LAWNMOWERS
The first lawnmower was patented in 1830 by Edwin Budding. The design was based on the rotary blades used in the cloth industry to achieve a close, even pile on textile cloth.
Above left : Buddings Lawnmower c.1840. Above right : Ransomes' Lawnmowers advertisement c.1900
Above left : Horses and ponies pulling lawnmowers at Balmoral Castle c.1870. Above centre : Pony boots c.1900, worn to protect the grass when mowing lawns. Above right : Fallows and Bates lawnmower c.1880
Above left : Green's Patent Lawnmower c.1910. Above centre : An early motor mower c.1905. Above right ; An image showing 'Walter' with his new lawnmower c.1930.
WHEELBARROWS
There are two types of 'barrow'; either a Hand-barrow or a Wheel-barrow.
One of the oldest carrying-devices invented by man, the hand-barrow
with handles at each end is carried by two people, while the one-wheeled
barrow needs only one.
Above left : Iron wheelbarrow from Sharp's catalogue 1777. Above left : Painted wooden wheelbarrow c.1890. Above right : Wrought-iron barrow c.1880
Above left : Victorian 'scrap' showing children gardening c.1880. Above centre : Girl (or possibly a boy) with typical late Victorian design for a child's wheelbarrow. Above right : Boy with wheelbarrow c.1910.
PESTS and DISEASES
Bird Scaring: Cat's head bird scarer, the glass eyes would catch the light as it blew in the wind, c.1880; Tin cat bird scarer, c.1910; Advert for 'Springing Tiger' Bird Scares from William Wood catalogue 1938.