Fame at last !!!

                 "Patience is a virtue,                     

Possess it if you can, 

Seldom found in woman,

Never found in man."

In October 2008 DB & I hired a car with a driver for a week in Sri Lanka.  It was absolutely excellent value and we had wonderful experiences.  We were taken to all the usual tourist sites by a friendly, English speaking driver, and at night we stayed in a variety of accommodations.  On the very last night, we were treated by the tour company to a night at a five star hotel as they had learned of my obsessive collection. They had also set up an interview with the local newspaper. "The Nation".  

Two reporters and a photographer arrived and conducted an extensive interview.  They were amazed by the number of pegs I had collected on this particular trip.  Sri Lanka is not the best place to enable a peg collector to add to his collection, but we had stopped in another, more productive country en route from England to Australia.  In Bangalore, India, I had added at least 40 new pegs to my bulging suitcase so there were plenty of examples for them to see.

Hoping to see the resulting article online, I checked (quite often) when we first arrived at home.  However, there was nothing to see and so I put it to the back of my mind.  I gave up too soon because very recently DB stumbled across the article in the newspaper dated 22nd February 2009.  I had obviously lost patience too soon but thank DB for finally letting me see myself!

If you cannot read the text, just add a comment and if you are interested enough, I will upload a transcript.

Photographs of my pegs

This is Mike's trusty sidekick who is making a valiant attempt to show you his photos.

The best I can do at the moment is to to give you links to his various albums.

He has mostly organised then by the spring design so it should be fairly easy for you to find what you are looking for.

I have shown a link to enable you to view them and each album will open in a separate window.

Any comments should be directed to my master who will be made to feel eternally grateful for my unfailing helpfulness.  .... and any suggestions you might wish to make will be very appreciated by my goodself! 

Butterfly Spring Pegs:

Compression Coil Sprung Clothes Pegs:

Conventional Design Pegs

Leaf Sprung Clothes Pegs:

Magnetic clip:

Ring Sprung Clothes Pegs:

Rubber Band Spring:

Self Sprung Plastic Clothes Pegs:

Self Sprung Wooden Pegs:

Tension Coil Sprung Clothes Pegs:

Wide Clip Sprung Clothes Pegs:

Wire over 6cm:

Wire under 6cm:

Wooden Conventional Pegs:

I am Ashamed !!

That's right, I am ashamed !!

I am ashamed that I have not updated this blog for so very long and now people are telling me that the photographs of my pegs are no longer where they used to be.

I hadn't noticed, so please accept my VERY humble apologies and exercise patience whilst my trusty partner in crime attempts to remedy the situation.

Thank you for your forbearance.

Mike Bradley

Just in case you wondered ..... and why wouldn't you? ..... this is the obstacle course that DB has to negotiate every time she wishes to use the bathroom.

Apart from looking good, these racks of pegs have actually helped DB in a practical way. Since a blow on the head in a nasty traffic accident left her with residual balance problems she has been in fear of crashing into these racks as she staggers down the hall at risk of destroying my careful arrangements.

Fortunately, this fear has concentrated her mind and so far she has only smashed into the one at the end. You will be pleased to know that the damage was minor (I have yet to mend the bottom bit of the frame) and no pegs were lost or broken.

DB has been receiving treatment for her problems from an excellent physiotherapist who has given her a range of exercises to do at home.  The exercises are working absolute wonders and DB feels better every day.  You might also be pleased to hear that negotiating racks of delicate pegs is also a good exercise as part of her vestibular rehabilitation. She is most grateful of course!

Another few minutes of fame .....

Well, there I was, sitting at my desk, unwashed, undressed and busy on other things when in rushed DB. "Get dressed she said, you are going to be on the radio this morning" Well, I ask you .... who would see me and what was it all about? She had been listening to Radio 4's excellent program "Saturday Live" and the presenter had asked for anyone with a possible record breaking event .... well, she knows I have the biggest collection in the world and so she had quickly dashed off an e-mail and the next thing that happened was the shrill ring of the telephone (I had cleaned my teeth in readiness) and I was being interviewed on live radio. .... you can listen to the whole program if you want but if you are only interested in me, then just skip along to 1:13:54 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039lmjp DB thinks that this renewed interest might even make me update my blog more often ..... ..... so watch this space!!

MUSTAFA PEG !!

We were in Singapore for a short stopover when DB found a small advertisement in a tourist brochure and suggested it might have a peg department ..... enough said!

There was no stopping me ... I was off like a shot ....



We had a map but we must have looked a bit confused when emerging from the metro station in Little India. A lady, with her small son, offered to help us.


Even though she was originally heading in the opposite direction, they walked with us to show us the way.



Here I found a wonderful display of pegs and DB was lost for hours in the fabric department!



There are treasures beyond measure in this wonderful emporium so if you ever find yourself in Singapore, put Mustafa on your Must Do list .... and we'll send you the map.

Thank you Mustafa, you made me a happy man.



p.s. There is a fantastic Vegetarian Restaurant nearby.
I am a dedicated carnivore, but I would still thoroughly recommend it. Not only was I impressed with the food, but also by the incredibly efficient way it was run. No slackers here - and if you click on the image it will come up big enough to read the wise words.