Markings: Flag and "PARAGON".
Manufacturer: Lee Howl.
Carlisle (click on photographs to bring up bigger/better versions).
[Thanks to Rob Winthrup for the photos.]
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Thirteen pumps, all gathered together at the same location in
Carlisle, Cumbria. Amazing. Markings: Flag and "PARAGON". Manufacturer: Lee Howl. |
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At the same location in Carlisle, Cumbria. Markings: Just a label reading "ENGLISH VILLAGE PUMP". Manufacturer: Unk. |
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At the same location in Carlisle, Cumbria. Markings: A shield with the wording "BAMFORD'S UNIVERSAL PUMP", and the initials "H B & S". Manufacturer: Bamford's of Uttoxeter. |
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At the same location in Carlisle, Cumbria. Markings: "THOMAS & SON WORCESTER" on barrel and "THOMAS & SON" on handle. Manufacturer: Thomas & Son of Worcester. |
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Number 5... six ft high. Markings: A very indistinct possible "425" or "435" or "445"? Manufacturer: Unk. |
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Number 6... a small, ornate pump, with a cast iron
handle. Markings: "70" on the cap. Manufacturer: Unk, but hints of Chinese origin about it - and there are very similar models in Llangollen, Denbighshire and King's Stag, Dorset. |
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Number 7... perhaps not a colour scheme orginally offered by
Messrs Lee, Howl & Co - but wait until you see the pump
in its new setting. Markings: Flag, "ALL BRITISH MADE" and a number "3". Manufacturer: Lee Howl. |
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Number 8... A very smart example of a "Belfast" pattern Irish
pump. Markings: "A CLYDE BALLYMENA". The name "CLYDE" is very obviously raised higher than the rest of the wording, which - a wild guess - might indicate that an A. RANKIN BALLYMENA pump had been used as a pattern. Manufacturer: Supplied by A. Clyde of Ballymena. |
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Number 9... this one stands at 5' 6", and has a
rather smart finial. Markings: None. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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Number 10... with some fancy flourishes. Markings: None. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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Number 11... minus its cap. Markings: Lion. Manufacturer: Joseph Evans. |
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Number 12, complete with authentic cast iron trough (and a sightly
less authentic magpie perched on its cap). Markings: "THOMAS & WILKS KIDDR". Manufacturer: Thomas & Wilks. |
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Number 13... Markings: "7959 MARK 4.X", "BAMFORD'S UNIVERSAL PUMP" and a shiled containing the letters "BU". Manufacturer: Bamfords of Uttoxeter. |
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And this one has migrated to another Carlisle garden.
Markings: "ALLEN & SON TAUNTON" on the barrel and "CHURCHILL" stamped at the top of the handle. Manufacturer: C. Allen & Son of Tone Bridge, Taunton. |
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