Mower History: Information Sources | The Old Lawnmower Club

The information used to prepare this section of the website was drawn from a wide range of sources and references:

Magazines and Publications

Other Documents

Photographs & Images

Other Sources

Dates of Illustrations

Advertisements: the precise date of publication is given where known. If the publication is an "annual" then the date is given as 1 January of that year unless the precise date is known.
Maps: generally the date given will be the year of publication or the year the map is intended to illustrate.
Prints: date of publication when known, otherwise an estimate.
Photographs of Places: generally the date the photograph was taken, if known.
Photographs of Machines (inc Mowers): generally the date the machine was made (or an estimate).

Transcriptions of Articles and Advertisements

The transcriptions aim to provide the basic text from the associated document in a form that can be searched and copied. They are not intended as a direct facsimile.
Tabulated or columnar date (such as details of models, sizes, or prices etc) are recreated in simple text tables to aid reading.
Documents of the time recorded prices in the old pounds, shillings, pence, often abbreviated as l s d. For clarity, the transcriptions present these prices with a £ symbol in front of the number of pounds rather than following it with the letter l as in the original. Hence, prices of one pound or higher are listed in the format £10-5-6 (meaning ten pounds, five shillings, six pence) or £10 5 6 (ie no hyphens). Prices of less than one pound are generally listed in the form 5s 6d (five shillings, six pence).
All of the transcriptions have been checked but errors may have been included due to misreading or mistyping. Please let us know if you spot anything.