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Date Created11th June 2021CommentsFiona Beals
I still use Grandad Fountaine's push lawnmower from Westport. Our lawns are so healthy as a result as the cut is gentle. However we do have to do our lawns every three days in times of growth to keep on top of the growth
Fiona Beals
May be an image of outdoors
Raewyn Louttit
I had one
Rangi Kelly
Trev and I were still using one in Wgnt in the seventies.
Rangi Kelly
I remember those days!
Bob Broadhurst
I mowed our lawns with one of them as part of my jobs for pocket money from when i was old enough to push the bloody thing, until i left school and went to work....... at which time strangely my Father bought a motor mower because he had to mow them...…
Debbie Pearson i saw one in a small flat section recently.. would be no good in my back yard.. I have an orchard on a sloping hill.
Cathy Howat
We had one. Only used for small jobs.
Richard Byrne
Still have one
Jewel Lemon
That’s what I use
David Wood
It was so much easier when they brought out a model with rubber wheels!
Jenny Sutton
We used to have one of those old mowers in Westport for quite some time
Annie Pickering
I use to mow grand dad courts lawn with one for many years.
Donna Ranger
Reilly Burden
Graeme Peters
You can still buy them
Anne Miller Mcmillan
Graeme Peters i recall some dude trinming with sissors during lockdown.
Linda Howard
Graeme Peters ....don’t judge..I’ve done that when my snippers broke!
Phyllis Aberhart
Through choice I used one in the mid 80's to mow my 1/4 acre section
Alison Blogs
i remember my grandparents had one in blaketown
]Stephen Laurenson
Remember those. As a kid lawn mowing was my job. Can’t imagine today’s generation pushing one of those
Jim Ward
Stephen, they would want to where the USB ports were…
Trish Rennie
I remember using them. You could get a real run on when they were cutting smooth but you would just about go a over k if the blades caught on something unseen in the grass
Linda Reedy
Look at her mowing in heels n pearls!!
Marion Robina Hogarth
We had one, after I was married I used to go and mow Mum and Dads lawns with the push mower. Great workout
Trecia Thomas
Still use one
Jean Mehrtens
Trecia Thomas me too - tiny lawn so would be crazy to have a powered mower - really dislike the noise also.
Cheryl Johnston
There was one at Karangarua … not sure where that ended up..
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Lynda Horne
Our Mum used to mow ours using the old push mower.
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Dorothy Wills
My husband and I had a push mower when we first got married 61 years ago but then got a reel motor mower that drove a washing machine as well because we had no electricity
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Jenny Adamson
Got one ìn Hari Hari ùse it for small bits.
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Donald Nicholas
I grew up with one of these
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Debbie Hocking
EV lawn mowet.
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Maureen McCrimmon
My dad used one for years, then he bought, what we used to call, a motor mower. Now it's a bit trendy for those with teeny yards to buy one.
Kay Mangan
My husband has always and still uses one, won’t use anything else.
\May Chalmers
We had one of those at home and then when we got married we had one for a few years. Dad never brought a motor mower until all us kids left home
Rob Southon
Not hard work if dad got mum to mow lawn as in photo
Mary Costello
My Dad Used One For Years
Ed Dando
We had one in Dobson
Ann Clark
I loved mowing the yard with one of these
Sandra Rooney
I have been known to use one a very long time ago.
Sandra Rooney
Great exercise
Carol Stewart
They were great to use because of the sound they made.
Anne Honey
Had one of those till my son moved out. Loved mowing the lawn with it. I very rarely used the motor mower it didn't make as neat a job.
Jude Nicoll
My father used one of these, with a little canvas catcher on the back
Rosanna Anderson
I used one of these to mow the lawns it was a good work out
Kay Nichols
Still got one, but mostly ornamental
Karen Vincent
I still use one and my lawn's pretty big. It's great. No exhaust fumes. No horrid noise.No harder to push than a motor mower.10 points
David Lindsay
I used one right up until 2015
David Hall
Still have one.
Linda Howard
I remember using one of these a very long time ago..people were fit then!
Lorraine O'Donoghue
It was all anyone had until the motor mower came along.
