MEREM:2011.1
Brief description: black leather case with metal fasteners and a handle, with studs on the base, containing three drawers and a pocket, once used by Dr Longbourne, Mere G.P 1960 to 1990 Classifications: society / health / person Identifications: doctor’s bag / Place: London Measurements: height 18cm Material: leather, cardboard, metal, wood Completeness: complete
MEREM:2010.70.6
Brief description: part of a calendar for 1935 pasted to a cardboard mount on which is also a photograph of Miss Wilcox’s class at the infant school, Mere in 1934 Classifications: society / education / society Identifications: calendar / photograph Place: Blackpool Measurements: height 25.4 cm Material: cardboard, paper Completeness: calendar leaves for Jan – […]
MEREM:2010.69
Brief description: children’s game called ‘Dizzy Dots, The New Parlour Game’, consisting of red folding board comprising a central circle and rotating disk and blank printed circles, and a small red box with lid containing 6 red, 7 green and 9 cream cardboard disks or counters, 1900 = 1949 Classifications: recreation / toys Identifications: game […]
MEREM:2010.70.1
Brief description: cardboard case in two parts containing a pair of bone-framed spectacles, made by Herbert Hooper of Mere for Mrs Toogood, early 20th century Classifications: person / accessory / society / health Identifications: spectacles Place: Castle Works Wiltshire Measurements: height 13 cm (case closed) Material: cardboard, paper, bone, glass Completeness: complete
MEREM:2010.60.4
Brief description: glass negative for picture of an engraving of The Square, Mere, formerly the Old Market Place,Mere, made by William Lander of Mere, used by Miss Joyce Rutter, possibly for illustrations for ‘The Story of Mere’, 1958, fourth of ten in a cardboard box Classifications: recreation / photography / environment / buildings Identifications: glass […]
MEREM:2010.60.1
Brief description: glass negative for picture of a photograph of Edmunds and Son and The Old Ship Hotel, Castle St., Mere by Frederick Holmes, Mere photographer, c.1920s, used by Miss Joyce Rutter, possibly for illustrations for ‘The Story of Mere’, 1958, one of ten in a cardboard box Classifications: recreation / photography / environment / […]
MEREM:2010.4
Brief description: handwritten ledger (no 15218) bound in red leather with impressed gilt title, the inventory of premises, fixtures, furniture, horses and carts belonging to John Walton and Son Ltd, of Mere, 1881 -1912. Classifications: trade / shopkeeper / society / money Identifications: ledger / Place: Old Bailey Essex Measurements: height 32 cm Material: paper, […]
MEREM:2009.103
Brief description: black bowler hat lined with red fabric (silk), with a bow and maker’s stamp on the inner hat band, made by Christy’s of London, stamped Waltons, Ltd, Mere, c.1950 Classifications: person / costume Identifications: bowler hat Place: Measurements: height 12.5 cm Material: cardboard, felt, silk, leather, ribbon Completeness: complete Additional images: Click the […]
MEREM:2008.66
Brief description: printed cardboard, part of the cover of a Wiltshire Education Committee Register of Daily Attendances at Mere Church of England School, Infant department, 1 May 1909 – 30 April 1910 Classifications: society / education / society / religion Identifications: book cover / cover of an attendance register Place: Measurements: height 30.4 cm Material: […]
MEREM:2008.31
Brief description: 36 sheets in 18 polyethelene pockets bound in a file, carrying photographs of the Mere Tithe Map,1842, clarified and annotated by Dr, Colin Anderson, 2007 Classifications: society / money / environment Identifications: file / binder containing 18 pages / Place: Measurements: height 31.5 cm Material: paper, polyethelene, cardboard, cloth, metal Completeness: complete