MEREM:2010.63.8
Brief description: small book in a blue plastic cover stamped in silver with the title and badge, containing information and records relating to The Royal Observer Corps, c.1980 – 1991 Classifications: arms / books Identifications: handbook / The Royal Observer Corps handbook Place: Measurements: height 13.4 cm Material: paper, plastic Completeness: complete
MEREM:2010.63.9
Brief description: book bound in green paper covers with toggle cords, containing the basic training syllabus for The Royal Observer Corps, 1972 Classifications: arms / books Identifications: handbook / The Royal Observer Corps basic training syllabus Place: Measurements: height 21 cm Material: paper, cord, metal Completeness: complete
MEREM:2010.63.10
Brief description: framed certificate of service awarded to Observer T. W. Wheeler of The Royal Observer Corps, on the occasion of the Stand Down, 30th September 1991 Classifications: arms / books Identifications: certificate / Place: Measurements: height 22.5 cm Material: paper, glass, wood, cord, metal Completeness: complete
MEREM:2010.63.11
Brief description: photocopied letter to Terry Wheeler, formerly of The Royal Observer Corps, from Ann Smith on behalf of the Royal Corps of Signals Association formed after the standing of the R.O.C. in September 1991, giving information of the newly established Benevolent Fund, etc., June 1993 Classifications: arms Identifications: letter / Place: Measurements: height 29.7 […]
MEREM:2010.62
Brief description: printed booklet with blue paper cover containing an account of the events held in Mere on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, 1897 Classifications: events Identifications: booklet / Place: Mere Wiltshire Measurements: height 18.3 cm Material: paper, ink Completeness: complete
MEREM:2010.61
Brief description: printed illustrated souvenir programme of the coronation service (with additional information) of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2nd June 1953 Classifications: events Identifications: booklet / programme Place: Long Acre Essex Measurements: height 24.8 cm Material: paper, ink Completeness: complete
MEREM:2010.38
Brief description: Black and white press photograph of Mere’s new by-pass (the bridge over the Warminster Rd.) nearing completion, printed in the Western Gazette, 9th April 1976 Classifications: transport / road / environment Identifications: pbotograph / Place: Measurements: height 15.2 cm Material: paper, ink Completeness: complete
MEREM:2010.19
Brief description: printed programme for Mere Carnival, with black and white photograph of the carnival queen and her attendants on the cover, and yellow inner pages, 1968 Classifications: events Identifications: programme / booklet Place: Mere Wiltshire Measurements: height 22.5 cm Material: paper Completeness: complete Additional images: Click the images to view larger image
MEREM:2010.20
Brief description: pamphlet issued to the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force by Dwight Eisenhower prior to the D-Day landings, 6th June 1944 Classifications: arms Identifications: pamphlet / Place: Measurements: height 23.2 cm Material: paper, ink Completeness: complete
MEREM:2010.21
Brief description: printed notice headed S Michael’s Mere Choir Notice, on which hymns, psalms etc, to be sung at Matins and Evensong are recorded, dated May 11 (no year). A handwritten note on the back relates to rates collected in 1852 and 1853. Classifications: society / religion Identifications: notice / Place: Measurements: height 12.4 cm […]