During this past extended holiday a ditch was dug to lay a pipe - behind the rugby stands (White Field) next to the Hockey Astro. Many treasures were uncovered including a strange unidentified object.
See my pics below
The Unidentified Object found
No one knew what this object was. There were attempts at guessing:
Possibilities:
Mr Jarvis - The end of an old curtain rail
Ms Birkett - The top of an old fire extinguisher
Mr Meintjes - The inside of an old wall socket
The winners for correctly identifying the object
Mr Matthews Shange
Mr Theo Garrun
It is in fact
a component of an old PRIMUS STOVE
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Primus stove, the first pressurized-burner kerosene (paraffin) stove, was developed in 1892 by Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist, a factory mechanic in Stockholm.
I tried to find out how old this component is, found this info,
Click on the link below to read more
https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/primus-no-1-pre-1896.33391/
Keep going Jean. These posts are fascinating
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