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Wash basin.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:39 pm
by damflask
hello, just stumbled across this wonderful forum.
I got this basin out of a skip today and it has LNER stamped on the taps.
Any info would be very welcome.
Re: Wash basin.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 6:23 pm
by Trestrol
Sink out of coach by the look of it. Iam obviously looking in the wrong skips., But not as much fun as travelling aroud Aberdeenshire farms looking for old coach bodies.
Re: Wash basin.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 6:40 pm
by Wavey
You found this in a skip!?
As Trestol says this is a standard LNER carriage wash basin used from the 1920's right the way through until the end of Gresley designed carriages in the early 1940's.
There are several carriage restoration groups who may be interested in this if you are willing to part with it. Please PM me if you are.
Thanks
Dave Cullingworth, Secretary LNER Coach Assn.
Re: Wash basin.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:10 pm
by 52D
I guess by your username you are a Sheffield chap am i correct? I live in the city when not working away.
Re: Wash basin.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:13 pm
by damflask
Thanks for the replies. I have no idea what this was doing in a skip in Sheffield. The basin waste is modern with a plastic washer..so I'm guessing it has been installed in a house at some point?
Re: Wash basin.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:50 pm
by Wavey
damflask wrote:Thanks for the replies. I have no idea what this was doing in a skip in Sheffield. The basin waste is modern with a plastic washer..so I'm guessing it has been installed in a house at some point?
Possibly but not sure those taps are designed for working at mains pressure.
Re: Wash basin.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:53 pm
by strang steel
Which reminds me; I have a large bar (about the size of a house brick) of soap stamped LNER. That came from Rotherham.
Re: Wash basin.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:33 pm
by Trestrol
It hasn't by any chance got a number written in crayon on the underside has it? If it has this will be the coach number it came out of.
Re: Wash basin.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:54 pm
by damflask
TRESTROL wrote:It hasn't by any chance got a number written in crayon on the underside has it? If it has this will be the coach number it came out of.
It did have. I am so sorry. I gave it a quick clean before I took the photo.
Re: Wash basin.
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 5:57 pm
by damflask
Well..it looks like I'm going to be selling it. Send me a PM if interested.
Re: Wash basin.
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:02 pm
by PinzaC55
Why on earth did somebody throw this in a skip? my first thought would have been "ebay 99p start bid" even without the railway connection. Well done for saving it.