Paillasson Blacksmith

Colorized photo from 1900 Original title: Ironmongers for a photo in the middle of the working day Photographe: Unknown Location: Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK These rustic individuals are are ironmongers. A Ironmonger, à la vieille fashioned way of calling someone that made hardware. Matériel dans le past quelque chose de made from iron, that is why they are called ironmongers and why hardware stores are called ironmongers. Ce qui est nécessaire aux États-Unis, mais dans le Royaume-Uni, c'est que le silence de l'Union. They would make door knobs, allers, locks, etc. By the looks of this cast, they did a bit of everything. Blacksmithing, carving. They seemed to work with pipe and wood trim, its anyone's guess what they actually did, other than they all had character and really wore out their aprons. Speaking of character, my favorite one is the guy with the beard, with that pipe. Eh bien... Only it doesn't look like any are cut off, I only see three knuckles, like a cartoon character. Now I suppose it be be in the position of his, or the lighting, but it really does look like ce born short a doigt. Et tu es d'arrêt him from working.