Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 22 Jul 2025, 08:11
4" wide and 8" high Gloria....
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 22 Jul 2025, 14:29
Is it a bit of dense polystyrene packaging?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 23 Jul 2025, 01:26
No Kev, solid cast iron.....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 23 Jul 2025, 05:32
Anything to do with keys or door-ware? 
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 23 Jul 2025, 05:33
Sorry Cathy but no. Clue, it's domestic.....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 23 Jul 2025, 07:34
Is it a weight of some sort?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 23 Jul 2025, 07:54
We3ll done Gloria you have it! It's the base of a cast iron weight that was used on old fashioned scales in the kitchen.
Now we need the next object.....
Now we need the next object.....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 23 Jul 2025, 08:14
That was a wild guess 
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 24 Jul 2025, 01:52
Not so wild Gloria, it was right!
What is it and where?
What is it and where?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 24 Jul 2025, 10:14
Looks American, will guess it's on what remains of route 66.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 24 Jul 2025, 11:58
I'm with Ian, Rainbow Bridge, Kansas?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 24 Jul 2025, 12:10
You're both right. The last 'Rainbow Bridge' on the old Route 66 in Kansas.
Now we need another object....
Now we need another object....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 25 Jul 2025, 02:21
What is it?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 25 Jul 2025, 07:27
Is it a carbide tip?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 25 Jul 2025, 07:46
No Gloria. Here's a clue, I always carry one in my left hand trouser pocket....... 
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 25 Jul 2025, 07:48
Money clip?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 25 Jul 2025, 07:50
Dog whistle?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 25 Jul 2025, 07:51
Well done Wendy.... it is indeed a shepherd's whistle. I am never without one just for old times sake.....
Now we need a new object!
Now we need a new object!
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 26 Jul 2025, 02:42
What is it?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 26 Jul 2025, 07:31
Is it the roof inside an underground reservoir?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 26 Jul 2025, 07:38
You're too close4 for me to ignore Gloria. It's the cast iron vaulting at the crossover of the mid point of the original Standedge railway tunnels. The Directots of the company held a celebratory dinner here in 1871. (LINK)
Now we need another object.
Now we need another object.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 26 Jul 2025, 10:49
What is it?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 26 Jul 2025, 10:51
A book press?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 26 Jul 2025, 11:07
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 26 Jul 2025, 12:31
Letter press actually but that was near enough Gloria. Well done!