Black pram bag for sale. This is a new bag, not an original one, in black hopsack fabric. I use MDF as a stiffener in my bags not cardboard as the originals had. Price is £59 plus postage.
The lining is genuine Silver Cross camelia lining fabric as used in the prams and so a lot harder wearing than the original pram bag lining was.
New Covering for Pram Handles
£2.75
I am afraid that I can no longer absorb the cost of carriage on handle covering, I have just returned from the Post Office where I have had to pay £2.10 for 1st class recorded delivery for one length of handle covering. To say I was 'gob-smacked' is an understatement! I have never had to pay that before. Because I can't fold it flat inside an envelope but have to roll it up, they have said it has to go as a package and so I have been charged accordingly! It only ways a few grammes, I can't get over it. I am really sorry but I will have to change my ways and charge for delivery in future.
£2.75
I am afraid that I can no longer absorb the cost of carriage on handle covering, I have just returned from the Post Office where I have had to pay £2.10 for 1st class recorded delivery for one length of handle covering. To say I was 'gob-smacked' is an understatement! I have never had to pay that before. Because I can't fold it flat inside an envelope but have to roll it up, they have said it has to go as a package and so I have been charged accordingly! It only ways a few grammes, I can't get over it. I am really sorry but I will have to change my ways and charge for delivery in future.
Has your Pram Handle covering split or become discoloured? I have available shiny white or black, shrink fit covering for coachbuilt pram handles.
These coverings measure 3 3/4 inches or 9.6 cm around approximately, so your handle has to be able to slip into these flat sleeves before we start.
If your handle measures more than
3 3/4 inches around then I have been able to get some more wider handle covering, which should fit the thickest handles, price for this is £3.55 excluding carriage
If your handle is damaged, maybe with pieces of wood missing (one of mine was!) then fill the damaged or missing areas with wood filler and sand everything down smoothly because if it isn't nice and smooth, you won't get a good result!
These coverings measure 3 3/4 inches or 9.6 cm around approximately, so your handle has to be able to slip into these flat sleeves before we start.
If your handle measures more than
3 3/4 inches around then I have been able to get some more wider handle covering, which should fit the thickest handles, price for this is £3.55 excluding carriage
If your handle is damaged, maybe with pieces of wood missing (one of mine was!) then fill the damaged or missing areas with wood filler and sand everything down smoothly because if it isn't nice and smooth, you won't get a good result!
The first thing is to remove all of the metal fittings on each end of your pram handle and then push the handle inside the flat white plastic sleeve and ensure that there is an equal amount of the covering at each end of the handle.
Take a hairdryer and set it to it's hottest setting. Beginning at the centre of the handle, play the hairdryer around the handle turning it around and around as you do so. Within a few seconds you will see the covering begin to shrink to fit the wooden handle snuggly.
Continue for a couple of minutes to ensure that the covering is shrunk to it's maximum level. Use a Stanley knife to trim off any covering hanging over at each end of the handle (don't cut it too short, try to leave a little sort of 'hanging over' the ends of the handle if possible) and then I have found that to make that edge nice and neat, play the hairdryer on the ends of the handle again, to make sure that all of the covering on the ends lies flat and neat. Now you can replace your metal fittings and you have a new handle.
As you can see from the photographs above the name on my handle is Osnath and once the covering was shrunk to fit you can still see the Osnath name as it is pressed into the wood. It may be possible to then 'fill in' the name with ink or paint or whatever, sothat the name is clearly visible again as they are on these handles normally. I haven't tried this yet and I would urge caution because if it went wrong you may cause damage to your new shiny covering, so do be very careful if you want to try that.
Take a hairdryer and set it to it's hottest setting. Beginning at the centre of the handle, play the hairdryer around the handle turning it around and around as you do so. Within a few seconds you will see the covering begin to shrink to fit the wooden handle snuggly.
