Ice Tools

My family had moved there in 1905 just before Joe was born and about two and a half years before I showed up. Another remnant of my father's earlier activities was a set of tools that had been used for cutting and storing ice. It consisted of an ice cutting saw, what looked like farm forged ice tongs and various poles and hooks. They had been used for cutting ice on a lake in winter and storing it for the following summer. This happened at the Christ Church Hospital farm on Monument Avenue near Belmont Avenue at Bala. The ice was used by the hospital, I believe, and the work was in lieu of part of the rent for the farm.