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Dave John
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quotePosted at 22:46 on 26th March 2015
Bell ... Telephone
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rustyruth
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quotePosted at 00:24 on 27th March 2015

No sorry, all good guesses but not correct.

My invention was in the 1930's.

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Ken Marshall
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quotePosted at 14:03 on 27th March 2015
Percy Shaw         Catseye.
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rustyruth
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quotePosted at 15:08 on 27th March 2015

You know Ken sometimes I think you can read my mind. Percy Shaw it is, born in Halifax the same as me. 

Did you ever hear the famous Ken Dodd joke about the pencil sharpener ?

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Vince Hawthorn
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quotePosted at 21:38 on 27th March 2015
 Yes well  done Ken, I reckon that Ken can read minds as well.
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Ken Marshall
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quotePosted at 22:10 on 27th March 2015

I'm still looking for a question for the next quizzy.

I haven't heard the Ken Dodd joke about the pencil sharpener.

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Ken Marshall
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quotePosted at 22:24 on 27th March 2015
What was the name of the British company which produced and sold the first petrol driven lawn mowers in the early 1900s?
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Dave John
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quotePosted at 22:43 on 27th March 2015

QUALCAST comes to mind as does ATCO

My dad had models of each over the years

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Ken Marshall
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quotePosted at 22:47 on 27th March 2015
No, Qualcast and Atco appeared well after the mowers in question.
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Dave John
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quotePosted at 22:53 on 27th March 2015
Sorry but done a bit of cheating and found the name EDWIN BUDDING who was from Thrupp, near Stroud ??
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