Michael Hendrickson
And motueka mum! Myself and Chris remember them the complete opposite of fondly…
Terry Harding
We used one of these when we were kids.
Andy Grigg
What lawn?
Arrowsmith Annie Bev
Same had to push the blimmin thing around our long overgrown grass from time to time… a tubby wee girls job NOT!!
Maybe now when I look back it may have been a punishment !!! Lol
Thelma Coutts
Mowed my parents lawn many a time with the push mower over the teenage years.
Richard Lipman
I remember mowing lawns when I was a kid with one of those mowers.
Bronwen Skates
my dad had one and I certainly did when first married , did a great job and had a canvas catcher to attatch
Jim Nolan
Still got one exactly the same and use it.
Lorraine O'Donoghue
I remember when Gran became too old to mow her lawns the family decided that my sister and I plus 2 uncles would take turns mowing them. To us kids those lawns were HUGE so imagine our disbelief when the uncles each bought a motor mower and we still had to push
Collene Anderson
My dad always used one ,he also sharped them had a special machine
Jennie McKinnon
Yes good exercise on our huge lawns
John Webster
Jennie McKinnon do you still use it cuz
Anthea Keenan
We have one on display here, great for wee patches
Helen Brennan
Frankie gets ours out every now and then I go mad as he doesn’t use the catcher he says makes a much nicer lawn
Mary Moffitt
This mower was great for doing edges. I was always amazed to see my father take one-metre runs towards the garden edges in quick succession, moving along the garden bit by bit. On rare occasions he went past the edge into the garden somewhat making my mother furious. Maybe on purpose to make a point - or two.
I was not a willing mower!
Alan Smith
I still have one it's still in good condition
Charil Milne
Have one and also up dated model
Kath Merv Moreton
Used to love using the push-mower
James Hobbs
Great if they were sharp. Nice sound
Colin Watkins
I used one of those in the 50s. Charged two and six for the privilege.
Marion Rose Le
I loved mowing the lawn with these - totally dislike the motor mowers! We had a motor mower all the time I lived at home in Richmond but later Dad upgraded !
Dave Bj Henderson
Canvas catcher??
Heather Newby
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Admin
Dave Bj Henderson oh.. i just remembered that
Cedric Trounson
Even as a young lad, I used that type of mower, when the going got tough, I would harness my younger brother like a horse and make him assist
Mary Keating
Used to mow mum and dad's lawn when I was younger too. Good exercise!
Clare Pierson
I liked using the old style push mowers. The modern ones were too light. Gave away my last one about 2011.
Clare Pierson
GIF may contain lawnmower, Mowing The Lawn, Manual Walk Behind Reel Mower, Mow Grass and Carling Black Label Beer Commercial
Charlie Cleghorn
Pushed one of those for years in my younger days
Isabel Pentecost
Still have one
Maxine Morgan
Still.have a couple in the shed.
Les Holmes Germanicus
They were ok if you kept them lubed and the blades sharp, especially with that rye grass.
Rachel Gibbs
I used to mow the families lawns with one on these when i was a girl and teenager for years. It was hard work but felt relaxed and satisfied when finished. In those day we weren't asked to help it was expected. And we got no thanks.
Colin Harman
Haha that's an old style ride on have one myself but she doesn't mow the lawns nowShelley Campbell Morrissey
Wow look at the lawn mowing attire. So gorgeous
Robyn Mainey
Used to love mowing with one of them.
Marjorie Hart
I did the same
Sheryl Iraia
Been there.
Ian Miller
I used to do that. When my father died I even built such a mower out of spare parts he had collected
Jeff Jones
I still have one of those exact mowers
Bruce Macnab
Great memories
Andy Grigg
Our front lawn at Tindale Rd Greymouth was about 45 degrees and Dad put an electric motor, cable and rope on a push mower! . My job was to walk along the flat path in front of the house, holding the electric cable and rope while Dad struggled along the slope with the 'mower',try to imagine it. Talk about a Micky Mouse idea.
