Recovered by the writer, complete with its original motor, from a shed in Leicester were it had been installed in 1933 the lathe shown on this page  was in remarkably fine, original condition and was obviously in need of a just a thorough clean - and a careful cosmetic restoration - before it could be pressed back into active. 
The present owner writes:
There was a lot of old gooey wood-dust, oil, and accumulated gunk everywhere; in the oil holes, under the mandrel, in the thrust bearing - which had actually seized with the gunk, but with the shaft not damaged and secure on refitting. The storage rusting was all only superficial dust on a few places, such as the change gears and leadscrew, together with old "oil tar" which cleaned off easily.
The scraping on the bed is almost as new and still clear right along the slideways, and the mandrel front bearing adjusts very finely with the cone screws. This is, all-in-all, still a fine machine as far as I am concerned - even though it is now over 70 years old. If you still have any contact with the family of the previous owner you may wish to pass on my appreciation - I hope I shall have a good, long time to enjoy using it.