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Commemorative spade used to turn the first sod of the River Lee Conservancy's new cutting through Horse Shoe Point

Commemorative spade used to turn the first sod of the River Lee Conservancy's new cutting through Horse Shoe Point

1878

Wooden spade

Wooden spade

1700-1800

Spade guide

Spade guide

Draining spade

Draining spade

Model of Chinese Spade

Model of Chinese Spade

Wooden Spade.

Wooden Spade.

Spade, plastic and stainless steel, Wilkinson Sword, UK, used by HRH the Duke of Kent when planting a commemorative tree to mark the opening of the Great Hall, National Railway Museum, 15.4.1992.

Spade used by Duke of Kent at National Railway Museum

1992

Spade, stainless steel with wood and plastic handle, used to plant an oak tree in the NRM South Garden, 3rd July 1998, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Mallard's record run.

Spade, stainless steel with wood and plastic handle

1998

Ceremonial Spade, Ipswich & Bury St Edmunds Railway, Cutting of the first sod-Norwich Extension of the Ipswich & Bury St Edmunds Railway Co., 25 February 1847.

Ceremonial spade

1847

Spade used on the farm at St Audry's Hospital, a psychiatric institution in Melton, Suffolk, England, c1920-1950.

Spade used on St Audry's Hospital farm

1920-1950

Silver spade, engraved - "used in the cutting of the first sod of the Mid Wales Railway, 1859"

Silver spade used to cut first sod of Mid Wales Railway

Child's seaside rubber spade. Made in England, c. 1957.

Child's seaside rubber spade

circa 1957

Two dock spades

Two dock spades

Wooden spade, rectangular, iron-reinforced, mkd. IV-72

Wooden spade

Four ditching spades of various widths, 20th century

Four ditching spades of various widths

Polished mahogany wheelbarrow and one silver spade, engraved - "used in the cutting of the first sod of the Mid Wales Railway, 1859"

Polished mahogany wheelbarrow and one silver spade

Spade from flint mines

Spade from flint mines

Wooden spade, rectangular, mkd. IV-71

Wooden spade, rectangular, mkd. IV-71

Ceremonial spade, Stratford-On-Avon Railway, used at ceremony of cutting the first sod of the Stratford-On-Avon Railway February 1859. Handle & Shaft in oak, richly carved. Spade is plated & engraved with oak leaves & "Stratford-On-Avon Railway"

Ceremonial spade, Stratford-On-Avon Railway

Wooden spade, rectangular, mkd. IV-55

Wooden spade, rectangular, mkd. IV-55

Ceremonial spade from the inauguration of works for the River Lee (R. Lea, West Ham, London) Flood Relief Scheme, dated 2-2-1931

Ceremonial spade from the inauguration of works for the River Lee

Two 16" Lancs. coal spades

Two 16" Lancs. coal spades

16" Lancs. coal spade.

16" Lancs. coal spade

16" Lancs. coal spade.

16" Lancs. coal spade

Dock spade, one of two.

Dock spade, one of two.

Ceremonial spade, Hereford & Shrewsbury Railway, used at cutting of the first sod of the Hereford & Shrewsbury Railway. Carved wooden handle & silver plated spade.

Ceremonial spade, Hereford & Shrewsbury Railway

Ceremonial spade, silver with wooden handle, used for cutting the first sod of the Exeter, Teign Valley & Chagford Railway, 1894.

Exeter Teign Valley & Chagford Railway ceremonial spade

1894