Valmai Cohen
Yep. Beenthere Done that
Tina Marie Bertacco-Morton
I used to mow with one too was hard work
I still use Grandad Fountaine's push lawnmower from Westport. Our lawns are so healthy as a result as the cut is gentle. However we do have to do our lawns every three days in times of growth to keep on top of the growth
Fiona Beals
May be an image of outdoors
Raewyn Louttit
I had one
Rangi Kelly
Trev and I were still using one in Wgnt in the seventies.
Rangi Kelly
I remember those days!
Bob Broadhurst
I mowed our lawns with one of them as part of my jobs for pocket money from when i was old enough to push the bloody thing, until i left school and went to work....... at which time strangely my Father bought a motor mower because he had to mow them...…
Debbie Pearson i saw one in a small flat section recently.. would be no good in my back yard.. I have an orchard on a sloping hill.
Cathy Howat
We had one. Only used for small jobs.
Richard Byrne
Still have one
Jewel Lemon
That’s what I use
David Wood
It was so much easier when they brought out a model with rubber wheels!
Jenny Sutton
We used to have one of those old mowers in Westport for quite some time
Annie Pickering
I use to mow grand dad courts lawn with one for many years.
Donna Ranger
Reilly Burden
Graeme Peters
You can still buy them
Anne Miller Mcmillan
Graeme Peters i recall some dude trinming with sissors during lockdown.
Linda Howard
Graeme Peters ....don’t judge..I’ve done that when my snippers broke!
Phyllis Aberhart
Through choice I used one in the mid 80's to mow my 1/4 acre section
Alison Blogs
i remember my grandparents had one in blaketown
]Stephen Laurenson
Remember those. As a kid lawn mowing was my job. Can’t imagine today’s generation pushing one of those
Jim Ward
Stephen, they would want to where the USB ports were…
Trish Rennie
I remember using them. You could get a real run on when they were cutting smooth but you would just about go a over k if the blades caught on something unseen in the grass
Linda Reedy
Look at her mowing in heels n pearls!!
Marion Robina Hogarth
We had one, after I was married I used to go and mow Mum and Dads lawns with the push mower. Great workout
Trecia Thomas
Still use one
Jean Mehrtens
Trecia Thomas me too - tiny lawn so would be crazy to have a powered mower - really dislike the noise also.
Cheryl Johnston
There was one at Karangarua … not sure where that ended up..
· Reply · 11h
Lynda Horne
Our Mum used to mow ours using the old push mower.
· Reply · 11h
Dorothy Wills
My husband and I had a push mower when we first got married 61 years ago but then got a reel motor mower that drove a washing machine as well because we had no electricity
· Reply · 11h
Jenny Adamson
Got one ìn Hari Hari ùse it for small bits.
· Reply · 11h
Donald Nicholas
I grew up with one of these
· Reply · 10h
Debbie Hocking
EV lawn mowet.
· Reply · 10h
Maureen McCrimmon
My dad used one for years, then he bought, what we used to call, a motor mower. Now it's a bit trendy for those with teeny yards to buy one.
Kay Mangan
My husband has always and still uses one, won’t use anything else.
\May Chalmers
We had one of those at home and then when we got married we had one for a few years. Dad never brought a motor mower until all us kids left home
Rob Southon
Not hard work if dad got mum to mow lawn as in photo
Mary Costello
My Dad Used One For Years
Ed Dando
We had one in Dobson
Ann Clark
I loved mowing the yard with one of these
Sandra Rooney
I have been known to use one a very long time ago.
Sandra Rooney
Great exercise
Carol Stewart
They were great to use because of the sound they made.
Anne Honey
Had one of those till my son moved out. Loved mowing the lawn with it. I very rarely used the motor mower it didn't make as neat a job.
Jude Nicoll
My father used one of these, with a little canvas catcher on the back
Rosanna Anderson
I used one of these to mow the lawns it was a good work out
Kay Nichols
Still got one, but mostly ornamental
Karen Vincent
I still use one and my lawn's pretty big. It's great. No exhaust fumes. No horrid noise.No harder to push than a motor mower.10 points
David Lindsay
I used one right up until 2015
David Hall
Still have one.
Linda Howard
I remember using one of these a very long time ago..people were fit then!
Lorraine O'Donoghue
It was all anyone had until the motor mower came along.
