Gosh, that's almost as bad as the Ballad of Mr Shot and Mr Nott (Shot shot Nott, but Shot was not shot etc. etc.). Nothing is mentioned about place of work, just the machine is mentioned as belonging to Mr Shelton, and the inquest was taken at Grantham town hall. I did wonder about a theatre myself, but maybe that was just the mention of a 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 _____ From: elaine westaway [mailto:laneywest1960@yahoo.com] Sent: 04 February 2012 17:04 To: duncalf@one-name.org Subject: Re: [LIN] Mr Shelton's "up and down" machine if not in a theatre here is another possibility An up-and-down swing mechanism for separated heald frames of a sample fabrics machine, which includes a plurality of heald frames fitted to a sample fabrics machine. A lower end of each of the heald frames is respectively fitted with a clutch and a swing arm, and controlling a portion of the clutches to engage/separate from the swing arms causes two swing arms to swing/not swing, which then drive a portion of the heald frames to enable up and down swing/no swing thereof through two transmission arms, thereby weaving the required fabric according to the style of sample fabric to be produced. Elaine Westaway From: Anne Cole <duncalf@one-name.org> To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 4 February 2012, 16:43 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