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<p>[QUOTE="AuDragon, post: 388561, member: 6974"]For others like me who haven't had their Sunday morning coffee yet and missed the title, Mr "Bumble the Beadle" is one of the characters in Dickens <i>Oliver Twist </i>(or <i>The</i> <i>Parish Boy's Progress) published in 1837-1839</i>. He was responsible for running all the charity houses and orphanages in the parish where Oliver lived. It is mostly set in London and Bumble was played so brilliantly by Harry Secombe in the 1968 musical. That's him stepping out on the seat of the stool.</p><p>Sorry I missed that heading Charlie, but could this image and association help with identifying the stool? One company has a modern Bumble Stool in their furniture catalogue, so I wonder if there is an association, a play on words or a pun intended for your stool? I couldn't find any other cross-references, but I am thinking milk stool, kitchen stool or work stool of some sort.</p><p>But perhaps I'm just being too literal! Now where is that coffee??<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AuDragon, post: 388561, member: 6974"]For others like me who haven't had their Sunday morning coffee yet and missed the title, Mr "Bumble the Beadle" is one of the characters in Dickens [I]Oliver Twist [/I](or [I]The[/I] [I]Parish Boy's Progress) published in 1837-1839[/I]. He was responsible for running all the charity houses and orphanages in the parish where Oliver lived. It is mostly set in London and Bumble was played so brilliantly by Harry Secombe in the 1968 musical. That's him stepping out on the seat of the stool. Sorry I missed that heading Charlie, but could this image and association help with identifying the stool? One company has a modern Bumble Stool in their furniture catalogue, so I wonder if there is an association, a play on words or a pun intended for your stool? I couldn't find any other cross-references, but I am thinking milk stool, kitchen stool or work stool of some sort. But perhaps I'm just being too literal! Now where is that coffee??;)[/QUOTE]
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