Monthly Archive: February 2015

This is the time of year to tackle all those outstanding household jobs; so I’ve bought a new sawbench… The past two weekends have been busy ones. First, there was the Bristol Classic bike show. We just called in for a look round en route back from visiting friends but as usual, something unexpected cropped up… It’s a 1919 Blackburne-powered sawbench, well minus the saw or the bench. Before Black & Decker commandeered the world of power tools it was quite common to take…

Kempton Park autojumble again, same faces, same stalls but always something new… I love autojumbles; ever since I started going to the ‘Maidstone Autojumble and Toy Collector’s Fair’ aged sixteen I have felt the same excitement. Popular opinion declares that Ebay has killed autojumbles but I disagree. Internet auctions are like the ‘Day of The Jackal’, the lone wolf endures an excruciating wait over five, nine or more days until in the last second it is ended, either by a triumphant success over the other…