Looking at the British Newspaper Library, this inquest was reported in the Leicester Mercury (Sat 15 March 1856, page 3) as the owner Frederick Shelton came from Leicester and the machine is described as being for the "amusement of children" and involved turning a wheel on a platform 15 feet of the ground. Sounds to me like some early form of Big Wheel or similar device to send children up in the air and down again. John R G Bland   Spalding   Member of the Lincolnshire Family History Society www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk/ Reg. Charity No 1000724 > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lincsgen- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Anne Cole > Sent: 04 February 2012 16:43 > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LIN] Mr Shelton's "up and down" machine > > Has anyone ever heard of this? There is nothing on google so it is probably > local. It was the cause of death of someone in Grantham in 1856. Apparently > he stood on a stage to turn the handle of the machine, his hand slipped and > he was pitched head foremost to the ground below. The jury recommended > that the a guard be put round the stage. > > Anne > > Anne Cole, President, Lincolnshire Family History Society > > Duncalf(e)/Duncuff/Duncuft One-name Study GOONS member 513 > > http://www.one-name.org/profiles/duncalf.html > > Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index > > http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ > > Lincolnshire Family History Society > > http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Thanks, John, now we know. I may annotate the inquest to include the Leicester Mercury reference. Anne Anne Cole, President, Lincolnshire Family History Society Duncalf(e)/Duncuff/Duncuft One-name Study GOONS member 513 http://www.one-name.org/profiles/duncalf.html Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lincsgen- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Bland > Sent: 06 February 2012 00:31 > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LIN] Mr Shelton's "up and down" machine > > Looking at the British Newspaper Library, this inquest was reported in the > Leicester Mercury (Sat 15 March 1856, page 3) as the owner Frederick > Shelton > came from Leicester and the machine is described as being for the > "amusement > of children" and involved turning a wheel on a platform 15 feet of the > ground. > > Sounds to me like some early form of Big Wheel or similar device to send > children up in the air and down again. > > John R G Bland > > Spalding > > Member of the Lincolnshire Family History Society > www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk/ > Reg. Charity No 1000724 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lincsgen- > > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Anne Cole > > Sent: 04 February 2012 16:43 > > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [LIN] Mr Shelton's "up and down" machine > > > > Has anyone ever heard of this? There is nothing on google so it is > probably > > local. It was the cause of death of someone in Grantham in 1856. > Apparently > > he stood on a stage to turn the handle of the machine, his hand slipped > and > > he was pitched head foremost to the ground below. The jury recommended > > that the a guard be put round the stage. > > > > Anne > > > > Anne Cole, President, Lincolnshire Family History Society > > > > Duncalf(e)/Duncuff/Duncuft One-name Study GOONS member 513 > > > > http://www.one-name.org/profiles/duncalf.html > > > > Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index > > > > http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ > > > > Lincolnshire Family History Society > > > > http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN- > > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > > the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message