For Sale Garage storage vintage

[Ant1967]

Vintage storage pigeon holes. Been in my dad’s garage for 30 years ish and came from Arthur Lees & Sons steel works in Sheffield where my dad was chief engineer. He took this when the factory closed after being bought by British Steel. My dad believes it could be 100 years old he has known it for at least 50 of those. 6ft long 29inches tall. No items on shelf included £100 collected seems fair.

 

[Ant1967]

Oh the brass mirror is also for sale.

 

[dub 24]

Piece of history there. Lovely to have in a workshop

GLWS

 

[Ant1967]

Piece of history there. Lovely to have in a workshop

GLWS

Cheers Dub yes it is. My dads 84 so slowly moving stuff on and he has lots but still making his models.

 

[dub 24]

Oh wow those are brillant. Excuse my ignorance what are the first two please. The attention to detail is unbelievable
Did he make the steam engine ?

The hand drill on the shelf is beautiful

 

[seriesone80]

Models look Brilliant

 

[Guru Gora]

That’s amazing at any age, at 84………..

 

[TYKEBBS]

Models are amazing

 

[Ant1967]

Oh wow those are brillant. Excuse my ignorance what are the first two please. The attention to detail is unbelievable
Did he make the steam engine ?

The hand drill on the shelf is beautiful

Thanks for all your kind words.. The second one is a mill engine (scale) which used to power our mills on different floors this would have been in the basement running off belts to the different floors, the first is the start of a Stuart Major beam engine but my dad wanted to make it a twin which has never been done so he’s now 4 years in and nearly done, it looks different now it’s painted, the steam engine was another long term project as well as many others which he just tells me to take as he has no use for them.
The last picture is his cluttered workshop which isn’t as bad now since he had a fall but the garage where his large lathe is and his milling machine is still needs work hence the storage shelves to go.

 

[dub 24]

Those photos or your dad are deadly,especially the last one. It looks like complete clutter but I reckon your dad knew where everything was down to an inch.

Love the fact he's wearing a big coat must have been freezing in there yet he looks so contented

My dad loved old machinery especially steam engines. We would go to Monalty steam threshing festival every year when I was a kid. I grew up watching Fred Dibnah on the telly with him. Guess that's where my interest comes from.

 

[Robbi]

Vintage storage pigeon holes. Been in my dad’s garage for 30 years ish and came from Arthur Lees & Sons steel works in Sheffield where my dad was chief engineer. He took this when the factory closed after being bought by British Steel. My dad believes it could be 100 years old he has known it for at least 50 of those. 6ft long 29inches tall. No items on shelf included £100 collected seems fair.

You have PM Sir.

 

[digga]

@Ant1967
your dad is a very skilled man . Those skills are very ,very rare nowadays.
Those models are stunning

 

[Ant1967]

@Ant1967
your dad is a very skilled man . Those skills are very ,very rare nowadays.
Those models are stunning

To be fair I know he is very talented but I’ve had this all my life (58 now) but take it as the norm now . My garage is full to busting with his things as he keeps saying there no good to me now just sell them but it’s hard as it’s part of hism while he’s still here and active and likes to come and look at his projects, motorcycles, models etc and I’ve got my own rubbish I’ve collected etc