Date:1920 - 1950 (c.)
Description:Leather cutting machine. Hand turned wheel, designed to be bolted on to a workbench. Leather can be cut to a variety of widths by adjusting the slide guide seen set in a central position in this photograph. This machine used by Mr Wheeldon in the cobblers shed in his back garden on Bagot Street, Abbots Bromley during the 1960s and 1970s.
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Creators: Education Department ( Photographer ) - Creator
Image courtesy of: Mr T Wheeldon
Donor ref:97.026.0010 (37/12622)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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