Monday 26 December 2011

101 uses for many things.

This book has a number of ways to use everyday household items in all manner of useful ways. I have picked out some of the best ones, so you can imagine how bad some of these are. 1955 was a time of make do and mend and I am not laughing at the ingenuity shown then..I really admire it. A time when men in their sheds could solve any problem.

101 uses for a wooden ice-cream spoon.

101 uses for a hinge

101 uses for a cotton reel

101 uses for a biro

Tuesday 20 December 2011

101 uses for a pencil


Pack of pencils found in a POUND shop in Manchester. Using a pencil as a ruler is fine so long as you don't want to use it as a pencil. Once your sharpen it you start losing inches...