KUHCC School Loans Catalogue 2000-2003

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Geology

History

Victorian

Britain since 1900

History of Education

Maritime

Fossils

Prehistory

Transport, industry

Transport, industry

General

Fishing

Dinosaurs

Local prehistory

Local transport

Law and order

Local Schools

Models of fishing vessels

Later extinct animals

Ancient Egypt

Fire prevention, insurance, friendly societies

Politics, reform

Classroom furniture and fittings

Whaling

Rocks and minerals

Ancient Greece

Law and order

First World War 

Lessons, books, equipment

Commerce

Moon and stars

Romans in Britain

Military

Second World War

Museums and Education

Ship models

 

Local History Romans

Politics, reform

Hull in the Second World War

 

Ship models (Local craft)

 

Anglo Saxons and Vikings

Newspapers, advertising, printing

Childhood, toys

 

The Navy

 

Local History - Anglo Saxons and Vikings

Costume, needlework

Cleaning, washing, ironing

 

General maritime

 

Medieval times

Childhood, toys

Lighting

 

Models of foreign craft

 

Local History - Medieval times

Cleaning, washing, ironing

Household, kitchen, domestic

 

 

 

Tudor times

Lighting

Coinage

 

 

 

Local History - Tudor and Stuart

Household, kitchen, domestic

Royalty

 

 

 

Stuart times

Shops

General Interest

 

 

 

Georgian times

Coinage

A year to remember videos

 

 

 

Local History - Georgian times

Royalty

Local History - 20th Century

 

 

 

William Wilberforce and Slavery

YTV 'How we used to live'

Farming and rural crafts

 

 

 

 

Local history - Victorian

 

 

 

 

Natural History

Birds of prey

Birds of woodland and hedgerow

Birds of field meadow and moorland

Birds of sea and shore

Wetland and waterside birds

Recordings of birdsong

Birds' eggs

Bird identification aids

Videotapes of birds

Land mammals

Marine mammals

Reptiles

Amphibians

Sea creatures

Freshwater creatures

Insects

Human biology

Animal skulls and skeletons

Foreign birds and animals

Foreign insects spiders scorpions

Trees flowers fungi and grasses

General nature and conservation

 

 

Videotapes

Geology

History

Local History

History of Education

Maritime History

Natural History

Art Loans

Art loan conditions

 

MUSEUM LOANS - Conditions

Loan Period

Three weeks. There are a minimum of two loan periods per term.

Ordering

Please order well in advance by telephone (01482) 613947.

 

Any written requests should be addressed to School Loans Department, Hull City Museums, Monument Buildings, Ferens Art Gallery, Queen Victoria Square, Hull. HUl 3RA.

 

Orders are processed on a first come, first served basis and will be accepted up to one year in advance. A maximum of twenty loan units per school is allowed for each loan period.

 

Each individual catalogue number constitutes one loan unit.

 

Please give alternative numbers and dates if possible.

Delivery

Please check loans before signing delivery note.

 

Sheets detailing delivery and collection dates will be sent to each school annually. Further copies are available from the School Loans Department.

 

By arrangement, teachers may collect certain loan units in person in advance of the delivery date. The museum van will call at the school for this material on the normal return date.

Viewing Security and Care of Objects

Teachers are invited to visit the department to view the material available for loan. Please telephone to make an appointment - tel. (01482) 613947.

 

The borrower is responsible for the care of material whilst on loan. Please take sensible security measures.

 

Loan units should not be left unattended in school entrance halls upon delivery or prior to collection.

 

Please report any damage or loss immediately by telephone to the department (01482) 613947.

 

Loss due to theft must also be reported immediately to the police and a crime data sheet obtained. Please see 'Liability' below.

 

Please avoid displaying objects in direct sunlight.

 

Please do not affix adhesives labels, sellotape, blue tack, etc. to loans or loan cases.

 

Please do not attempt to repair damaged objects.

Liability

In the event of serious damage or total loss, a claim will be made on the museum's insurance policy. This policy carries an excess. This amount will be charged to the school.

 

Schools will be charged the full cost of repair or replacement in the event of minor breakages or losses which are not covered by the museum's insurance policy. An additional charge may be added to cover administration costs.

Return

Please check the contents of each box carefully and return all loan material to a secure central point (e.g. the secretary's office) on or before the collection date.

 

Extensions to the normal loan period cannot be granted due to the popularity of many of the items.

Video tapes

All video tapes are VHS format.

Enquiries

Please telephone Hull (01482) 613947

Geology

Fossils

G1

The Beginnings of Life: a collection of early fossils, plus slides and audio cassette 'In the Beginning'

 

G2

What is a Fossil?: examples of fossil plants, invertebrates and vertebrates

 

G4

Fossils and Minerals: starter collection of fifteen small, individually boxed and labelled specimens

5

G5

Fossils: a general collection of fossil casts

 

G6

Fossils: a general collection of selected examples

3

Gl0

Trilobites: three-lobed marine arthropods from the Palaeozoic era; fossils and fossil casts

2

G20

Devonian, Silurian and Ordovician Fossils: graptolites, trilobites, brachiopods and coral

 

G30

Coal Measure Fossils: from the Carboniferous period; found in a Barnsley coal mine

2

G34

Corals from the Carboniferous Limestone: fossil corals and invertebrates

 

G37

Crinoids: creatures related to sea urchins; from the Carboniferous and Jurassic periods; fossils and fossil casts

 

G40

Ammonites and Belemnites: from the Jurassic period

3

G42

Ammonites: mostly fragments, from the Lower Jurassic period Common zone fossils of the North Yorkshire lias

 

G43

Ammonite and Nautilus: sectional for comparison

 

G48

Jurassic Fossils: a representative collection

 

G50

Lower Jurassic Fossils: a collection of ammonites, belemnites, bivalves, gastropods and fossilised wood

 

G53

Middle Jurassic Fossils: a collection of sea creatures, plants, corals and fish teeth

 

G55

Fossil Fishes: from the Jurassic period

 

G60

Fossils from the Corallian: a collection of corals and sea creatures from the Upper Jurassic

 

G61

Upper Jurassic Fossils: a varied collection of ammonites, belemnites, gryphaea and other bivalves

 

G65

East Yorkshire Fossils: a varied collection of sea creatures, plus more recent fossils such as a reindeer antler fragment, part of a bison leg bone and a shark's tooth 2

 

 

Fossils from the Red Chalk and Speeton Clay: lower Cretaceous Ammonites, belemnites, gryphaea and brachiopods

 

G71

Fossils from the Yorkshire Chalk: Cretaceous

 

G72

Fossils from the Chalk: upper Cretaceous Echinoids, brachiopods, sponges, bivalves and a fish tooth

 

G75

Cretaceous Fossils: a representative collection

 

G76

The Evolution of Micraster: casts of fossil sea urchins

 

G78

Fossil Sponges: from the Upper Cretaceous

 

G80

Cainozoic Fossils: bivalves and fish teeth from the recent geological past

 

Dinosaurs

G105

Wallchart The Age of Dinosaurs

2

G108

Painting Dinosaurs of the Middle Jurassic Period

 

G115

Dinosaur Fossil Fragments: small fossil teeth, fragments of bone and eggshell

 

