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Rabbit's foot amulet

1860-1905

Saw bench

1879

A trigonometrical calculator, British, 1826-1842

1826-1842

Daily Herald Photograph: Maize field

1941-10-16

Daily Herald Contact Sheet: Farming, Crop Drying

1950-04-04

Daily Herald Photograph: Tithe War

1934-02-22

Daily Herald Photograph: Farming, Crop Drying

1950

Daily Herald Photograph: Tithe War

1934-09-10

Daily Herald Photograph: Farming, Crop Drying

1950-04-04

Beccles halfpenny

1795

Charles Guest

1795

Daily Herald Contact Sheet; Pet Pig

1953-12-01

Daily Herald Photograph: Farming, Crop Drying

1950-04-04

Daily Herald Photograph: Agricultural Show, Horses

1948-06-2
Lawn mower, built by J. R and A. Ransomes of Ipswich to Edwin Budding's patent No.3157 of 1830

Budding's patent lawn mower, 1832.

1832
2 empty cardboard packages for Bean's Starch, guaranteed pure, 8oz pack, by G. Bean and Son, Stoke-by-Clare, 1930-1950

2 empty cardboard packages for Bean's Starch

1930-1950
Human bone found in Suffolk, dated to 1200 A.D.

Human bone found in Suffolk, dated to 1200 A.D.

1200
One photograph titled 'Family Fabric', showing brother and sister Jack and Nellie Daines making baskets. The family had been basket-making at Dennington, near Framlingham, for half a century.

Daily Herald Photograph; Basket Making

1961-04-29
Prototype of a new type of patient commode, the Kirton commode, for use in hospitals to minimise the risk of HCAIs (Healthcare Acquired Infections), designed by PearsonLloyd and made by Kirton Healthcare Ltd, Haverhill, Suffolk, England, 2010

Prototype Kirton commode

2010
Framed MRCVS certificate of F.W. Day, awarded April 9th 1878

MRCVS, Royal Veterinary College certificate, 1878.

1875-1878
Framed certificate of attendance at practical chemistry classes at the Royal Veterinary College, London, 1876-1877

Certificate from the Royal Veterinary College

1876-1877
Astragalus (ankle) bone carried against rheumatism, Suffolk, 1880-1916

Human ankle bone carried to cure rheumatism, Suffolk, England, 1880-1916

1880-1916
Vintage silver gelatin print by George Davison, mounted on card. Image shows a fleet of fishing boats in the entrance to Lowestoft Harbour, Suffolk. This photograph was exhibited in the Amateur Photographic Exhibition of 1886.

Entrance to Lowestoft Harbour (Fishing Smack)

1886
Manuscript book presented to Mr. H. T. Punchard on his retirement from Welnetham Station, 14 February 1935, after 39 years of service. The book is inscribed with the names of the parishioners of Great and Little Welnetham, Rushbrooke, Bradfield St. George, Bradfield St. Clare and Bradfield Combust. The book is a lined notebook and was presented along with a gift of £10.14.9. It was presumably organised by the parishioners themselves. 7.7559 x 6.378 in.

Book Presented to Mr. H. T. Punchard on his Retirement from Welnetham Station

1935
Model of the Woodbridge "Giant" steelyard weighing machine (scale 1 to 16), Suffolk, 17th century

Model of the Woodbridge "Giant" steelyard weighing machine (scale 1 to 16)

Silver gelatin panoramic photograph by George Davison, mounted on card. Image shows rough seas at Lowestoft, Suffolk. View of the pier and beach.

Rough seas at Lowestoft

circa 1905
Silver gelatin panoramic photograph by George Davison, mounted on card. Men and women in Edwardian dress are pictured walking near Lowestoft Harbour, Suffolk. The pier can be seen in the background.

Boats in Lowestoft Harbour

circa 1905
Vintage silver gelatin print by George Davison, mounted on card. Image shows fishermen and their boats at Lowestoft Harbour, Suffolk.

Lowestoft Harbour

circa 1885
Silver gelatin panoramic photograph by George Davison, mounted on card. Leisure seekers in Edwardian dress walk along the beach promenade in Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Lowestoft Promenade

circa 1905
Silver gelatin panoramic photograph by George Davison, mounted on card. Boats in Lowestoft Harbour, Suffolk.

Lowestoft Harbour

circa 1905
Silver gelatin panoramic photograph by George Davison, mounted on card. Leisure seekers in Edwardian dress walk along the beach promenade in Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Lowestoft Promenade

circa 1905
Silver gelatin print by George Davison, mounted on card. Panoramic view of Lowestoft Harbour.

Lowestoft Harbour

circa 1895
Silver gelatin panoramic photograph by George Davison, mounted on card. Leisure seekers in Edwardian dress photographed on Lowestoft Pier, Suffolk.

Lowestoft Pier

circa 1905
Silver gelatin panoramic photograph by George Davison, mounted on card. Image shows boats moored in the harbour at Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Lowestoft Harbour

circa 1905
[Ms. letter] 1876 Nov 3, Playford near Ipswich [to] R. Anderson, Secretary to Home Office / G.B. Airy. [2p. on 1 leaf. He returns the Report (of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the Royal Observatory at Edinburgh), suggesting an alteration for Lord Lindsay to approve. With accompanying note (1p.) reiterating this. Anderson was Secretary to the Home Office. The Report of the Commission, of which Airy was a member, was published in 1877]

