We've had a right old "to do" with the pram this week - the front wheels started to be noisy - not just a "squeak squeak" but a sort of squealing noise - rather like the sound you get when you dip a finger in a wine glass and run it around the rim - but on a larger scale - quite awful!
I greased and oiled the wheels - but the sound continued.
I consulted some pram restorers (found online) - who thought the "bushes" needed replacing. The bushes arrived today - and would not fit!!! It turned out the pram wheels were not the original "silver cross" brand - but some foreign ones. The upshot is - the pram needs new wheels (even though they don't look rusty!), because I cannot get new bushes for them.
Thankfully, a lovely lady named "Alison" of http://www.simplyprams.co.uk/ was able to help - she is supplying me with "new" reclaimed "vintage" genuine silver cross wheels - so all should be well by about wednesday (after the post has been!). PHEW!
(I say phew - because brand new wheels would have cost £120 from silvercross - which is more than the pram cost me!).
HUGE thanks to Alison for saving our pram!!! x
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