Hello
ODK History Lovers
I am compelled to record the stories of the lawnmowers sold in Australia.
The priority is, of course, telling the stories of local manufacture (before it
is completely forgotten), but also the reality of imported machines from around
the globe that came to thee shores.
The first power lawnmowers in Australia were indubitably of British manufacture.
We are a commonwealth Nation, after all�
This is the story of the
Mitchell Brother�s Automo power lawnmowers.
Mitchell�s of Derby Road, Nottingham, were a small manufacturer of power lawnmowers.
They didn�t re-invent the wheel though � they used a high-quality push reel/roller
mower from another manufacturer and powered it using one of their engines.
This story begins when a New Zealand collector,
Greg Stokes, (I regret having lost
contact with) sent me some photos of an unusual mower. He had been sent the photos
from another NZ collector,
Alan Mattingly, who had seen and photographed the machine.
It was clear that the mower had JP Engineering lineage, but it was unlike the JP
power mowers I had seen. What was it?
TO BE CONTINUED ...