PART THREE - The Roaring TwentiesThe earliest advertisements (from the 1920s) present the company as Alex Grahame,
Lawn Mower Hospital. At this time, the company was clearly a lawnmower specialist
mainly engaging in repair work, but also trading in second-hand machines, and
importing new lawnmowers for sale.
The Company was clearly selling new
Green's lawnmowers at this time, including the
large size
Silens Messor Pony and Horse Mowers. By the end of the twenties, Alex
Grahame was advertising a 'large variety' of 'New and Slightly Used' lawnmowers.
Significantly, Alex Grahame were selling both
residential and
commercial machines,
new and second-hand; and acting as a repairer, seller and importer. Their first
phone number was
Petersham (Pet.) 168.
TO BE CONTINUED ...