An auction is set to give antique collectors and historical enthusiasts the opportunity to own a piece of the county’s trading past. A recent inventory of old metrology equipment held by the Nottinghamshire County Council’s trading standards service has identified a total of 281 items currently in storage, including a wide range of weights, weighing scales, capacity measures and various other pieces of obsolete equipment. This Aladdin’s cave of historical metrology equipment, some of which dates back to Victorian times, will be put up for auction during the next 12 months. Many of the items ar…
