MEREM:2009.2.1

Brief description: black and white photograph of Dead Maids Quarry, Mere, c.1976 Classifications: environment / trade / quarryman Identifications: photograph Place: Measurements: height 8.8 cm

MEREM:2008.113

Brief description: walking stick (‘thumb stick’) made of varnished dark hazel with a horn handle, made by Robert Nurden (formerly Mere butcher), 2008 Classifications: recreation / person / accessory Identifications: walking stick / Place: Mere Wiltshire Measurements: height 50cm Material: wood, horn Completeness: complete Additional images: Click the images to view larger image

MEREM:2008.112

Brief description: 8-page booklet in a grey paper cover, containing an appreiation of the life and work of Alice May Riddy byfamily and friends, 1901= 1961 with a black and white photograph of Mr and Mrs Riddy, c.1961 Classifications: person Identifications: booklet / Place: Measurements: height 20.2 cm Material: paper, ink, metal staple Completeness: complete

MEREM:2008.111

Brief description: cigar and/or cigarette holder made of meerschaum and amber in a shaped, hinged wooden case covered in patterned leather and lined with red velvet, inside the lid of which are stamped in gold two winged rampant lions and a crowned shield which bears the initial B, ?19th century Classifications: recreation / tobacco Identifications: […]

MEREM:2008.110

Brief description: video tape in white case of Mere’s May Fayre (in aid of cancer research), including interviews, stalls, demonstrations, local people and local scenery, 1991 Classifications: events / person Identifications: video tape in case / Place: Measurements: height 20.2 cm Material: vinyl, paper Completeness: complete

MEREM:2008.109.7

Brief description: coloured photograph mounted on cardboard of the eastern end Castle St., Mere, showing The Green, before houses were built there, c.1965 Classifications: environment / buildings Identifications: photograph Place: Measurements: height 18.2 cm

MEREM:2008.109.6

Brief description: coloured photograph of Mr and Mrs Rex Bristow of Mere on their diamond wedding anniversary They were married in 1933 and the photo was taken in 1993. Classifications: events / person Identifications: photograph Place: Measurements: height 12.8 cm

MEREM:2008.109.5

Brief description: coloured photograph, inscribed, of contributors to Mere’s Oral History project, ‘Mere Voices’, 2003 Classifications: events / person Identifications: photograph Place: Measurements: height 14.3 cm

MEREM:2008.109.4

Brief description: coloured photograph of members of the United Reformed Church, Mere, holding a cake at the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Congregational (United Reformed) Church in Mere, 1995 Classifications: events / person Identifications: photograph Place: Measurements: height 12.5 cm

MEREM:2008.109.3

Brief description: coloured photograph of a United Reformed Church Fete stall, Mere, c.2006 Classifications: events / person Identifications: photograph Place: Measurements: height 13.9 cm