Leslie Carter and his son Stuart keep an incredible stock of machines, parts and components at their West Pinchbeck business, C Carter & Son.
The workshop – formerly the village blacksmith’s – is also filled with every imaginable tool.
Many of them, including the block and tackle, are from the years when Cyril Carter, Stuart’s grandfather, was working as a blacksmith at the forge.
Stuart says: “Some things are a bit sentimental, especially to father, things that were grandad’s. He doesn’t like to think of getting rid of them.”
The old blacksmith’s forge is where Stuart has worked since leaving school.
He says: “Then, there was a little bit of blacksmithing. We used the old forge for four or five years, but we hadn’t done any shoeing for a long while.”
The workshop’s yard was formerly the Boat Inn.
The Lost Pubs Project, a record of pubs that have closed, also lists the Cross Keys, Cuckoo Inn, Fisherman’s Boy, Horse & Jockey, New Bridge Inn, the Packing Shed, Peacock, Rose & Crown and Wheatsheaf, all in West Pinchbeck.