This was made by the Essex Engineering Works based in ... The contributor can remember her grandmother sewing all her clothes on this machine. It's a sign of a make-do-and-mend culture - a time ...

Nigel Havers presides as five sellers aim to get the best price for their items, including a mini sewing machine, a silver canteen, an accordion, gingerbread moulds and some old accounts ledgers.

This was made by the Essex Engineering Works based in ... The contributor can remember her grandmother sewing all her clothes on this machine. It's a sign of a make-do-and-mend culture - a time ...