All it needs is a bit of TLC!

I bet you are glad that you don't have to use one of these typewriters these days. Not exactly portable are they.

Just needs a bit of a dust and polish and it will be as good as new though!


Today's main album photo
http://365project.org/onewing/365/2014-06-04

[Tessa]

could have used that as my title for the day

[Arthur Loosley]

Aahhh! So many memories!

[Sue]

Oh wow, nice find Babs.

[Marnie]

Love it, love it. Imagine how much effort would be required to hit those keys even when the machine was functional. And even more when you wanted upper case!

[Ruby]

Haha...great find

[Julie Urbahn]

cool shot.

[Angela]

I remember having something not vastly dissimilar though! Well found.

[Eve Pulsater]

Ooh. My Grandma had one similar to this. A lovely picture but I am more fascinated by the box it is sitting on.

[Peter]

Brilliant image Babs, love the composition and tones, need some Gunk and lots of elbow grease to get it back to its former glory lol;)

[Kane Arlow]

It possibly needs a new ribbon as well. Love the shot, big fave.

[Rachel]

What a wonderful old machine. My sister was telling me that old typewriters are hard to find because they are making jewellery from the metal letters on the inside. You can have a bracelet spelling your name all made from old typewriter pieces!

[sally agnew]

Great rusty find Babs :-)

[CINDY JOHNSON]

what a find

[Babs]

@tesssa You could. I checked it out.

[Babs]

@pcoulson Thanks Peter. A bit of WD40 and some elbow grease and it will be as good as new.

[Babs]

@wordpixman @sioux @golftragic @ourrube @jules13 @angelar @creampuff @karlow75 @888rachel @hermann @pittcj17 Thanks so much for all your interest and favs on this shot.
I learnt to type on a typewriter similar to this, not quite as old though. What a great idea Rachel, making jewellery with them. Good job they cut them up they weigh a ton.

[Jane Morley]

Rather you than me!

[Derek Vickers]

And a new ribbon Babs. A wonderful capture.

[Andrew S]

A bit of TLC and it would probably fire up again They don't make 'em like they used to! No use to me without an "undo" button! :)

[JuliaE]

Great shot

[Deb]

I had a similar shot of one of these we have here in the shop - where is the spell check!! Fantastic find Babs. I love all the cobwebs along with the fantastic rust.

[Molly]

A relic of the past! Thank goodness we've beyond those!

[Pat Knowles]

Where did you find this Babs......a shout from the past indeed!

[Joey]

Wow, Babs I need this for my vintage theme :-)) Great find

[Debbie]

great find!

[April]

Love the age and textures.

[Laurie F]

wow... nice old find

[Paula W]

Such a great invention!! I remember learning to type on a manual typewriter, I still bash the keys on my laptop a touch to hard - old habits die hard.

[Kathie]

May take a bit more than a bit of TLC altho well worth it. Just make sure it doesn't fall into the box beneath. Could be rather loud.

[Lois]

Wow that looks heavy! Another beauty when it's restored!

[Babs]

@tomtom How did we manage before the undo button!

[Babs]

@happypat It is at Tanilba House. Helen the owner of Tanilba has got all sorts of relics. She is a collector of 'junk' oops. antiques,

[Babs]

@chimfa @derekvickers @swagman @dgrynn @dolphin @joeyc @debilz @april16 @lafish @paulaw @kathiecb @loweygrace I am on catch up now so sorry for the slow reply. Been away for a couple of days. I learnt to type on a manual typewriter and we don't know how lucky we are these days do we.