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Thanks for that, Dava. BTW, the three-legged contrivance was known as a dolly peg.

I don`t think it mentioned what is was called but it did say what it was used for and how it was used.

My parents have owned The New Dock

r u one of jimmys girls

have heard of beauforts being called frankies as my boss and his wife worked there.he has never said frankenstiens before but that dosnt mean that its wrong.

exellent work guys

With the Dolly peg, they used a Dolly Tub and also had a dolly blue which i think was used for whitening. Also a washboard for scrubbing items on. Skittle groups used to get a tune out of a washboard and use it as a musical instrument within the group.

Your right about the Dolly blue Bert,I was told a while back that they also used to use it in emulsion paint to create a brilliant white effect.

Sorry,forgot to mention the Dolly blue was added by the customer not the manufacturer.

A Dolly blue was added to whitewash also, Lime was added to water along with tallow or candle wax and a dolly blue for whiteness. The last time i made whitewash about 30 years ago i could not get my hands on a dolly blue so i was advised by my dad to put Oxydol soap powder in as it contained dolly blue. It worked a treat.

Skiffle, please, Bert. I remember frequently visiting the Skiffle Cellar in Greek St. Soho in the late 1950's. This was the era of espresso bars, coffee in glass cups & just before the Swinging Sixties. Ah, what memories.

Dam typing tinger, i mean finger

HI just been looking at post off(SARA)I lived in seven street in the late 60s i remember frankes and the beufords.do u remember the beuford easte on corpt road

The famous/infamous 'Blood Tub' is no more - drove past on me way to the tip the other week - the weeds are already growing on the site....

Beaufort Air Sea (Rescue) Equipment was originally called 'Frankensteins' (named after the owners the Frankenstien Brothers)
The factory in Beaufort road was, at one time, the largest company of it's kind under one roof. They have in their time made Life Rafts, Life Jackets, Immersion Suits, Air Portable Hangers, Underground Emergency Water tanks to name but a few...They also had a large factory in Glossop in Derbyshire, in an old Cotton Mill called "Wrens Nest Mill". During the time they were called 'Frankensteins' most of the workforce would say they worked for (or at) Frankies and this name stuck with many of them even after the new name of Beaufort came into use, I still know of at least one person who refers to them as Frankie's.