Hello
ODK history lovers
The British
Arundel, Coulthard & Company of Preston, Lancashire,
England appears to have begun business in the early 20th Century.
At that time, they were textile machinery manufacturers.
By the 1930s, Arundel Coulthard began lawnmower production –
producing manual side-wheel, and roller mowers. They also made
powered reel mowers.
This article is a record for their power mower – the
Arunco Rollmo, a
14” powered roller mower sold in Australia from about
1937 to
about the
mid-1950s.In the homeland these mowers were branded as 'Presto Rollmos'
[‘Presto’ derived from the city Preston]. Here that could not be so …
we had an Australian side-wheel lawnmower named ‘Presto’ that sold
widely in the day [Here, ‘presto’ meant ‘pressed steel’].
So AUS machines were sold as the Arunco Rollmo power mower
[‘Arunco’ being an abbreviation of the company name].
TO BE CONTINUED ...