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A horse-drawn brewer's dray[0]

A tree being chopped down with an axe[1]

A pedal-driven wood-lathe[2]

A 9600-baud modem, dialling[3]

Someone undergoing amputation without anaesthetic[4]

[0] Young's still deliver using a horse-drawn dray in SW London.

[1] My son is a tree-surgeon; he doesn't even own an axe.

[2] I expect quite a few craftsmen still have a home-made lathe.

[3] I used to own a 9600-baud acoustic coupler.

[4] I guess this still happens, e.g. on battlefields.

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