G120

Fossil Footprint of a Small Dinosaur

 

G125

Fossil Footprint of Chirotherium (small dinosaur): cast

3

G130

Pterodactyl Fossil: cast

 

G132

Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus Fossils: vertebrae of ichthyosaur and plesiosaur; paddle bone of plesiosaur; coprolite (fossil dropping) of ichthyosaur

 

G133

Cast of an Ichthyosaurus Skull and Vertebrae

 

G135

Cast of an Archaeopteryx Fossil

 

G140

Diplodocus: scale model

 

G141

Stegosaurus: scale model

2

G142

Allosaurus: scale model

 

G144

Iguanodon: scale model

 

G145

Triceratops: scale model

2

G146

Ankylosaurus: scale model

 

G150

Plesiosaurus: scale model

2

G151

Ichthyosaurus: scale model

2

G160

Prints Iguanodon, Pteranodon and Cetiosaurus

2

G161

Prints Pterodactyl, Ichthyosaurus and Tyrannosaurus

2

Later Extinct Animals

G170

Smilodon or Sabre-Toothed Tiger: scale model

 

G175

Woolly Rhinoceros: scale model

2

G176

European Bison: scale model

 

G177

Cave Lion: scale model

 

G179

Woolly Mammoth: scale model

2

G181

Mammoths: photos and text in large frame, 180cm x 87cm

 

G182

Photograph Preserved Body of Mammoth: found in glacial ice in NE Siberia

 

G183

Ice Age Fossils: includes mammoth tooth, reindeer antler base, bison tooth and rhinoceros rib

 

G185

Ice Age Fossils: mammoth teeth and section of tusk

4

G190

Photograph Excavation of Giant Irish Elk Skull

 

G195

Straight-tusked Elephant: from the Pleistocene epoch; scale model

 

G205

Later Extinct Animals of North Humberside: locally found specimens of bone, horn and antler of aurochs, wild boar, red deer, brown bear and wolf

 

G210

Prints Cave Bear, Reindeer, Cave Lion, Forest Elephant, Giant Irish Elk and Woolly Rhinoceros

 

Rocks and Minerals, Local Geology

G250

Wallchart The Face of the Earth: the earth's crust and structure

 

G255

Moh's Scale of Hardness: card mineral computer with samples of minerals of every category of hardness; plus samples for testing, comparison, etc

8

G260

Minerals: excluding metal ores; samples for handling

4

G262

Minerals: samples in display case

3

G265

Igneous Rocks: samples for handling

8

G270

Sedimentary Rocks: samples for handling

8

G272

Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks: samples for handling

2

G275

Ice Transported Rocks: examples of glacial erratics

 

G280

Minerals: cut and polished examples

 

G282

Agates: various kinds, cut and polished; foreign specimens

2

G283

Agates: various kinds, cut and polished; locally found specimens

2

G285

Rock Crystals: examples illustrating styles of jewellers' cutting

 

G290

Metals: the extraction, manufacturing processes and properties of metals with samples of ores, metals and finished goods

 

G300

Metal Ores: samples for handling

4

G320

Slides North Sea Gas: the extraction of gas from beneath the seabed; life aboard the rig

 

G450

Videotape Turning Back the Tide: coastal erosion in Humberside, features Spurn and the Holderness coast; of particular interest to schools near the coast; 30 minutes Suitable upper junior, secondary

3

G453

Videotape The Yorkshire Coast: a video journey covering the Yorkshire coast from Spurn to Staithes 51 minutes

4

G455

The Humber Basin: examples of rocks and minerals of the region plus slides 'The Humber Basin' and 'East Yorkshire Cliffs and Beaches'

 

The Moon and Stars

G550

Moon Map and Lunar Globe: 30cm diameter

4

G551

Wallchart Map of Bright Stars: the Northern Hemisphere

2

History

Prehistory

H1

Slides and Audio Cassette The Dawn of Civilisation

 

H3

Slides and Audio Cassette The Coming of Man

 

H9

Australopithecus robustus: c3 million years; head cast

 

H10

Australopithecus africanus: c30-25 million years; head cast

 

H11

Australopithecus africanus: c30-25 million years; head and skull casts

 

H12

Australopithecus boisei: c20-15 million years; head cast

 

H13

Homo habilis: c19 million years; cast of skull; lacking lower jaw

 

H14

Java Man (Homo erectus): c710,000 years; head cast

 

H15

Trinil Man (Homo erectus): c700,000 years; head and skull casts

 

H16

Peking Man (Homo erectus): c400,000 years; head cast

 

H17

Swanscombe Man (Homo sapiens):c250,000 years; head cast

 

H18

Rhodesian Man (Homo sapiens): c125,000 years; resembles the European Neanderthals; head and skull casts

 

H19

La Ferrasie Man (Homo sapiens neanderthalensis): c60,000 to 40,000 years; a European Neanderthal; skull cast

 

H20

Mount Carmel Man (Homo sapiens): c45,000 years; head and skull casts

 

H21

Florisbad Man (Homo sapiens): c35,000 years; head cast

 

H22

La Chapelle Man (Homo sapiens): c25,000 years; a Neanderthal type; head cast

 

H23

Cro-Magnon Man (Homo sapiens): c25,000 years; head cast

 

H24

Choukoutien Man (Homo sapiens): c10,000 years; head cast

 

H25

Wadjak Man (Homo sapiens): c8,000 years; head cast

 

H30

Peking Man: c400,000 years ago; coloured print; framed

 

H40

Old Stone Age Tools; five hand axes

4

H44

Slides Two sets Lascaux Cave Paintings and Man Before Metals

 

H45

Head of Stag from Lascaux Cave: large silk-screen copy Actual size

2

H46

Bison from Lascaux Cave: large silk-screen copy Actual size

 

H47

Horses from Lascaux Cave: large silk-screen copy Actual size

 

H48

Stag from Lascaux Cave: large silk-screen copy Actual size

 

H50

Development of the Axe; six axeheads, from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age

3

H52

Neolithic and Bronze Age Arrowheads

 

H54

The Making of Flint Implements: arrowheads and scrapers from the later Stone Age, with booklet "Later Stone Implements"

 

H55

Videotape Grimes Graves: an introduction to the Neolithic flint mines in Norfolk and the techniques of flint knapping 12 minutes

4

H58

Videotape Stonehenge 15 minutes

 

H60

Bronze Age Weapons: four sword fragments

 

H61

Bronze Age Weapons: three axes and a spearhead

 

H63

Bronze Age Burials: replicas of typical grave goods found in Bronze Age barrows

 

H69

Videotape The Development of the Dwelling House: from prehistoric times to the present day 17 minutes Suitable upper primary/lower secondary

2

H70

Iron Age Hut: scale model showing structural details

 

H75

Iron Age Rotary Quern: can be used in the classroom for grinding corn into flour

 

H77

Framed Picture A Celtic Chariot Burial: an artist's impression based on evidence found in East Yorkshire chariot burials

4

H83

Videotape Working on the Evidence - Maiden Castle: life in the Iron Age and the archaeology of a hill fort Suitable 9-13 age group 20 minutes

 

