In article ,
PoP wrote:
Sometimes pikeys serve a useful purpose (testing Tony Martins shotgun
being one of them ). I expect it might have been filched to take
down the scrap metal merchants to make a few bob.

I'd have said it was worth more being re-conditioned and sold on rather
than just scrapping.

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*Life is hard; then you nap

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn