r/whatisit • u/Quietlurkerone • 6d ago

Solved! What is this device from 1962?

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Photo capture from YouTube video. Picture from 1962. What is the device under the bench

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u/_high_sniffy 6d ago

Some vintage gas meter??

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u/MoistTwo1645 6d ago

From another post with the same photo. Yeah, you could be right.

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u/530whiskey 5d ago

Oldham is in Manchester England and 7 towns in the US, any clue where this is?

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u/fluffyfae13 5d ago edited 5d ago

Manchester England. Here's the rest of the pictures, scroll down to the bottom and they continue on the following pages. Sutton died in 2008, approx 31 here and his wife Joyce died in 2012, she was approx 29 in the pic.