H87

Terracotta Statuette of Man Riding a Horse: Iron Age, Cyprus, 1000-600 BC Replica

 

H95

The Phaistos Disc: clay disc with unique hieroglyphic script; found on a Minoan site in Crete; c1600 BC Replica

 

H98

Videotape Looking at Prehistoric sites 20 minutes

 

H100

Slides and Audio Cassette Archaeological History of the British Isles; late Bronze Age to early Anglo-Saxon

 

H102

Prehistoric Britain: folder Fifteen copies

 

H103

Slides Exploring Prehistoric Britain

 

H105

Slides Aerial Photography in Archaeology

 

H109

Techniques of Archaeological Excavation: fourteen mounted photographs with notes

 

Local Prehistory

H1500

Prehistoric Humberside: 16 framed display boards (75cm x 50cm) produced and illustrated by Humberside Archaeology Unit

 

H1501

Prehistoric Humberside: 30 copies of an illustrated booklet produced by Humberside Archaeology Unit

 

H1502

Prehistoric Humberside: reduced copies of H1500 above Size A3; 16 encapsulated sheets

10

H1505

The Folkton Drums: unique Bronze Age cylindrical cult objects found in an East Riding barrow; replica

 

H1508

Videotape The North Ferriby Boats: the discovery, excavation and interpretation of Bronze Age boats in 1937 and 1963 25 minutes Suitable secondary

2

H1509

The North Ferriby Boats: booklet on the Bronze Age boats found on the Humber foreshore Fifteen copies

 

H1510

The Hasholme Iron Age Log Boat: booklet, photographs and information about this important local discovery, which is now preserved in the Hull and East Riding Museum

 

Ancient Egypt

H115

Poster Fowling in the Marshes: copy of a wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun, c1400 BC

 

H116

Posters (2) Ramesses the Great

 

H117

Poster Goddess Isis leading Queen Nefertari, wife of Ramesses the Great

2

H119

Sculpture: cast of a bas relief showing Seti I worshipping Osiris

 

H120

Ancient Egyptian Life: replica cooking pot made from Nile clay, delta baskets, printed papyrus, colour pictures and a colouring book showing scenes of harvesting, wine making, etc

 

H122

Jewellery and Personal Adornment in Ancient Egypt: replica of a royal cosmetic palette, beards, necklaces and amulets plus colour pictures and printed papyrus

 

H125

Transport in Ancient Egypt: model of a bas relief carving of a chariot, printed papyrus and a colour picture showing chariots and boats

 

H130

Egypt (BBC Video Plus): videotape Landmarks' - 1 The Gift of the Nile 2 The Pharaohs, 3 Life under the Pharaohs; teachers' notes; Fact Finder booklet 'Egypt;' wallchart Ancient Egypt' Suitable Key Stage 2

2

H131

Photopack and Resource Booklet Ancient Egypt: published by Folens

9

H132

Poster: Pharaohs of the Nile

 

H139

Animal Deities in Ancient Egypt: a variety of replica animal deities plus colour pictures, printed papyrus and colouring book

 

H140

Glazed Faience Hippopotamus: c1900 BC Replica

 

H141

Tutankhamun Display Panels: seven A3 display panels illustrating the discovery and clearing of the tomb of Tutankhamun

 

H142

Wallchart The Land of Tutankhamun

 

H143

Slides The Treasures of Tutankhamun

4

H144

Slides Tutankhamun's Tomb

4

H146

Videotape Ancient Egypt: 11 minutes

2

H147

The Triple Sarcophagus and Mummy of Tutankhamun: scale model

 

H148

The Golden Death Mask of Tutankhamun: replica

 

H149

Sennet: commercial reproduction of an ebony and ivory board game discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamun

6

H151

Tutankhamun's Gods: replicas of gods, ushabti and amulets plus colour pictures and colouring book

 

H153

Tutankhamun: model death mask plus brass ankh, ushabti, Anubis on shrine, colour pictures and colouring book

 

H154

Posters (3) Tutankhamun's Treasures: large colour posters illustrating a the gold funerary mask, b the gold mummiform coffin, c the front of the golden throne Produced by the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

4

H155

Poster Tutankhamun: showing cut away view of his tomb interior

 

H157

Videotape The Face of Tutankhamun: Part 1 'The Great Adventure' - Howard Carter and the discovery of the tomb in November 1922; from a BBC TV Chronicle programme (Please review before use and pick out sections most suitable for use) 50 minutes Plus BBC booklet 'Egypt and the Age of Tutankhamun'

2

H158

Videotape The Face of Tutankhamun: Part 2: 'Wonderful Things' - continues the story of Howard Carter and the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb (Please review before use and pick out sections most suitable for use) 50 minutes Plus BBC booklet

2

H159

Videotape As above: Part 5 'Heads in the Sand' - post mortem of Tutankhamun in 1968; the current poor state of display and preservation of the finds (Please review before use - see above) 50 minutes Plus BBC booklet

 

H160

Tutankhamun's Egypt: useful booklets, colour photographs (encapsulated) and pieces of papyrus printed with copies of ancient Egyptian motifs and hieroglyphs

3

H162

Poster Mummy No 6660: almost life size framed poster of a mummy in the British Museum collection

3

H164

Print Golden Coffin Lid: hand painted print on papyrus

 

H165

Slides Two sets: Egyptian Mummies and Coffins; Egyptian Tomb Paintings

7

H166

The Afterlife in Ancient Egypt: replica ushabti, scarab, god and amulets, etc plus colour pictures and printed papyrus

2

H168

Ancient Egypt - Facts and Pictures: pocket guide to Ancient Egypt; fact sheet on the Great Pyramid; mounted postcards of tomb paintings, hieroglyphs, etc; slides 'Treasures of Ancient Egypt'

3

H169

Ancient Egypt: book 'Ancient Egypt' (Eyewitness Guide with excellent illustrations) plus slides with 'Treasures of Ancient Egypt' and British Museum pocket guide to Ancient Egypt

2

H170

The Rosetta Stone: large framed facsimile drawing of the Ptolemaic stela, with its inscription in hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek scripts With explanatory booklet

6

H171

Replica of the Rosetta Stone; 30cm replica plus British Museum booklet about the discovery and significance of the stone in the decipherment of hieroglyphs

5

H173

Hieroglyphs: information, colour pictures, printed and plain papyrus plus templates for making hieroglyphs

 

H174

Hieroglyphs: framed British Museum tea-towel

6

H176

Ancient Egypt: twelve British Museum postcards mounted in two frames

 

H177

Egyptian Mummies: twelve British Museum postcards mounted in two frames

 

H179

Egyptian Music: rababa (violin), darabukka tabla (drum), zumarra double cane pipe, cane pipe and finger cymbals plus colour picture and printed papyrus showing musicians

 

H180

Egyptian Costume: traditional Arab costume and accessories

 

H181

Native Egyptian Weaving: three rugs, two showing village scenes, the third showing a donkey rider and camel

 

Ancient Greece

H183

Slides Mycenae

4

H185

Slides The Acropolis of Athens

4

H186

Model The Parthenon: detailed scale model of the temple on the Acropolis at Athens dedicated to the goddess Athena

 

H187

The Parthenon Sculptures: twelve British Museum postcards mounted in two frames

 

H188

Photopack and Resource Book: Greek Myths and Legends; published by Folens

9

H189

Photopack and Resource Book: Ancient Greece; published by Folens

17

H190

Videotape Ancient Greece: 10 minutes

2

H191

Videotape Greek vases in the British Museum; 30 minutes

 

H192

Ancient Greece: twelve British Museum postcards mounted in two frames

 

Romans in Britain (see also H69 to H105)

H200

Ordnance Survey Map Roman Britain: framed

2

H201

Wallchart Life in Roman Britain

2

H202

The Romans in Yorkshire: booklets and poster; includes colouring book of Roman soldiers which can be photocopied

 

H203

Ordnance Survey Map and Guide Roman and Anglian York; framed

2

H204

Roman Britain (BBC Video Plus): videotape 'Zig Zag' programmes - 1 Invasion, 2 Fighters and Builders, 3 Town Life, 4 Country Life, 5 Gods, Games and Goodbye; teacher's notes; Fact Finder booklet 'Roman Britain;' wallchart 'Roman Britain: Invasion' Suitable Key Stage 2

2

H205

Wallchart Romans in Britain

 

H206

Slides Lindum (Lincoln)

6

H207

Folder Archaeology for Schools - Roman Britain fifteen copies

 

H208

Slides Roman Britain

 

H209

Slides Roman York

2

H211

Slides Eboracum (York)

6

H212

Slides Exploring Roman Britain

 

H214

Slides The Water Newton Treasure: plus booklet 'The Water Newton Early Christian Silver'

 

H215

Invaders and Settlers - the Romans: a masterfile of photocopiable ideas for teachers, worksheets for children, etc

4

H216

Photopack and Resource Book: Romans and their Origins; published by Folens

9

H217

Invaders and Settlers - the Celts: a masterfile of photocopiable ideas for teachers, worksheets for children, etc

4

H218

Audio Cassette Sounds of the Roman World: music from archaeology

2

H220

Wallchart Roman Coinage

 

H221

Roman Coins: seven common Roman issues

 

H222

Roman Coins: twelve examples with booklet 'Roman Coinage in Britain'

 

H223

Roman Coins: four original and twelve replica coins; with information on the coins and the emperors represented, plus booklet Roman Coinage in Britain'

4

H225

Roman Pins and Brooches

 

H226

Roman Domestic Objects: everyday objects from a Roman household

 

H228

Roman Pottery: sherds of different types of pottery, replica Samian bowl, three different replica lamps; information booklets

3

H229

Romano-British Pots: mortarium, cooking pot, etc Replicas

2

H230

Roman Pottery: sherds representing different types of Romano-British pottery; plus slides 'The Pottery of Roman Britain'

4

H239

Slides Herculaneum

3

H240

Roman Mosaic: section of a Roman corridor mosaic from Greetwell, near Lincoln

 

H241

Slides The Legacy of Pompeii

3

H242

Slides Pompeii

3

H243

Slides The Pompeian House

3

H245

Roman Building Materials: including tiles, fragment of mosaic, tesserae and painted wall plaster

4

H246

Model of Roman Hypocaust: model showing details of the heating system in a Romano British villa of the fourth century AD

 

H248

Slides Mosaics in Britain

6

H249

Slides Crafts and Craftsmen in Roman Britain

6

H250

Slides Two Sets 'Hadrian's Wall' and 'Life on Hadrian's Wall'

2

H253

Slides Roman Books and Writing Materials

6

H254

Roman Writing: includes two replica Roman writing tablets and styluses which may be used; also Videotape 'Roman Writing Unravelled' (55 minutes), which is full of good ideas for pupils and teachers to investigate Roman writing and inscriptions in both classroom and museums Suitable junior and secondary; video best used in sections

3

H255

Roman Inscriptions: replicas of three Roman memorial stones

 

H256

Early Writing and the Origins of Modern English: book 'The Roman Writing Tablets of Vindolanda;' replica waxed writing tablet and stylus (Roman to Medieval); booklet 'A Speller's Companion' about Celtic oghams, Anglo-Saxon runes, Viking and Norman word origins etc

 

H257

Fragment of Roman Sculpture: probably from a Roman theatre of the late 2nd century; replica

 

H260

Head of Claudius: replica sculpture Claudius was born AD 10, led the invasion of Britain AD 43 and died AD 54

 

H263

Model of a Roman Ship

 

H265

Wallchart The Roman Army: equipment and armour

 

H267

Slides The Army in Roman Britain

6

H270

Lorica Segmentata: replica of a legionary's upper body armour

2

H272

Helmet: replica of the 'Mainz' Roman legionary's bronze helmet of AD 100

 

H274

Cingulum: replica of Roman legionary's military belt

 

H275

Roman Military Boots; replica

 

H276

Pilum: Roman javelin; replica

2

H278

Roman Sword: replica

 

H280

Roman Sheild: replica

 

H282

Tunic: representation of military tunic with metal fittings; adult size

2

H284

Slide Sets The Roman Occupation - Fortifications; Weapons

 

H287

Videotape Exploring Roman Britain - Roman Towns: three parts of 15 minutes each; suitable secondary

 

H288

Videotape Discovering Roman Britain - Roman Countryside: three parts of 15 minutes each; suitable secondary

 

H291

Slides Christianity in Roman Britain

6

H292

Slides Classical Toys and Pastimes

6

H295

Roman London: a series of postcards by the Museums of London, mounted in two frames Plus booklet 'Roman London' and Ordnance Survey map 'Roman London'

2

H300

Poster Roman Britain: showing main towns, roads, villages, etc

5

H302

Roman Britain: twelve British Museum postcards mounted in two frames

 

Local History - Romans

H1515

Roman Humberside: 16 framed display boards (75cm x 50cm), produced and illustrated by Humberside Archaeology Unit

 

H1516

The Romans in Humberside: 30 copies of an illustrated booklet, produced by Humberside Archaeology Unit

3

H1517

Roman Humberside: reduced copies of H1515 above Size A3; 16 encapsulated sheets

9

H1519

Roman Mosaic: outer section of mosaic from Rudston; large red and white tesserae only: 70cm x 40cm

 

H1520

Roman Mosaic: small section of the Charioteer mosaic from Rudston

2

H1524

Slides Excavation of the Roman Villa at Rudston

 

H1525

Rescue of Mosaic: photographs showing the rolling and lifting of the Rudston Charioteer Mosaic in 1973; with explanatory text; in single frame

 

H1526

Videotape Recovery of the Rudston Charioteer Mosaic by Hull Museums, 1973; colour; silent; 12 minutes

3

H1527

Videotape Excavation of Roman Villas at Rudston and Brantingham by Hull Museums, 1962; preparation and recovery of pieces of mosaic pavement; colour; silent; 11 minutes

3

H1528

The Roman Mosaics at Brantingham: photographs, map and information plus a selection of tesserae

 

H1529

The Roman Mosaics at Rudston: photographs, maps, plans and information plus a selection of tesserae

 

H1530

Roman Coins: examples from a hoard found at Swine, near Hull

 

H1532

Romano-British Pottery: sherds of a variety of pottery types found in East Yorkshire

 

H1535

Roman Stone Tablet: from the amphitheatre at Brough; replica

 

H1537

Local Romano-British Pottery: sherds of coarse grey ware pots made in the Holme-on-Spalding Moor area in the 3rd Century AD plus booklets, notes and illustrations

3

Anglo-Saxons and Vikings in Britain (see also H425 to H435)

H320

Audio Cassettes (2) and Booklet Storytelling at Historic Sites: 20 stories from Greek myths, Celtic, Roman, Saxon and Viking tales to medieval and Stuart stories Produced by English Heritage

6

H348

Anglo-Saxon Archaeology: slides of finds from Anglo-Saxon sites including the ship burial of an East Anglican king at Sutton Hoo; plus booklets on Anglo-Saxon sculpture, pottery and architecture

 

H350

Slides and EP Record The Making of the British, 600 BC to 1066 AD

 

H351

Poster The Anglo-Saxons

 

H354

Slides Anglo-Saxon Churches

 

H357

Anglo-Saxon Britain: a pack of illustrated information sheets which may be photocopied 6

 

H358

Photopack and Resource Book: Anglo-Saxons; published by Folens

9

H360

Saxon Peasants: detailed costume dolls

 

H361

Saxon Lord and Lady: detailed costume dolls

 

H365

The Anglo-Saxons (BBC Video Plus): videotape 'Landmarks' programmes - 1 Anglo-Saxon Life, 2 Archaeological Remains, 3 Anglo-Saxon Monks; teacher's notes; Fact Finder booklet 'The Anglo-Saxons;' wallchart 'The Anglo-Saxons' Suitable Key Stage 2

2

H367

Anglo-Saxon Literature: copies of pages from Bede's History the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles In two frames

2

H370

Anglo-Saxon and Viking Yorkshire: booklets and framed postcards

 

H373

Videotape Rescuing Our Past: rescue archaeology at an Anglo-Saxon site in North Yorkshire: shows how the evidence can give an accurate picture of Anglo-Saxon houses, clothing and personal possessions ~ 2 minutes

3

H377

The Vikings (BBC Video Plus): videotape 'Zig Zag' programmes - 1 The Vikings are Coming, 2 A Viking Town, 3 Viking Sailors; teacher's notes; Fact Finder booklet 'Vikings;' wallchart 'Vikings' Suitable Key Stage 2

2

H380

Poster The Vikings in the British Isles

 

H382

Audio Cassette Sounds of the Viking Age: music from archaeology

 

H384

Finds from Jorvik; replicas of comb, comb with case, pan pipes and Coppergate helmet brooch

 

H385

Slides Three Sets on Viking York: (a) Jorvik Viking Centre; (b) Coppergate; (c) The Coppergate Helmet

4

H387

Ordnance Survey Illustrated Map and Guide: Viking and Medieval York; framed

2

H388

Photopack and Resource Book: Vikings and their Origins; published by Folens

17

H389

Invaders and Settlers - the Vikings: a masterfile of photocopiable ideas for teachers, worksheets for children, etc

4

H390

Viking Helmet: replica

 

H391

Viking Axe: replica

 

H392

Viking Sword: replica

 

H393

Viking Shield, replica

 

H400

Viking Longship, model

3

H405

Viking Ship's Figurehead, 9th/10th Century; replica

 

H407

Print Viking Longship

 

H408

Wallchart Viking Ships

 

Local History - Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

H1540

Anglo-Saxon and Viking Humberside: 16 framed display boards (75cm x 50 cm), produced and illustrated by Humberside Archaeology Unit

 

H1541

'Anglo-Saxon and Viking Humberside:' 30 copies of an illustrated booklet, produced by Humberside Archaeology Unit

 

H1542

Anglo-Saxon and Viking Humberside: reduced copies of H1540 above Size A3; 16 encapsulated sheets

9

Medieval Times, 1066-1485

H425

Videotape The Norman Conquest of England 15 minutes

3

H430

Wallchart The Norman Invasion

 

H432

A Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry: linen tea towel; mounted and framed

2

H433

Videotape Presenting the Bayeux Tapestry 15 minutes

2

H435

The Bayeux Tapestry: 6 pictures in a single frame with important details from the tapestry

2

H438

Audio Cassette Sounds from Norman Times: music from archaeology

2

H440

York in the Domesday Book: a copy of a page from the Domesday Book with modern translation In single frame

2

H445

Discovery Pack Clifford's Tower and the Walls of York: with map and guide cards; includes ideas for other places to visit in York An English Heritage pack useful for families and school groups

3

H447

Skipsea Castle: diorama of this motte and bailey castle including notes, photographs and diagrams

 

H450

Norman Lord and Lady, 12th Century: detailed costume dolls

 

H452

Norman Soldier, 12th Century: detailed costume doll

 

H460

Peasant Man and Woman, 13th Century: detailed costume dolls

 

H462

Merchant and Woman with Distaff and Spindle, 13th Century: detailed costume dolls

 

H497

The Black Death: folder of copies of documents, etc

 

H500

The Deserted Medieval Village of Wharram Percy: slides, question sheets, photographs and information useful for a site visit

 

H501

Wharram Percy: maps, plans, reconstruction drawings, etc of the deserted medieval village; mounted on card and suitable for display

 

H502

The Medieval Village of Wharram Percy: scale model

 

H504

A Medieval Long House at Wharram Percy: scale model of a villein's cottage of the early 14th century

 

H507

Videotape Laxton, England's Last Open Field Village 23 minutes

 

H508

Videotape In Memoriam - The Archaeology of Graveyards: 21 minutes; how to use your local graveyard as an outdoor classroom for the study of ecology, archaeology, art, social history, etc Suitable secondary; teacher training; ideas for primary and secondary teachers

3

H511

Slides and Audio Cassette Our Church

 

H512

Videotape Looking at an Abbey 18 minutes

2

H516

Videotape Looking at a Castle 14 minutes

2

H520

Replica Medieval Pots: a selection of replica medieval pots fired in a Leeds University experiment in 1967 using reconstructions of medieval kilns to try to reproduce the glazes and fabrics of medieval pottery

4

H521

Medieval Pottery: sherds ranging from the 11th to the 17th centuries

 

H522

Late Medieval Pottery: sherds from the 14th to the 16th centuries; all found locally

 

H523

Medieval Face Jug: replica green glaze jug with modelled face and arms; l4th/l5th centuries

 

H524

Medieval Floor Tiles: a selection of interesting designs on both original and replica tiles

2

H527

Dulcimer: medieval stringed instrument; replica

 

H529

Soprano Shawm: medieval woodwind instrument; replica

 

H530

Crumhorn: medieval woodwind instrument; replica

 

H531

Dulzaine: medieval woodwind instrument; replica

 

H532

Cornettino: medieval woodwind instrument; replica

 

H533

Nakers: medieval drums; replica

 

H535

Early Musical Instruments: instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance Double LP record with booklet

 

H540

Stocks: full-size functional replica of a device used from medieval times to the early 19th century for the punishment of minor offences

 

H541

Pillory: replica A device similar to above, which held the offender in a standing position

 

H543

Gallows Iron: iron frame in which the body of a hanged person would be exhibited as a deterrent Used from medieval times to the beginning of the 19th century

 

H544

Scold's bridle: replica of a medieval device used on nagging women

 

H560

Mangon: a working scale model of a 12th century siege engine

 

H561

Trebuchet: a working scale model of a 13th century siege engine

2

H566

Videotape The Art of the Bowman 11 minutes

 

H568

Helmet: with chain mail and nosepiece; possibly of 19th century Sudanese origin, but medieval in style

 

H570

Camail: chain mail headpiece; 14th century; replica

 

H571

Helmet: 14th century; replica

 

H572

Houndskull Helmet: 15th century; replica

 

H573

Poleaxe: 15th century; replica 2

 

H582

Slides Arms and Armour: prehistoric to the 20th century

 

Local History - Medieval Times

H1550

Medieval Humberside, 1066-1455: 16 framed display boards (75cm x 50cm), produced and illustrated by Humberside Archaeology Unit

 

H1551

Medieval Humberside, 1066-1485: 30 copies of an illustrated booklet, produced and illustrated by Humberside Archaeology Unit

 

H1552

Medieval Humberside, 1066-1845: reduced copies of Hl550 above Size A3; 16 encapsulated sheets

10

H1554

Plan of Wyke upon Hull, 1293; drawn from archival records; framed

2

H1556

Charter of Kingston upon Hull: facsimile of Edward I's charter of 1299; framed

2

H1558

Plan of Hull, 15th Century: the oldest surviving plan; copy; framed

3

H1561

Finds from Medieval Hull: items discovered during excavations

3

H1563

Finds from the Medieval Walls of Hull: items discovered during excavations

 

H1568

Excavations in Hull's Old Town: Blackfriargate and Grimsby Lane Photographs and text

 

H1570

Excavations in Hull's Old Town: Sewer Lane, Scale Lane and Church Lane Photographs and text

 

H1573

Archaeological Excavation in Hull's Old Town: six display boards with colour illustrations and text

 

H1576

Videotape The Master Builders - Beverley Minster: medieval technology, engineering and design are introduced by looking at the present fabric of Beverley Minster Suitable Key Stage 3, adult ed'n; English Heritage; 23 minutes

2

H1784

Videotape Burton Agnes Hall: preview essential before use

2

H1785

Guidebook Helmsley Castle: English Heritage; 15 copies

 

H1786

Guidebook Scarborough Castle: English Heritage; 15 copies

 

H1787

Guidebook Richmond Castle: English Heritage; 15 copies

 

H1788

Guidebook Pickering Castle: English Heritage; 15 copies

 

H1789

Videotape Pickering Castle: English Heritage; 14 minutes

 

H1792

Guidebook Fountains Abbey: 15 copies

 

H1793

Guidebook Whitby Abbey: English Heritage; 15 copies

 

H1794

Guidebook Thornton Abbey: English Heritage; 15 copies

 

H1795

Guidebook Rievaulx Abbey: English Heritage; 15 copies

 

H1796

Videotape Building an Abbey - Rievaulx: English Heritage; 16 minutes

 

H1797

Videotape Beverley Minster: a look at this magnificent working parish church and the people involved in running it Features and areas are shown which are not normally seen by the general public 45 minutes

4

H1799

Videotape Caring for History: the preservation and restoration of ancient monuments and historic buildings: 29 minutes

 

Tudor Times, 1485 to 1603 (see also M410 to M420 and M600 to M605 and M800)

H600

Videotape The Tudor Palace of Hampton Court 16 minutes Includes a pack of useful teaching material which may be photocopied

2

H601

The Tudor Kitchens at Hampton Court Palace: two well illustrated booklets 'The Tudor Kitchen' and 'The Tudor Kitchen Cookery Book' plus audio cassette 'Tudor Kitchens'

8

H604

Tudors and Stuarts (BBC Video Plus): videotape 'Landmarks' programmes -1 Henry VII, 2 Henry VIII, 3 Elizabeth I, 4 Charles I, 5 Charles II; teacher's notes; Fact Finder booklet ' Tudors and Stuarts;' wallchart 'Tudor and Stuart Timeline' Suitable Key Stage 2

2

H606

Booklets Tudor Royal Letters: The Family of Henry VIII 15 copies

 

H607

Henry VIII and his Six Wives: portraits of Henry and his wives - in single frame; booklets 'King Henry VIII' and 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII'

4

H609

Booklets English Royal Signatures, 14 copies

 

H610

Wallchart Kings and Queens of England: from the Norman Conquest to the present day

 

H612

Henry VIII, 1536: detailed costume doll

2

H613

Catherine of Aragon, 1528: detailed costume doll

2

H614

Anne Boleyn, 1532: detailed costume doll

2

H615

Jane Seymour, 1536: detailed costume doll

2

H616

Anne of Cleves, 1539: detailed costume doll

2

H617

Catherine Howard, 1541: detailed costume doll

2

H618

Catherine Parr, 1543: detailed costume doll

2

H620

Breastplate from 16th Century Suit of Armour: with embossed decoration; replica

 

H621

Helmet from 16th Century Suit of Armour: with visor; replica

 

H623

Videotape Masters of Defence - traces the history of civilian swords and swordsmanship between 1500 and 1800; also 'How a Man Schall be Armyd' - shows how a full armour of the Elizabethan period was put on Royal Armouries 34 minutes

3

H624

Field Gun: model of 16th century gun with equipment

 

H627

Bronze Cannon of 1537 from the 'Mary Rose': model of a culverin and carriage recovered from the sterncastle of the 'Mary Rose', which sank in 1545

4

H629

Audio Cassette Henry VIII: a dramatisation in words and music Plus booklet 'Henry VIII at Greenwich - the life of a King'

3

H630

Audio Cassette Songs and music from the Time of Henry VIII: played on period instruments Plus booklet: 'King Henry VIII'

3

H632

Photopack and Resource Booklet Tudor Monarchs: published by Folens

9

H2066

Edward VI, 1550: detailed costume doll

2

H2067

Lady Jane Grey, 1553 (The Nine Day Queen): detailed costume doll

2

H2068

Queen Mary I, 1553: detailed costume doll

2

H633

Booklets Tudor Royal Letters: Elizabeth I and the Succession 14 copies

 

H634

Life in Tudor Times: a masterfile of photocopiable ideas for teachers, worksheets for children, etc

4

H635

Poster Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I: attributed to John Bettes, c1590; copy

3

H636

Elizabeth 1, 1588: detailed costume doll

2

H637

Queen Elizabeth 1(1558-1603): a copy of the Great Seal plus a postcard of a gold medallion commemorating the defeat of the Armada in 1588 and a copy of an official document dated 1582

 

H638

Audio Cassette Francis Drake 1540-1596: a dramatised biography

3

H640

Slides 16th Century Architecture: two sets - "Tudor Architecture' and 'Elizabethan Architecture'

 

H641

Slides Elizabethan and Early 17th Century Country Houses

 

Local History - Tudor and Stuart Times

H1580

Tudor and Stuart Humberside, 1485-1714: 16 framed display boards (75cm x 50cm), produced and illustrated by Humberside Archaeology Unit

 

H1581

Tudor and Stuart Humberside, 1485-1714: 30 copies of an illustrated booklet, produced by Humberside Archaeology Unit

 

H1582

Tudor and Stuart Humberside, 1485-1714: reduced copies of H1580 above Size A3; 16 encapsulated sheets

10

H1585

Map of Yorkshire: ancient chapelries and parishes Yorkshire Archaeological Society; framed

 

H1588

The Development of Hull: folder containing copies of maps and plans covering Hull's history from the 15th century, with explanatory notes, 15 copies

2

H1592

Map of North and East Riding, 1610 John Speede: copy, framed

2

H1593

Plan of Hull W Hollar, 1640; framed

4

H1595

Model of Hull: based on Hollar's plan of 1640

 

H1596

Plan of Kingston upon Hull in 1643: based upon plans by Hollar and Woolner and other sources; framed

 

H1597

Hull and the Civil War: videotape - 'Ye Original Plot to Take Ye Towne of Hull:' 40 minutes (Essential to preview and use selected sections only); booklet 'Defiance,' a graphic novel to accompany videotape above; booklet 'Beverley Gate' Suitable top junior and secondary

2

H1598

The Old Town, Hull: modern map with medieval and Civil War defences superimposed; framed

 

Stuart Times, 1603-1714 (see also M610 to M640)

H643

Slides 17th Century Architecture: two sets - 'Jacobean Architecture' and 'The Age of Inigo Jones'

 

H644

Slides 17th Century English Country Houses

 

H646

17th Century Pottery and Glass: pottery sherds and pieces of glass bottles and clay pipes; all found locally

3

H647

Bellarmine Jug: imported German stoneware vessel; early 17th Century

 

H652

Record For King and Parliament: popular music from the English Civil War, 1640-1660

 

H653

Audio Cassette As above

3

H656

The Civil War: includes Royal Armouries booklet 'Civil War;' a Times newspaper review of 1642; two copies of Civil war broadsheets; a National Portrait Gallery postcard pack with 12 postcard portraits and booklet 'Charles I and the Civil War'

3

H658

Civil War Breastplate; replica

 

H659

Civil War 'Lobster Tail' Helmet: a trooper's three-barred pot; replica

3

H660

Flintlock Pistol: 17th Century; replica

 

H662

Wallchart The Divided Realm: a two-sided commemorative Civil War chart produced in 1992

2

H663

Videotape 'Now Thrive the Armourers ' - the story of the Royal Armouries at the Tower of London; includes the loading and firing of Civil War weapons 45 minutes

3

H665

17th Century Legal Documents: an indenture (1662) and an exemplification of common recovery (1670); sealed and on vellum

 

H667

Print View of London in the Time of James I

 

H668

The Great Plague and the Great Fire of London 1665-6: two booklets with contemporary accounts and illustrations - written especially for school use

3

Georgian Britain

H680

Coachman's Blunderbuss: flintlock, 18th century; replica

 

H681

Flintlock Pistol: dragoon type, 18th century; replica

 

H682

Flintlock Double Barrel Pistol: 18th century; replica

 

H683

Flintlock Sporting Rifle: 18th century; replica

 

H685

Newspaper: the Leeds Mercury, 7th March, 1801

 

H687

Slides 18th Century English Country Houses

 

H689

Slides Georgian Provincial Life

 

H692

Wine Bottle: early 18th Century; 'onion' shape

 

H693

Bed Warming Pan: copper, c1790

 

H695

English Copper Coins, 1673-1854

 

H696

Georgian Coinage: two sets of guinea scales and a sovereign balance; plus examples of Georgian copper coinage

 

H697

18th Century Pottery and Glass: pottery sherds and pieces of glass bottles and clay pipes: all found locally

2

H699

The Wig in the 18th Century: wooden wig stand, wig iron and pipeclay wig curlers; pictures of ladies and gentlemen wearing wigs

 

Local History - the Georgian Period

H1600

Print The South East Prospect of Kingston upon Hull, J Hilbert, 1737

 

H1603

Print The South East Prospect of Kingston upon Hull, S and N Buck, 1745

2

H1605

Print The Market Place, Hull, 1780

2

H1606

Print Hull Citadel Watchtower: from a pencil sketch of the watchtower which survives in East Park

 

H1608

Print Plan of Kingston upon Hull, 1791, by Bower

 

H1609

Print Plan of Kingston upon Hull, 1795, by Buckton

 

H1611

Print Map of the East Riding, 1805, by Cary

 

H1613

The Hull Advertiser: seven framed editions of this local newspaper dating from the time of the Napoleonic wars

 

H1614

The Hull Advertiser: two special issues from 1815, with contemporary accounts of the Battle of Waterloo; framed

 

H1615

Yorkshire Trade Tokens: examples from the 17th to the 19th centuries

 

William Wilberforce and the Abolition of Slavery

H1620

Portraits of William Wilberforce; four prints in a single frame

 

H1621

Print Portrait of William Wilberforce: in his study; by G Richmond

 

H1625

Print Portrait of Thomas Clarkson: anti-slavery campaigner

 

H1628

Slides and Audio Cassette William Wilberforce

2

H1632

Slides The Abolition of the Slave Trade

3

H1635

Slides The Abolition of Slavery

3

H1638

Wallchart Wilberforce and Slavery

 

H1640

William Wilberforce and the Slave Trade: folder of information and facsimile documents Suitable primary, lower secondary

5

H1642

Slavery 'Factpack:' folder containing copies of documents, photographs, letters, broadsheets, songs, newspaper articles, etc Suitable secondary, especially GCSE

4

H1645

Videotape Slavery and Slave Resistance

 

H1658

Life in Sierra Leone: a collection of mounted colour photographs taken in 1982 Hull is twinned with the capital Freetown, which was established as a colony for freed slaves in 1787

 

H1659

Childhood and Education in Sierra Leone: colour photographs as above

 

Victorian Britain

(see also Maritime History, History of Education, Farming History and Rural Crafts)

Transport, Industry, etc (see also H1851-H1894)

H702

Print Hobby Horse, 1819

 

H703

Print Hobby Horse Riding School, 1849

 

H705

Videotape It's a Bike: a humorous look at the history of the bicycle, with important road safety messages 20 minutes

5

H708

Posters 'Your Bicycle Comes Out of History' and 'Bicycles': from the velocipede to the modern bicycle

5

H709

The Sturmey-Archer Gear: a modern example of this well-known bicycle hub gear developed in the 1890s and patented in 1901 by Henry Sturmey and James Archer, and in use since then; can be dismantled; with explanatory notes and diagrams

 

H712

Slides The Development of the Bicycle c1790 to 1990: with booklets on the history of the bicycle

3

H714

Videotape Bicycle: the development of the bicycle in the 19th century from the hobby horse to the safety bicycle From the 1990 BBC series 'Invention' 20 minutes

2

H716

Coaching Horn: or may be hunting horn; 19th Century (see also H680)

 

H718

Prints Royal Mail Coach, c1820 and Ceremonial Carriage, 1826 Copies

 

H720

Print Hansom Cab, c1900 Copy

 

