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You may have a long wait before any scrap dealers pass Holy Loch!Steve wrote:I assume for that price it had no horn / elbow, winding handle?
Are there so few UK buyers these days? Maybe I need to stop the scrap metal collectors when they pass my way next time. I have several travelling arm machines with horns I could throw out.
Nice! These days we have to make do with a modern car ferry. It's not quite the same, is it? Mind you at least they are now finally restoring the original Victorian pier restaurant, cafe and ballroom.epigramophone wrote:You may have a long wait before any scrap dealers pass Holy Loch!Steve wrote:I assume for that price it had no horn / elbow, winding handle?
Are there so few UK buyers these days? Maybe I need to stop the scrap metal collectors when they pass my way next time. I have several travelling arm machines with horns I could throw out.
I was born in Glasgow, and a regular family day out in my early childhood was Gourock to Dunoon on board a Clyde steamer.
Oh my, so it was seriously cheap after all.Gramtastic wrote:No, it was complete with horn, elbow and handle. The person in China seemed to be bidding on most of the gramophones in the auction (and made me pay more for the one I wanted !).
That's exactly what it is, I have one of these with the French G&T label, it is identical to my Victor PPhonofreak wrote:It's a possibility that this was the HMV's equivalent of a Victor P. HMV used nickel in a lot of thier machines, like back brackets and such.
Harvey Kravitz
I'm in Dunoon. I'll willingly pick them up, and save you a trip to Bogleha'.Steve wrote:I assume for that price it had no horn / elbow, winding handle?
Are there so few UK buyers these days? Maybe I need to stop the scrap metal collectors when they pass my way next time. I have several travelling arm machines with horns I could throw out.