365+ A Lawnmower for Every Day
Posted: July 21st, 2010 | Author: hortoris | Filed under: Tools and Equipment | No Comments »Stan Hardwick of Filey in Yorkshire has a collection of 365 Lawnmowers.
The Daily Mail dubbed Stan The Lawn Ranger.
Lawn Mower Clippings
- Stan a retired greenkeeper knows a thing or two about grass but 365 lawnmowers – wow!
- To house the treasures he has a two story garden shed – now there is an idea, I never have enough room.
- Stan’s oldest is an 1862 Penny Mower which still works and he describes it as ‘a brilliant machine’.
- Makes in the collection include Ransome, Suffolk, and the £2,000 Follows and Baites Climax.
Have you heard the joke about my Lawn? It’s weedy.
I must have been smoking grass to put that in! Turf it out in the next edition (ed)
What do you call a cow who works for a gardener? A lawn moo-er.
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