday. It was VERY rusty and cost the sum of fifity of your pennies. I cleaned it up a little with oil and a light sandpaper as I wanted to read the marks on it.
It was made by Thewlis & Co from Warrington.After a little searching online I have established it is a railway carriage key. The house we live in belonged firstly to a railway worker, so I like to think he may have owned it or one just like it..you never know...

Railway Carriage Key

key 2, a photo by a1scrapmetal on Flickr.

C.L.C stamped on the end.
Stands for CHESHIRE LINES COMMITTEE. which ran the Manchester- Chester line I travel on everyday to work.

Old School Compass

DSC01210, a photo by a1scrapmetal on Flickr.

Bought with the Steel Balls for 50 pence. I was attracted by the chewed pencil..I am sure I had one like this when I was young.. It is so well designed, the filed dips half way down to allow for fingers to grip, simple nut and bolt holding it together at the top, brass ring to hold the pencil. A classic design.

Hoffman Steel Balls

DSC01206, a photo by a1scrapmetal on Flickr.

Found on a boot sale at Verdin Park, from a man I must have bought lots of tools etc off over the years because he seems to remember me for doing so often (although I do have a feeling I have a doppelganger around here as I have had a few strange encounters when people act they they know me more than they do). When I saw it in the bottom of the box I thought it was a chalk for snooker, only an inch square. The man on the stall seemed to think the steel balls were for bike wheels. There should be 100 in the box. MADE IN ENGLAND
Bought for 50 pence along with an old school compass.

Hoffman Steel Balls

DSC01207, a photo by a1scrapmetal on Flickr.

The box was full. A lovely paper seal.