Sheppards' Barton ~ Frome

Wow, what a nice decoration...

Thank you very much Udo.

Seems to be, but cannot tell for sure. Nevertheless now provides fine decoration !

Good recycling Isabel :-)

ça ressemble bien a une presse mais je n'ai pas trouver sur internet cela dit la photo est bien réaliser c'est une superbe décoration agréable journée Rosalyn.

I wish I could find out what their business was Patrick. Thank you for your kind comment and interest. Have a nice day.

I love the colour contrast, Rosa, between the red flowers and the green mangle. Cheers, Joe

Yes, it could be a mangle Joe. That was my first thought, but whatever it is, it has been made good use of now. I have seen a lot of cider presses now supporting flowers....well, this is Somerset. LoL! Cheers, Rosa.

Superbe image fleurie !
Bonne journée. Amitiés

Thank you very much Madeleine.
Happy Wednesday.
Regards.

Lovely image.

Happy wednesday!

Thank you very much Annemarie.
Happy Wednesday.

Beautiful decoration for this wall!
Great image, Rosalyn!
HWW too!

Thank you very much Judite.
Happy Wednesday.

What a lovely colourful corner Rosa.
hWW

Thank you very much Jaap.
Happy Wednesday.

A wonderful image with lovely warm colours Rosa,
I remember the company, but they produced so many things, the fact it is portable is interesting,

Thank you Roger. So the company would have made this, rather than have used it themselves? I am so pleased that you remember the company. Many thanks for the information.

Wow,das ist aber ein schöner Anblick liebe Rosa,da kommt auch diese alte Mauer ins Strahlen mit diesen roten Blütenstrauch und dieser tollen Deko,das passt richtig toll dazu :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))

Thank you very much for your kind comment dear Günter. It certainly took my eye :-)

Best wishes and a good evening, Rosa.

HWW - sehr schöne Aufnahme!

Thank you very much.

I love this photo Rosa...........so bright and colourful, with oodles of amazing detail. I like the red flowers and the green leaves match the colour of the press/mangle perfectly. The light is gorgeous. A fantastic find and shot!

I'd say this was probably a press of some sort, given the screw-down thingy on the top, but I'm only guessing. I've found a little bit about their business:

museums.bristol.gov.uk/narratives.php?irn=16181

Thank you so much Keith. So the firm was a wholesale ironmongers them. Thanks very much for the link. You did well to find it. All I could find was one photo which didn't mention the trade.

This wall was at the end of the street and I couldn't wait to get to it! I love finding things like the old press/mangle :-)

It's a beautiful Image Rosa a mangle.
HWW have a good day.
TOZ

Thank you very much TOZ.
All the best,
Rosa.

This machine was of course not intended to carry this planter of flowers but the whole is very pleasant to look at: a very simple photo, a very simple photographic motif >>>> you made a very successful photo of it!!!! !!!!!!
Good evening Rosa*****************

Thank you for your kind comment Nouchet. I see a few old cider presses carrying flowers like this....well, I am in Somerset, with its many cider apple orchards!
Have a lovely evening :-)

A very beautiful composition, Rosa ! Have a nice evening ! And: HWW !

THank you very much Ulrich. I hope you also have a nice evening.

Bonne idée de déco ma Rosa ********************bisous et bonne soirée mon amie ♥

Thank you dear Angelique.....great recycling :-)
I hope you also have a great evening my friend.
Bisous ******

A fine scene here. I love these rustic colours from you. Well done

HWW, enjoy the week. Herb

Frome is a rustic place Herb :-) Thank you for your kind comment.

