On Sunday, May 31, 2020 at 7:30:28 PM UTC+1, Murmansk wrote:
My brother, who is now 63, got a Workmate for his 18th birthday soon after they came out I think

It was made of square section tubular steel in blue and rather heavy but it was a lovely thing. I've done a Google image search and not been able to find a picture of one like he had/has.

It was probably too well made to be economic to continue making it

I've got my dad's old Workmate, must be 40-odd years old, like yours it's got a square section tubular steel frame and pressed steel(?) fold out legs. Still got a lot of blue paint on it although it's flaking away like mad.

Think it's a 525

https://picclick.co.uk/Black-and-Dec...510234029.html

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Halmyre