Seagoon_@aussie.zone to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 4 months agoDaily Discussion Thread: 📖📖📖 Monday, September 9, 2024message-squaremessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down11
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minus-squareSeagoon_@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-24 months agoWhile I was fixing the joints of the old chair I found the original makers brass plaque underneath, Ackmans Ltd , Fitzroy. I looked them up and in the 100+ years of the chairs life it’s only moved a few hundred metres. Here’s a historical website about Ackmans. It’s no longer there of course, long gone. https://fitzroymelb.com/243-247-smith-street-fitzroy/ It’s cool. 🙂
While I was fixing the joints of the old chair I found the original makers brass plaque underneath, Ackmans Ltd , Fitzroy. I looked them up and in the 100+ years of the chairs life it’s only moved a few hundred metres.
Here’s a historical website about Ackmans. It’s no longer there of course, long gone. https://fitzroymelb.com/243-247-smith-street-fitzroy/
It’s cool. 🙂