Posted by Peter Ceresole on June 17, 2003 at 18:42:02 from 80.177.22.49 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Re: Bob Blacket's Day- Come Along posted by Jonathan Labaree on June 17, 2003 at 01:55:37:
"While Peter's answer is much better (and in fact, close to the mark), I'm afraid I was referring to the device that is sort of a hand-powered winch."
Quite right- I was being a bit frivolous, sorry.
But that was one of my favourite bits from any of the books when I was small.
Oddly, my favourites now, seeing as I am 63 and no longer so young, are WH and PM. I still re-read them quite frequently. I don't know why. I suppose I fell in love with Dot.