Best regards, Rosa

Hi Rosa
A wonderful and interesting picture, which I like very much!
Very nice composition of the two contrasting objects against the wall.
I did a bit of digging, but couldn't find much either
Best Wishes, HWW, a nice week ahead, and stay safe!!
Peter

I can say a bit about Henry Fry..
Henry trained as an accountant, but did not follow his father’s profession but bought a partnership in the iron and tinplate firm of Godwin, Warren, Fry & Co., Redcliffe Street, Bristol. . However, after 18 years with the firm all was not well as on 28 Oct 1903 the partnership between James Colthurst Godwin, Robert Hall Warren & Henry was dissolved.

You may like this too:- www.1900s.org.uk/mangle.htm

Hi Peter,
Thank you very much for your kind comment
and for the interesting link, which I have just read.
Best wishes & happy Thursday,
Rosa.

I love the nice warm colours and the beautiful composition ,Rosa!
HWW!
Have a nice week!

Best wishes
Füsun

Thank you very much for your kind comment Fusun.
Much appreciated.

Best wishes,
Rosa.

I sure it's a mangle my wife had a damaged finger that had been in one of those Google mangle machine go to images the first one is very similar having it on castors seems to be a bit rare, the quince is late flowering mine is over, I hope you have had a nice day Good night

There must have been a lot of damaged fingers back in the day! This small back yard is very sheltered Peter, so probably why the flowers are late. Happy Thursday.

It almost reminded me of an old sewing machine, but then I thought...nope ;-)
An absolutely lovely arrangement and such an idyllic picture. Wonderful, Rosa!

Yes it does have that look to it Edna :-))
Thank you for your kind comment.

well composed, HWW Rosalyn!

Thank you very much Wierd.

Beautiful image and rugged wall backdrop. HWW Best wishes.

May be Oxford or Cambridge should realize it is not found in the search, they could not the needful, they can dig deep in older information.

However here is a link archives.bristol.gov.uk/records/39864/2/496

May be this is the same company

Thank you for the link Dinesh. Actually that is the only one I found. Yes it is the same company.

Many thanks for your interest and kind comment.
Have a good day.

Las flores las fusilaste contra la pared... con la cámara y bien.El aparato que ahora hace de peana de maceta es a todas luces una prensa. Buen jueves, Rosa.

Well, it's either a press or an old mangle Jose. I would have liked to ask the owner, but there was no one about on this visit. Many thanks for your kind comments.
Happy Thursday.

I remember seeing a mangle in my great grandfather's garage some time ago. I understand that they were normally used by young widows with children and the local community would use the facility regularly, partly as a form of charity..

That was an interesting find Andy. I know at Kingston Lacy House, the wash house was in a yard and they had about 12 mangles there. What an awful job that must have been in the cold and wet and having to iron pure cotton!

FOUND S PIC OD THEIR BUILDING IN OLD BRISTOL
archives.bristol.gov.uk/records/39864/2/497

LOVE THE MANGLE/PRESS

Thank you Pam. That is the only one I could find. It is nice to see the building though.
Best wishes ♥

Eine gute Bildkomposition mit schönen Kontrastfarben!
Einen nachträglichen HWW!

Thank you very much.
Good evening Wilhelm.

Oh help, I remember being on mangle duty for my mother, hated it, I was always convinced my fingers would get caught in it. Hadn't thought of it since I last did it!!!

However my friend, despite the memories this is a delightful image!

Those rollers wouldn't have done your fingers much good Maggie! I'm pleased you were careful.

Thank you for your kind words, despite the memory ;-))

What a charming image Rosa. I remember my nan having a mangle, - memories. I did have a look and it looks very much like a mangle listed at auction as a Crown Jewel Green Mangle by Godwin Warren and Co. Limited.
www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/a-cast-iron-new-crown-jewel-mangle-by-godwin-warr-814-c-m1coxn480b

Beautiful colours and composition Rosa

Thank you Carol. Gosh, that was a good find! Well done, and we now know exactly what it is :-)) Good to see it still in use, albeit a very different use!

Une vieille façade avec des éléments qui l'enjolivent encore plus !

Thank you very much Leopold.

How delicate and sweet this composition.
Thank you Rosalyn.