Ms. letter 1876 Nov 3

1876
Oral history interview with Gwen Divall conducted and recorded by Colin Divall on 12 April 2006, in Swilland, Suffolk. The interviewee is the interviewer’s mother. This is the first session of the interview. Duration: 2 hours 2 minutes. The interview focuses on Gwen Divall's passenger experiences on the railways and other forms of mobility, especially during the period between the First and Second World Wars. First recollection in 1928, Walworth, father occupation, Manor Road Place, walking ; [00:05:00] entertainment; bus to Camden to see aunt; tube; lights in London; [00:10:00] uncle in Walworth market; travel by tram; travelled from south to north London by tram; shopping; [00:15:00] shop at Co-op; milk deliveries; no other door deliveries; school in Walworth; 2-hour lunch break for children. Infants' junior then secondary school; [00:20:00] seaside trips; visits to park; parents did not travel; walk to Kennington Park; [00:25:00] joined HSA; visit to Zoo when north of river; [00:30:00] lived in three rooms; slept in put you up in front room; moved as rent increased; electro plating; moved furniture by van; to Tottenham until leaving home; [00:35:00] father still working; walked along Broad lane to school; trams but no trolleybuses in Tottenham; Drapers foundation school; girl from Waltham Cross; [00:40:00] Children’s money; free school meals; home at half past four; mother thrifty; [00:45:00] trolleybuses to Waltham Cross; bus to Camden; bread delivered daily and came with cart; coal delivered; [00:50:00] co-op; meat regular but shopped daily; walked; entertainment; battery and accumulator recharging; [00:55:00] Saturday morning pictures; girls friendly society and brownies walking in dark; playing in street; Tynemouth road; [01:00:00] first car a Ford in 1937; trip to Broadstairs; coach to Kew gardens; Tower of London; dust cart procession; [01:05:00] activities, walking, cinema on Saturday, football; works outing by coach to Southend; [01:10:00] Danger spots, belisha beacon crossing; [01:15:00] train to Southend; evacuated to Baldock by train; head of family wheelwright; two girls their age; factory in Baldock; school on three days a week; came home by train; [01:20:00] Tottenham library; shopping; schoolwork; Central schools; rheumatic fever; [01:25:00] medical conditions; workhouse query; looking after other people's house; [01:30:00] education during Second World War (WW2); walk to grammar school; children's country holiday fund; went to farm in Worcester, travel by train; mother worked in hospital during war; British restaurants; [01:35:00] bike for air raid warden; harvest work in summer holidays; train to Cambridge with bikes when there; [01:40:00] walking everywhere; motorbikes; bikes in country; blackout; Coronation; various female organisations in war; travelled by tube at end of war; [01:45:00] Coronation parties; cinema by bus; various female organisations in war; travelled by tube in war to west end.; [01:50:00] paid holiday after war; travelled on tram to theatre or Kew; Christmas; doodle bugs and V1’s and school; [01:55:00] cycling to country after hearing sirens; Forty Hill by bus; buses were plentiful [02:02:15] [end of session 1]

Gwen Divall interviewed by Colin Divall (session 1 of 2)

2006-04-12
Oral history interview with Penny Jones, conducted and recorded by Frank Paterson at interviewee's home on 13 April 2023. Duration: 1 hr. 20 min. 59 sec. Study and training in psychology; early career in psychology; Northern Ireland Electricity Privatisation; working with Roger Salmon; consultancy for British Railways, planning the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (OPRAF); recruitment process, new approach, awaydays, OPRAF implementation; personal reflections

Penny Jones interviewed by Frank Paterson

2023-04-13
One photograph titled ‘Pigs immortalized’. Caption on the back reads: ‘One hundred and thirty four pigs are immortalized in a memorial which was unveiled today at Wortham, Suffolk. The pigs were seized for distraint a year ago from the farm of Mr. R. H. RASH- and the monument commemorates the “tithe war” which the seizure occasioned.’ Image includes crop marks.

Daily Herald Photograph: Tithe War

1935-02-22
Vintage silver gelatin print by George Davison, mounted on card. Image shows a group of men scrubbing the bottom of a boat in Rye, East Sussex. Undated, ca. 1890.

Boat Cleaning

circa 1890
Vintage silver gelatin print by George Davison, mounted on card. Image shows fishermen laying out sails at Lowestoft Harbour, Suffolk.

Lowestoft Harbour

circa 1885
Vintage photogravure by George Davison. Image shows farmers burning weeds in a field. Dated 1893.

Weed Burning

1893
Silver gelatin panoramic photograph by George Davison, mounted on card. Image men walking near Lowestoft Harbour, Suffolk.

Lowestoft

circa 1900
Silver gelatin panoramic photograph by George Davison, mounted on card. Leisure seekers in Edwardian dress photographed on Lowestoft Pier, Suffolk.

Lowestoft Pier

circa 1905
Silver gelatin panoramic photograph by George Davison, mounted on card. Image of the harbour at Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Harbour at Lowestoft

circa 1905
Silver gelatin panoramic photograph by George Davison, mounted on card. Image shows a large sail boat anchored in Lowestoft Harbour, Suffolk.

Boat in Lowestoft Harbour

circa 1900
Silver gelatin print by George Davison, mounted on card. Panoramic view of the Thames at Hampton, Surrey.

Thames at Hampton Church

circa 1904
Silver gelatin print by George Davison, mounted on card. Image of Davison's daughter, Ruby. She is wearing a winter coat and standing near a rowboat on the bank of a river (possibly at Hampton, Surrey).

Ruby Davison

circa 1895
Silver gelatin print by George Davison, mounted on card. Panoramic view of the Thames at Hampton, Surrey.

Thames at Hampton Church

ca. 1904
Silver gelatin panoramic photograph by George Davison, mounted on card. Lowestoft Beach looking toward the pier.

Lowestoft Beach

circa 1905
Silver gelatin print by George Davison, mounted on card. Panoramic view of the Thames at Hampton, Surrey.

Thames at Hampton Church

ca. 1904