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| The evenings display was put on by Bryan. He had a wide selection of codds, gingers and hamiltons from the very well known company of Allen & Lloyd, passing through the years when it was Allen to Allen and Lloyd. Bryan has a lot of knowledge regarding the growth of the company through the names. |
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David brought along the half barrel stoneware desk ink which he bought at the Alton bottle show. His impressed ALDERSHOT ARMY & NAVY GB was part of a job lot of GB's he bought. Greg brought the ACME inhaler, which he bought on Ebay at a very modest price - in excellent condition and the green top GB from Kings Cross, London. The 3 GB's were brought along by Guy. They are all from the Isle of Wight and are all pretty rare, the 3rd one being the rarest. |
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The MEW'S ale tin belongs to Guy and is
another IOW item. These do not survive being buried but he would really
like to get a screw top for it - any helpers? Bryan is the lucky owner of the 2 Arkas Sapp's pot lids from Basingstoke. Not ones we have seen before. The tin is a Daily Mail copper bank which has gears inside it when you put the money in. Belongs to Graham. Dave aquired the lovely condition hamilton at a car boot. Looking at the top it has the flat sides that make it pre 1871. The spoon with bovril printed at top was brought in by David. |
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| The competition
for the evening was for 3 Boots items. Top left was Greg with first.
Second was John. Unfortunately Guy mistook the title for the competition
and brought along 3 ornamental boots. Next meeting is on May 14th and competition is for 2 coloured lip Codds |
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