Pins

pins
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Found on Crewe market.
A roll of the smallest pins I have ever seen.
EDELSTEN & WILLIAMS
SOLID HEADED PINS
LONDON
according to the chart there where 440 pins on each sheet.

Pins

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Back View

Pin-easies

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"NEW!IMPROVED
Pin-easies
NO MORE LOST BUTTONS
TWELVE,COUNT,BRASS,RUSTLESS
New style loop
Pin lies flat.
*for cover buttons
*for shank buttons
*washable-cleanable-removable
*No more sewing !!
DIRECTIONS ON BACK
REMOVE BUTTONS QUICKLY BEFORE CLEANING OR PRESSING GARMENT."

N.B "REMOVE BUTTONS QUICKLY"
No hanging about removing them slowely or even carefully...

Pin-easies (Back view)

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DIRECTIONS
PIN TO GARMENT IN UPRIGHT POSITION.
Push pin through under side of fabric - slip on shank button.

Close pin in back of fabric as an ordinary safety pin.Its that easy! No twisting,no turning. Pin fits flat to fabric -no bulking.
MADE IN ENGLAND.

Collarstuds

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Put this on quickly to make sense of Michael's cuff LINK joke.
~Found in a mixed box of junk on Crewe market.
A "rare" collection of various collar studs....(3 mother of pearl and 2 plastic) PLUS a very cheap pair of cuff links with GILT stamped on the back.

Collarstuds

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These are very hard to make stay in one place...
They are all slightly different.
On some the end tips up for easy use.
Some are mother of pearl and some are plastic.

MAGNET

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Todays bargain find from Crewe market.For just 20 pence I can have hours of fun...
"T.S.L MADE IN ENGLAND
HOURS OF FUN
TRY THE MAGIC TRICKS
Hold the magnet on the back of a piece of thin card and lay the magnet keeper wire or a needle on the top of the cardboard over the magnet.By moving the magnet slowely you can make the wire or needle roll up hill..."
indeed hours of fun.

magnet (back view)

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This is such a simple and elegant way to hold the magnet onto the card.

Round Pen knife

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This folding knife and nail file is just bigger than a one pound coin.
looks like silver plated brass.
The name stamped behind the blade is.
M.Shvir SmeBte.
A mystery object...

Back View

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There are tiny knotches to open each of the 4 blades...it looks more like a weapon from a James Bond movie than a nail file.
Its hard to make out the writing stamped on the back..but its something like..
svsvene coevete..?..
but I could be wrong!!

The Mercury Expanding clip (for waist band comfort)

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Another find from the shed..a waistband clip that stretches to allow you to eat big dinners!
Instructions cont'd
3.Press until lug points well through the cloth.
4.Bend all lugs halfway over - AWAY FROM HOOK
5.Lift the cloth away from lugs so that they are hidden from sight.
6.Press lugs down firmly with penknife - IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE LUGS LIE FLAT.
NOTE CLIP CAN BE SEWN ON INSTEAD OF USING FIXING PLATES>

The Mercury Expanding Clip

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For waistband comfort.
Fitting Instuctions
1.Insert clip with hook facing towards open end of waistband.
2.Place fixing plate on outside of lining and insert lugs into the four holes in the clip.

Curtain Rod Gliders

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Sorry for blurry picture.
When I cleaned out the shed I found some of the early strange metal objects I had collected...I hadn't realised how long this strange hobby had been going on!
This packet of curtain rod gliders is very delicate now.
CURTAINS RESPOND TO A MERE TOUCH
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
SEW TO THE CURTAINS BY THE SMALL EYES.SPACING THE GLIDERS EQUALLY. IF THE HOOKS ARE USED. HOOK INTO THE SMALL EYES.
Printed in Britain

Curtain Rod Gliders (Back)

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"TAUT" Rustless Expanding Curtain Rods
for use with these gliders are sold at all stores in all convenient lengths and at economical prices.
Just ask for a "TAUT" rod of the length required.
NOTE: "TAUT" curtain rods will extend to about one third of their unexpanded length.

Food Decorator Set

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Wonderful Tala design.The price 4 shillings and 11 pence...

food decorator

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Side of the box.
Which highlights other exciting products in the range.
No.2028 HOT'N KOLD ROLLING PIN.
Hollow aluminium barrel with water tight screw ends, for ice cubes or cold water for pastry, or warm for yeast dough.In brilliant carton with recipes.
No.984 CARD CUTTERS
For dainty sandwiches and biscuits.In attractive carton.
No.1609 FLOUR SIFTER
Sifts 1Ib flour in 20 seconds by easy trigger movement.
I own one of these flour sifters and it takes longer than 20 seconds and makes your hand ache...quicker with a sieve!