Antique Tools in London?
DONWENT
Does anyone know if there are any antique tool dealers in London?
I'm going there the 1st week in March. Also going to Darlington.
Any info would be welcome.
Thanks,
Donald
Jeff Gorman
DONWENT wrote:
~ Does anyone know if there are any antique tool dealers in London?
~ I'm going there the 1st week in March. Also going to Darlington.
~ Any info would be welcome.
I posted this only a short while ago, but the turnover on rec.ww seems so great that some readers might not have seen it. Since the holiday season is approaching, it might be worthwhile repeating.
Apologies to seasoned readers.
The Old Tool Store at Spilsby is possibly within reach of Darlington,
depending on time to spare and access to a car.
Some UK addresses. They cannot be guaranteed. If giving up precious
time or travelling distances, please phone beforehand to check if they
are open.
The Old Tool Store
Red Lion
East Kirby
Spilsby
Lincs PE23 4BX
England
Phone 01790 763 406 (from the UK, omit the leading zero from abroad)
Fax 01790 763 311
Run by Ray Isles, Ashley Isles son. They offer a catalogue.
Overseas enquiries welcome. "Callers welcome, but please telephone
+first to avoid disappointment".
Spilsby is about 30 miles east of Lincoln, about 12 miles west of
Skegness, a seaside resort.
There is a former Lancaster bomber station, RAF Hemswell at Hemswell
Cliff, near to a small village about 10 miles east of Gainsborough and
about 12 miles north of Lincoln where the hangars are divided into
antique shops of several kinds. There are some old tools. They are open
all the year round, and have a restaurant. The Hemswell Antique
Centres are on 01427 668389 (Omit leading zero from abroad). When
travelling southwards, do not go into Hemswell village, but proceed a
few hundred yards further to the roundabout and turn left. When I
visited, I felt it difficult to say whether a long detour would be
justified for the tools alone, but there are plenty of portable
antique items that might attract a SWMBO (or HWMBO) also. Regretably
some Pukey Craft shops as well.
Old Tool Shop
3 Highfield Road
Doncaster
The Tool Cabin
(David Stanley)
Ogansthorpe LE12 9SR
Leicestershire
01530 222 320
Lists available £4 - Europe, £5 - Australia, $6 - North America
Chris White
The Tool Shop
1 Broadbridge House
Bosham Lane
Bosham
Sussex PO18 8HT
01243 573 472
Dan Letts
Boys Hill Farm
Holnest
Sherborne
Dorset
Woody's Tool Shop
856 Wimborne Road
Moordown
Bournemouth
Roy Arnold
77 High Street
Needham Market
Ipswich IP6 8AN
Phone: 01449 720110 (omit the leading zero from abroad)
Fax: 01449 722498
Tony Murland in the High Street also.
Mark Rees Tools
Barrow Mead Cottage
Rush Hill
Bath BA2 2QP
Bristol Design (Tools) Ltd
14 Perry Road
Bristol BS1 5BG
England
Phone +44 117 929 1740
Email 10001...@compuserve.com
Charles Stirling - Speaks Murrican. 8-)
The Tool Shop
Broadbridge House
Bosham Lane
Bosham
Chichester
Sussex
01243 573 472/ 572937
Open Fri, Sat, Sun & Mon.
The Tool Box
Colyton
Nr Seaton
Devon
EX13 6LU
01297 552 868
Pennyfarthing Tools
31 Penyfarthing street
Salisbury
Wiltshire
01722 410 090
Mon - Sat
Les Hall
Malvern Studios Museum
56 Cowleigh Road
Malvern WR14 1QD
Worcestershire
01327 467 316
Furniture maker and restorer, selling essentially antiques. Tools
apparently on display in glass cases.
Leeside Tool Shop
Burndell Road
Yapton
West Sussex BN1 80HP
01243 554 056
St Albans Gallery
28 Spicer Street
St Albans
Herts AL3 4 PG
01727 830 574
Inchmartin Restorations
Inchture
Perthshire
Scotland
01828 864512
Paul Rougetel
Chester
01244 343259
Old Woodworking tools, 18th Cent Wooden planes, works from home
071 359 9313
London addresses ------------------------------------------------
The Antiquarian
King's Road,
London
(SE of the Sloane Square tube)
The Old Tool Chest,
41 Cross St London, N1
0171 359 9313
Underground Angel and Islington Stations
It's situated about 1/2 way between the Angel and the Islington tube
stations. Bring cash.
Jubilee Market
Covent Garden
London
Monday only, 0800 to mid-day.
Nearest Underground, Covent Garden and Charing Cross.
Portobello Road market
London
There is a free guide published by The Portobello Road Antique Dealers
Association, 288 Westbourne Grove, Longon W11 2PS, Tel: 0171-229 8354,
which list the various shops and regular stalls.
New Tools ----------------------------------------------------------
James Jackson
79 Alscot Rd
London SE1
0171 242 7578
Nearest Underground London Bridge
W Tyzack
79 - 81 Kingsland Road
London EC1
0171 739 7126/2630
Nearest Underground - Old St Station
Parry Tyzack
329 Old Street
London EC1
0171 739 8301
Underground - Old Street
Buck & Ryan
101 Tottenham Court Road
London W1
0171 636 7475
John Boddy's
Northallerton
N. Yorkshire
New tools, books (but sealed in cling film), finishing materials,
turnery fittings and timbers (best for exotics and stuff for turners
and carvers). Weekend demonstrations. A sideline of a largeish
timber merchants.
Sculptors tools ----------------------------------------------------
Alec Tiranti
27 Warren Street
London W1P 5DG
Tel 0171 636 8565
Fax 0171 636 85650.
Visits --------------------------------------------------------------
Temple Newsam House
Outskirts of Leeds
An Elizabethan mansion in the care of Leeds City Council. Large range
of furniture. Extensive grounds for a walk.
Lotherton Hall
Lotherton
Nr Aberford
N Yorks
An easy car ride from Leeds or York. Also run by Leeds City Museum. It
is an Edwardian house formerly owned by a collector. It has High
Victorian and some Arts & Crafts Movement furniture, usually some
modern craft displays. Worth a visit since the furniture is more
interesting than the usual run-of-the-mill museum stuff. A bird garden
for the non-craft people.
Sheffield has the Abbeydale Steelworks, home of the first crucible
steel and water-powered forge for making scythe blades. Also the
buildings of the original settlement. Run my Sheffield City Museum.
I've been there. It is well worth a visit.
The Shepherd Wheel near Sheffield about 1-1/2 miles away consists of
two cutlery grinding workshops powered by a waterwheel, completely
restored and fully operational.
Kelham Island Museum includes a 12,000 hp steam engaine and describes
the living conditions of Sheffield workers and two self-employed
"Little Mesters" working full-time in specialist workshops, according to
my 1987 guide.
General
British Tourist Authority
http://www.bta.org.uk
Hotel Net
http://www.hotelnet.co.uk
Jeff, who thinks there is more to the UK than the usual tourist traps.
--
Jeff Gorman - West Yorkshire
je...@millard.demon.co.uk