a big noise in the garden
nThe machine was made by Atco, which traces it history back to 1921 when the new- fangled petrol powered lawn mowers were first launched.
n They cost the princely sum of 75 – more than some mowers cost today.
n They were so heavy that salesmen touted them around to customers in specially modified motor bike and side car combinations.
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Hide Adn The restored machine dates from the 1950s – a boom period for lawnmower manufacturers as post-war Britons got back to gardening.
n Originally based in Birmingham, the company’s operations were dispersed around the country following a series of buyouts and a fire at their old works.
n In the 1990s a management buyout heralded a new beginning and the company was snapped up by Bosch.