Michael Hendrickson
And motueka mum! Myself and Chris remember them the complete opposite of fondly…
Terry Harding
We used one of these when we were kids.
Andy Grigg
What lawn?
Arrowsmith Annie Bev
Same had to push the blimmin thing around our long overgrown grass from time to time… a tubby wee girls job NOT!!
Maybe now when I look back it may have been a punishment !!! Lol
Thelma Coutts
Mowed my parents lawn many a time with the push mower over the teenage years.
Richard Lipman
I remember mowing lawns when I was a kid with one of those mowers.
Bronwen Skates
my dad had one and I certainly did when first married , did a great job and had a canvas catcher to attatch
Jim Nolan
Still got one exactly the same and use it.
Lorraine O'Donoghue
I remember when Gran became too old to mow her lawns the family decided that my sister and I plus 2 uncles would take turns mowing them. To us kids those lawns were HUGE so imagine our disbelief when the uncles each bought a motor mower and we still had to push
Collene Anderson
My dad always used one ,he also sharped them had a special machine
Jennie McKinnon
Yes good exercise on our huge lawns
John Webster
Jennie McKinnon do you still use it cuz
Anthea Keenan
We have one on display here, great for wee patches
Helen Brennan
Frankie gets ours out every now and then I go mad as he doesn’t use the catcher he says makes a much nicer lawn
Mary Moffitt
This mower was great for doing edges. I was always amazed to see my father take one-metre runs towards the garden edges in quick succession, moving along the garden bit by bit. On rare occasions he went past the edge into the garden somewhat making my mother furious. Maybe on purpose to make a point - or two.
I was not a willing mower!
Alan Smith
I still have one it's still in good condition
Charil Milne
Have one and also up dated model
Kath Merv Moreton
Used to love using the push-mower
James Hobbs
Great if they were sharp. Nice sound
Colin Watkins
I used one of those in the 50s. Charged two and six for the privilege.
Marion Rose Le
I loved mowing the lawn with these - totally dislike the motor mowers! We had a motor mower all the time I lived at home in Richmond but later Dad upgraded !
Dave Bj Henderson
Canvas catcher??
Heather Newby
Author
Admin
Dave Bj Henderson oh.. i just remembered that
Cedric Trounson
Even as a young lad, I used that type of mower, when the going got tough, I would harness my younger brother like a horse and make him assist
Mary Keating
Used to mow mum and dad's lawn when I was younger too. Good exercise!
Clare Pierson
I liked using the old style push mowers. The modern ones were too light. Gave away my last one about 2011.
Clare Pierson
GIF may contain lawnmower, Mowing The Lawn, Manual Walk Behind Reel Mower, Mow Grass and Carling Black Label Beer Commercial
Charlie Cleghorn
Pushed one of those for years in my younger days
Isabel Pentecost
Still have one
Maxine Morgan
Still.have a couple in the shed.
Les Holmes Germanicus
They were ok if you kept them lubed and the blades sharp, especially with that rye grass.
Rachel Gibbs
I used to mow the families lawns with one on these when i was a girl and teenager for years. It was hard work but felt relaxed and satisfied when finished. In those day we weren't asked to help it was expected. And we got no thanks.
Colin Harman
Haha that's an old style ride on have one myself but she doesn't mow the lawns nowShelley Campbell Morrissey
Wow look at the lawn mowing attire. So gorgeous
Robyn Mainey
Used to love mowing with one of them.
Marjorie Hart
I did the same
Sheryl Iraia
Been there.
Ian Miller
I used to do that. When my father died I even built such a mower out of spare parts he had collected
Jeff Jones
I still have one of those exact mowers
Bruce Macnab
Great memories
Andy Grigg
Our front lawn at Tindale Rd Greymouth was about 45 degrees and Dad put an electric motor, cable and rope on a push mower! . My job was to walk along the flat path in front of the house, holding the electric cable and rope while Dad struggled along the slope with the 'mower',try to imagine it. Talk about a Micky Mouse idea.
Valmai Cohen
Yep. Beenthere Done that
Tina Marie Bertacco-Morton
I used to mow with one too was hard work
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