OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Collectors Corner Rotary Ings Engineering - RotaRola - WA c1960s

Hello wce and Mystyler
My apologies for the late reply.
wce, the images are fantastic, and they record a most rare
mower. The edger attachment is a rear treat!

The B&W images appeal to my sensibilities and depict a
real sense of history. Brilliant. Thank you!

WE forget that WA did make lawnmowers.

We also seem to forget that Pope Products' Barton Pope was born
in Northam, Western Australia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Products

I am compelled to say something about the rotary with roller concept:

The most historically important mower of this type is the British Rotoscythe.
I have written - extensively - on these great forums about them.
More will be said.

Aussies will find it hard to believe that the UK embraced the rotary-roller
idea with open arms, but only post-WWII.

In fact, their popularity is in rapid decline only now.
Last century, the Brits loved them.



An attempt was made here - with Pace, and from NZ with the Morrison
Rota-Roller. Masport sold a 'Masported' version of the Morrison
in AUS after their take-over of Morrison. They sold poorly here.
Better luck in NZ with them.

Many thanks wce and Mystyler for thinking of WA,
and the very odd things Ings.

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Jack