MEREM:1997.38.5

Brief description: phamplet, order of service, unveiling of stone tablet on the War Memorial, Mere, Wiltshire, c1947 Classifications: society / religion Identifications: phamplet Measurements: height 20cm Material: paper

MEREM:1997.38.4

Brief description: pamphlet, Mere lecture Hall Trust Notes, by Dr F B Rutter, Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: local history Identifications: pamphlet / Measurements: height 15.5cm Material: paper

MEREM:1997.38.3

Brief description: pamphlet, ‘Buy your own cherries’, Temperance Literature, Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: societies / temperance Identifications: pamphlet Measurements: height 10cm Material: paper

MEREM:1997.38.2

Brief description: phamplet, ‘Alcohol and Health’, Temperance Literature, Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: society / health / societies / temperance Identifications: pamphlet Measurements: height 14cm Material: paper

MEREM:1997.38.1

Brief description: pamphlet, ‘The seven men of Preston’, Temperance Literature, Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: societies / temperance Identifications: pamphlet / Measurements: height 12.5cm Material: paper

MEREM:1997.37

Brief description: leather belt, brown with silver coloured metal buckle, showing German Airforce insignia [eagle and Swastika] taken from German Airman who crashed in his Heinkel at Huntingford near Mere on 4.7.1940, souvenir was kept by W P Coward, first aider called to the incident, Mere, Wiltshire, c1949 Classifications: arms Identifications: belt Measurements: width 4cm […]

MEREM:1997.36

Brief description: steel helmet painted black with white lettering ‘F A P’ on front, first aiders helmet worn by W.P.Coward in 1939-1945 Classifications: arms Identifications: helmet Measurements: height 12cm Material: iron / steel

MEREM:1997.35

Brief description: china cup, marked, A present from Gillingham,, gold lettering on white panel with gold edge, surrounding background purple, top edge crenellated and has chip near handle, no makers mark Classifications: domestic / ornament Identifications: cup / china cup Measurements: height 7cm Material: pottery / porcelain

MEREM:1997.34

Brief description: manuscript, written Italic Script on Cartridge Paper, mounted on board, William Barnes’s Poem, ‘To a garden – on leaving it’ hand written by Frank Jenkins, poem refers to the Chantry Garden, Mere, which William Barnes left in 1835, Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: personalia Identifications: manuscript Measurements: height 40cm Material: paper / card

MEREM:1997.33

Brief description: tailor shears, used by tailor employed by John Walton and Co, The Square, Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: trade / tailor Identifications: shears / tailor shears Measurements: height Material: metal