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Post by harleydales on Dec 14, 2012 18:47:19 GMT -1
Anyone know anything about these carriages? The chap is no longer with us, but was based in Ecton in Staffordshire and did a lot of made to measure stuff - wooden bodies, fibreglass wheels, detatchable shafts and fully adjustable.
I've seen one for sale and it's quite cheap, so am just looking for info on them.
I was also looking at Fun Bugs but they're too dear new and you can't get them second hand. Not sude how the little wheels would cope with our ruts either!!!
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Post by blackdales on Dec 15, 2012 12:29:18 GMT -1
Have you got the village correct or the county wrong!
Home -spun vehicles beware.....
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Post by cadeby on Dec 15, 2012 13:24:53 GMT -1
Ecton Carriages were based at Buxton in Derbyshire. I didn't realise they had closed. I've never owned one of their carriages myself, but I have a couple of friends who have owned 2-wheeled gigs made by Ecton for ponies ranging in size from a Welsh B to a 16hh ShireX. One of my friends still uses his gig two or three times a week (albeit in good weather) and it is still in good working condition after 15 years! I was told that the owner was a proper wheelwright  . |
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Post by zeldalithgow on Dec 15, 2012 18:31:08 GMT -1
Found this Jane
Ecton Carriages
Park House, Reapsmoor, Longnor, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 0LG, United Kingdom
Tel: 0129 884 423
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Post by harleydales on Dec 15, 2012 21:51:14 GMT -1
Ah - next-door-but-one county!! Close!!!
It was the lady who owns it that told me the chap had died, but maybe the company has carried on? I've never heard of them so haven't a clue!
I got the impression he was a well known carriage builder and wheelright and the gig looks gorgeous in the pictures I've seen so far - hoping to go and see it in the next few weeks.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2013 19:33:17 GMT -1
Ecton Carriages was the name used by Arthur Floyd who was based just outside Longnor in the Staffordshire end of the Peak District. Arthur died about 10 years ago & he was a proper wheelwright, carriage builder and horseman who was well known in BDS circles. The business was not carried on after his death.
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Post by harleydales on May 13, 2013 8:26:59 GMT -1
I bought the gig - but with one thing and another I've only had him in it once!! Looks gorgeous in my shed though!!
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Post by lucydales on May 13, 2013 15:48:26 GMT -1
Need PICS pleeeeease!
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