Continue for a couple of minutes to ensure that the covering is shrunk to it's maximum level. Use a Stanley knife to trim off any covering hanging over at each end of the handle (don't cut it too short, try to leave a little sort of 'hanging over' the ends of the handle if possible) and then I have found that to make that edge nice and neat, play the hairdryer on the ends of the handle again, to make sure that all of the covering on the ends lies flat and neat. Now you can replace your metal fittings and you have a new handle.
As you can see from the photographs above the name on my handle is Osnath and once the covering was shrunk to fit you can still see the Osnath name as it is pressed into the wood. It may be possible to then 'fill in' the name with ink or paint or whatever, sothat the name is clearly visible again as they are on these handles normally. I haven't tried this yet and I would urge caution because if it went wrong you may cause damage to your new shiny covering, so do be very careful if you want to try that.
Replacement Leather Suspension Straps.
Replacement natural coloured leather suspension straps for your pram, on the left of the photographs below. Straps only (using your own original buttons for the 4 small straps and new buckles for the 2 long straps) £20 plus p&p
If you wish to dye the straps yourself, let me know and I won't put any surface treatment onto the leather.
I use 3 mm - full hide, not split leather - for the 1/2 inch straps and 3.5 mm leather for the 1 inch straps
If you wish to dye the straps yourself, let me know and I won't put any surface treatment onto the leather.
I use 3 mm - full hide, not split leather - for the 1/2 inch straps and 3.5 mm leather for the 1 inch straps
Natural straps on the left with original buckles and navy straps with Heritage Silver Cross type heavy half roller buckles
The two buckles on the right - POA -are samples of some of the buckles which I can get, but the price is much higher than the half roller buckles.
Coloured leather straps available in navy, black, white, cream, maroon, olive green. Straps only (using your own original buckles for the 4 small straps and I'll provide new buckles for the 2 long straps) £27 plus p&p
I use 3 mm - full hide not split leather - for the 1/2 inch straps and 3.5 mm leather for the 1 inch straps
Olive Green straps with original Silver Cross buckles. These were made for the Egremont.
Do you need New Buckles?
A set of really heavyweight, nickle plated half roller buckles as seen on the navy straps above. this is the type of buckle used on the Heritage/Silver Cross Balmoral prams currently.
£8.50 plus p&p
Have your leather Fobs on your canopies gone hard and brittle? I hand make these fobs myself, they are made of a nice soft leather which is a mahogany colour and nice and shiny, the reverse of the fobs are black suede.
I am selling these fobs on Ebay but of course they are quite a bit cheaper here because there are no fees for me to pay. You can pay me with Paypal if you like but I am afraid that I will have to charge a little more for the Paypal fees in that case, otherwise pay with a cheque, postal order or I will give you my bank account if you prefer to pay in there directly and quickly.
Ebay and Paypal fees are quite hefty as many of you will know. I offered a reduction on Ebay for those paying by postal methods, but a kind soul reported me and Ebay removed my listing. I wasn't surprised, I knew what would happen with the prammie police, I just wanted to see how long it took really! The answer is not long, again - as I suspected! LoL Some people are so predictable don't you find? How sad!
Price is £3.50 per pair. Postage would be £1.20 for recorded delivery, discount for multiple items of course.
For Sale:- Camelia lining Fabric, the genuine fabric which came from Heritage Prams. I use this lining on most of my prams where possible, I love the colour which has been used for a long time in Wilson, Silver Cross and Marmet prams and probably other makes as well. I used it as hood lining on the Marmet Queen and on the SX Marlborough and you honestly can't tell that the hoods had been relined, it matched perfectly. £14 per metre + p&p
Navy hopsack hooding with leather effect reverse (reverse could be used as a lining fabric in it's own right) This is the fabric I used on the Marmet Queen shown on the site and is quite a dark navy. £12 a metre + p&p
Olive green hooding as used on my Egremont, it is the closest I have managed to get to the original Wilson Merimo olive green colour. £12 metre + p&p
Leather Strap sets. If you have got your original buckles I can supply a full set of leather straps for £20 + p&p. Buckles will be rivetted in place. If you needed buckles too, then please get in touch with me and I can get a price for buckles for you. Please be advised though that I cannot supply original Silver Cross buckles I'm afraid.
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