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Modelling => Road vehicles => Topic started by: Hugh Norwood on April 26, 2018, 12:44

Title: Governess cart
Post by: Hugh Norwood on April 26, 2018, 12:44
My latest acquisition for Angst-Lesspork is a Governess cart from Dart Castings:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/909/40815242025_6e0fbd91a0_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25bGMtp)Governess cart kit (https://flic.kr/p/25bGMtp) by H Norwood (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hnorwood/), on Flickr

And here is a photo of my Mum with her elder sister and one of her brothers (taken around 1925)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/829/40815238945_b50fcf6588_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25bGLyi)Governess cart (c. 1925) (https://flic.kr/p/25bGLyi) by H Norwood (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hnorwood/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Governess cart
Post by: Ian Jopson on April 26, 2018, 17:04
So will the driver be Susan Sto-Helit? I can't offhand think of any other inhabitant that fits the bill.
Title: Re: Governess cart
Post by: Hugh Norwood on April 26, 2018, 20:00
Hmmm, interesting. Their use wasn't limited to just governesses, of course! It has been said they were the "mini" of their time.