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These old patterns still useable. Being sent to Africa along with old sewing machines and tools.
Me mum was always sewing and pins would always find there way down the back or side of couch and chairs which was painful when you went rummaging for money

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Did she have one of these, Fish ?

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or a treadle machine . My gran had one of these. Press the peddle back and forth to make it sew.. Ha, brilliant invention !

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.1960's. Note , the first gentleman wearing his suit ! That's how they did it then.

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I remember these, don't think we called them Go Carts though something else but can't remember what. The really good ones had an orange box crate for the seat ,good days.

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I remember these, don't think we called them Go Carts though something else but can't remember what. The really good ones had an orange box crate for the seat ,good days.


Ha ha, some had breaks but most didn't !


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