Melanie b

🤣🤣🤣 but I'm not scary 🤣

Ah, thank you

Really? The postcode stamp is on a different part of them to the 'Tp bromley, westcliffe manorroad Darwen lancs' stamp and doesn't relate to that address at all? 🤷‍♀️

I notice on old threads you mentioned 22ct windlasses and mentioned a blogg on the subject...did it go anywhere? Incorrectly hallmarking has always carried huge penalties from the Assay Office so they'd must have been brave to stamp it for the crack 🙂 the 22ct one is the smaller gauge so is slightly lighter, they've both got an identical bronze patina There's also a postcode stamp in the same font as the other writing BD23 3NT which comes out to just 2 properties directly on the L / L Canal, one of which is Lock House... Intriguing to me...beautiful tactile things

Thanks so far everyone! Love this type of collective thinking! Some interesting thoughts so far, keep them coming. I've just had a wild idea about the 22ct mark...bear with me! You know like the ceremonial ground breaking spades presented to dignitaries...would it be along those lines, like a retiring lock keeper gift etc. Obviously in gold plate on bronze? (Although the mark is the same as on a piece of my jewellery but without the city and date stamp, if it did mean 22ct plate it would say plated in theory to be assay legit)...just an idea, shoot me now 😉

Good evening everyone and thank you for allowing me to join 😊 I'm hoping someone can give me some info on these lovely windlasses. I'm moving home and found them in the shed in a box of old tools, but on closer inspection and a bit of research I'm a bit more enlightened! I've no connection with the waterways nor has any of my family as far as I know! I'm particularly intrigued what the 22ct mark means.. I know what ideally it would mean but I'm dreaming here 😃 thank you in anticipation for any info