Looking for some lead pipe

Julian wrote --

" Nowadays we tend to use a Yorkshire fitting on copper, I wonder how they got that name?"

Apparently from the company name Yorkshire fittings. Mike.H.

-------------------------------------------- More info "The Yorkshire Integral Solder Ring (ISR) capillary fitting was developed by Yorkshire Fittings in 1934 and represented a major breakthrough for the industry. The influence of this copper fitting can hardly be overstated, having introduced a completely new concept to the developing plumbing and heating industry and it is no exaggeration to say its contribution to the growth of copper plumbing in the UK and overseas is unparalleled. Such is the strength of the brand that "Yorkshire" has become the generic name for all integral solder ring fittings. " Mike.H.

Who knows how the solder ring was put in...?

Alla

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Maybe they wiped it in with a small moleskin ;-)

Julian.

Or maybe a small trained mole with a propane torch

(1/2 a bottle and still going ;)

Dave

In article , Julian writes

William III (William of Orange, of William and Mary fame, though Mary died years before him). He died after falling from his horse when it caught its foot in a mole-hole. The Jacobites for many years thereafter (and possibly to this day for all I know) toasted "the little gentleman in velvet".

David

I take it you won't need much if it is purely an experiment? That being the case, I could hack off a foot or so & post it, me being in Bristol.

No charge for the pipe but postage at cost would be good.

Contact me off list for a phone number etc should you be interested.

Regards,

J. Kim Siddorn,