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Ken Marshall Posts: 804 Joined: 20th Jun 2012 Location: Australia	quotePosted at 23:08 on 27th March 2015 Sorry Dave, that's not the answer. Edwin Budding invented the lawn mower in 1830 and it wasn't a petrol-driven mower. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England	quotePosted at 23:09 on 27th March 2015 Bit more delving then ! ! ! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England	quotePosted at 23:11 on 27th March 2015 Ransomes is another major name in lawn mowing, maybe?? My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Vince Hawthorn Posts: 12758 Joined: 19th Apr 2010 Location: UK	quotePosted at 23:18 on 27th March 2015 Bit stuck on this one - I don't have a blade of grass to my name- dug it all up years and years ago and gone more natural. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Ken Marshall Posts: 804 Joined: 20th Jun 2012 Location: Australia	quotePosted at 23:56 on 27th March 2015 Yes Dave, it was Ransomes in 1902.Well done. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England	quotePosted at 23:59 on 27th March 2015 Thanks Ken, This one probably won't last too long Whitehaven in Cumbria and New York in America have a connection What is that connection please?? My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England	quotePosted at 13:10 on 28th March 2015 Off the top of my head, and it's been a few years since I was in Whitehaven, I think Whitehaven was a planned town, one of very few since the Middle Ages, I'm thinking that the New York street system was based on the streets of Whitehaven, something to do with the grid system. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England	quotePosted at 13:32 on 28th March 2015 That's it Ruth, said it would not last long ! ! ! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England	quotePosted at 13:41 on 28th March 2015 Thanks Dave, I'll have a think and be back. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England	quotePosted at 13:59 on 28th March 2015 With an altitude of around 1050ft I am the highest of my type in Britain. What am I ? My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions