Went on a walkabout this week.
Charity Shops are beautiful places with usually friendly people working in them.
And BARGAINS are to be had!
A nce pair of Oakley sunglasses. They're brassy yellow metal with brown lenses. Only £4.
Bought this shirt. It's collarless (grandad style), in a kind of beige/faded yellow linnen or coarse cotton material, but isn't as rough. Very comfortable.
And a waistcoat. It came with black plastic buttons on it.
I picked up this badge. It had four small charms on it, which when removed and cleaned up a little, fit perfectly onto the pocket of the waistcoat. It is silver (coloured) with a coppery coloured enamel.
I replaced the plastic buttons with these metal ones, which are an extremely good match for the badge.
Also a lovely little pair of binoculars in a (very worn) leather case. These are all brass construction with shargreen grips.
And got this little pin badge for a dear friend. Cute, isnit?
I didn't buy the following. I work at a steam museum and this work-in-progress is parked in the workshop.
It's a beautiful old horse-drawn, steam powered fire engine. The steam engine is purely to pump the water.
Rear.
Side. The rusty grey thing is the boiler, which is like a Doughnut-ish sleeve. Not pictured is a firebox, which is bolted underneath and through it. When it's finished, that will be clad in bright brass.
And the front of it. Magnificent, isn't it?
And presenting "Wicky" Wicksteed, who owns and runs the museum from his office beneath the fire engine. His brother and (business partner) was unavailable to pose for a photo.
This has been flying around over the house lately. It didn't really deserve its own article.. Just a curiosity.
What fun! If you click on the image, it's animated. This is my Brassgoggles avatar. :)
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