What is this? A unicycle, you're thinking? No, it's a wheel used by early officers of the Metropolitan Police to measure the length of their beats. You can see it at the Bow Street Police Museum in London. - ThreadSky

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lucyworsley.bsky.social • 11 days ago

What is this? A unicycle, you're thinking?

No, it's a wheel used by early officers of the Metropolitan Police to measure the length of their beats.

You can see it at the Bow Street Police Museum in London.

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mooch-monkey.bsky.social•11 days ago

I saw some kids measuring their playground with a trundle wheel last year.

birminghamkav.bsky.social•11 days ago

I used a very similar trundle wheel when working for Lancashire County Council in 1994 surveying roads around Padiham and Sabden.

manxinwales.bsky.social•11 days ago

Tbf, the amount of trundle wheel based activity at school did lead me to believe they'd figure more substantially in my adult life. See also: quick sand.

cliftonvillebirder.bsky.social•11 days ago

A plodometer? 😬🫣

admbsn.bsky.social•11 days ago

A trundle wheel!

bugbear6502.bsky.social•11 days ago

What a hilarious and bizarre antique!!

https://www.screwfix.com/p/stanley-measuring-wheel-0-32m/9553K?tc=GB5&gStoreCode=GB5&gQT=1

Wait. As you were, perfectly modern piece of kit.

rj-travel.bsky.social•11 days ago

Would make a perfect walking stick...

jonathoncartwright.bsky.social•11 days ago

No it isn't. It's one of those novelty cycle pizza cutters from Italy in the 17th century.

all-a-mort.bsky.social•11 days ago

Dammit, I was quite enjoying the idea of a policeman chasing a criminal on a unicycle and being dismayed at simply going round in circles as the thief escapes.

marciaathome.bsky.social•11 days ago

Would this be Regency era or later?

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