H723

Early Cars: copies of adverts from motoring magazines 1899-1903; graphically illustrated and with interesting details of the very early days of motoring

 

H724

Motor Horn and Lifting Jack: c1900; plus copies of illustrated advertisements for motoring accessories and cars taken from a motoring magazine of 1901

 

H729

Videotape Stott Park Bobbin Mill: traces the history of the mill, built 1835, and typical of the many which supplied the spinning industry A skilled craftsman demonstrates how bobbins were made Suitable Key Stages 2 and 3; 15 minutes

4

H730

Print Stephenson's Locomotive, 1836 Copy

3

H732

Poster: Replica of Stephenson's 'Rocket' at the Rainhill Trials Commemoration, 1980

 

H735

Horizontal Static Steam Engine, c1850 Model

 

H736

As above A different design

 

H742

Videotape Victorian Steam Railways, 1895-1901: 50 minutes; rare glimpses of steam railways from the earliest days of cinematography

 

Local Transport (see also H1100-H1101, M545-M548 and M590)

H1760

Trams: photographs of old Hull trams; notes on local horse, steam and electric trams

 

H1762

The Opening of the Electric Tramway System in Hull, 1899: large framed photograph

4

H1764

Hull Tram, c1905: open top, electric type; large framed photograph

4

H1766

Videotapes (2): The History of Hull City Transport: volume 1 - Trams and Trolleys 1880-1964; volume 2 - 1950-1990 46 and 49 minutes

5

H1767

The Grimsby-Immingham Electric Tramway: folder of information and photographs; 45 copies

 

H1772

The Hull and Barnsley Railway, 1885-1990985; slide set, notes, booklet, copies of documents and maps

2

H1774

Inland Waterways of Yorkshire: facsimile documents, photographs; slides and audio cassette 'Canals'

 

H1775

Inland Waterways of Yorkshire: facsimile documents, photographs; slides 'English Canals in the Making'

 

H1776

Videotape Inland Waterways: a celebration of the arts, culture and tradition of Britain's waterways 65 minutes

4

H1777

Slides Aspects of Inland Waterways: two sets; In the Steps of James Brindley, In the Steps of Thomas Telford

2

H1778

Slides Canal Architecture in Britain; plus map, booklet, etc

2

H1779

Slides The English Canals; plus map of historical waterways

3

Fire Prevention, Insurance, Friendly Societies

H745

Fireman's Helmet: leather, mid-19th century

2

H747

Sun Insurance Firemark (replica) and Sun Insurance Policy: early 19th century

 

H748

Firemarks: five early-19th century examples

 

H749

Print Fire Engine, 1863 Copy

 

H750

'Kylfyre' Fire Extinguisher and Fire Bucket; c1900

 

H2050

Friendly Societies: objects and documents connected with the Oddfellows, the Foresters, the Druids and the Freemasons

 

Law and Order (see also H540-H544)

H754

Restraining Belt: iron belt with handcuff attachments

 

H755

Mechanical Thief-catcher: a device which clamped round the victim's leg; early 19th century

 

H759

The Police in the 19th Century: watchman's truncheon c1800; police rattle c1850; police truncheon (VR) c1870; set of handcuffs with key; police hand lamp; Metropolitan police whistle and two photographs of police c1900

 

H760

Policeman's Truncheon (1842) and Rattle

 

H761

Police Truncheons: two examples

 

H765

Handcuffs and Keys: three sets

 

H766

Keys: mainly 18th and 19th century examples

 

H767

Assize Chains: a chain, which passed through the central ring of these leg irons, was padlocked to either end of a horse-drawn Black Maria for the movement of prisoners; marked 'Nottingham Police;' 1990 9th century

 

H768

Policeman's Bullseye Handlamp, c1890

 

Military

H770

British Army Percussion Musket, 1861

 

H771

Winchester 44 Rifle, 1873: replica

 

H773

Bullet Moulds, Shot Flask and Powder Flask, 1830-1860

 

Politics, Reform (see also H1678-H1680 and H1125)

H782

Political Cartoons: four cartoons on radicalism c1890; original; framed

 

H783

Political Cartoon: the women's movement c1890; original; framed

 

H786

Political Broadsheets: eight original broadsheets for and against free trade; most c1840; in three frames

 

H787

Print Covent Garden Market, Westminster Election, 1808

 

H788

Print Mr and Mrs Gladstone: large, colourful, original Victorian print in original frame

 

Newspapers, Advertising, Printing; etc

H793

The Times, 14th December 1889: newspaper; can be handled with care by teachers only

 

H794

'The Graphic': an illustrated weekly newspaper Bound volume, January/June, 1891 Contains numerous illustrations and pictorial advertisements

 

H795

Victorian Advertisements: 14 examples mounted on card; copied from 'The Graphic,' 1891

3

H797

Late Victorian and Edwardian Card Advertisements: copies of four colourful advertisements for Reckitt's Black Lead, Bovril, Bass Pale Ale and Colman's Mustard In four frames

 

H798

Victorian Advertisements, Trade Cards and Letter Heads: a mixture of originals and copies, copiously illustrated

4

H799

Victorian Ephemera: advertisements, scraps, photographs, etc

4

H800

Enamel Advertising Signs: three examples - Gossage's Dry Soap; Hudson's Soap and Smoothtop Gas Ranges Original signs, framed

 

H801

As above Two further examples - Combs' Flour and Watson's Matchless Cleanser

 

H803

Printing: examples of copper plates, wooden printing letters for posters, etc, wooden fabric hand-printing blocks; c1900

3

H804

Printing: a collage formed of Victorian wooden printing blocks plus examples of individual wooden letters and numbers which were used for printing posters, advertisements, etc

2

H806

Printing Blocks and Composing Stick, c1900: a complete alphabet and numbers 0-9 of wooden printing blocks; type case; composing sticks; samples of pictorial and patterned individual printing blocks; includes an ink pad and endorsing ink for use

2

Costume, Needlework (see also H860-H870, H1011-H1012 and 'History of Education')

H810

Victorian Lady's Costume and Toilet Accessories: glove stretchers, skirt lifter, button hook, purse, scent bottles and other small items

2

H811

Victorian Lady's Costume: navy blue skirt, matching boned jacket and lace boots

 

H813

Victorian Lady's Costume: black skirt, lace-covered jacket, green velvet cape and white cotton cheminette

 

H814

Victorian Lady's Costume: includes stole, muff, cape and a pair of buttoned boots

 

H815

Lady's Nightdress, Cap and Shawl

 

H816

Two Nightdresses and a Nightshirt: for a gentleman, lady and child

 

H817

Lady's Boots: two pairs c1880

 

H819

Victorian Corset and Bodice: to fit young teenager

 

H820

Parasol: silk with fringing

 

H821

Folding Parasols: two; fragile - for demonstration only; c1870

 

H822

Costume Display Boards: four small display boards looking at women's costumes in the 1860s, 1900s and 1920s

 

H823

Maid's Dress, Apron and Cap: plus booklet 'Yes Mum, No Mum - Life in Domestic Service'

 

H825

Victorian Jet Jewellery: cameo brooch, bracelet, two necklaces and a bangle

 

H827

Clogs: pair of workman's clogs; Lancashire or Yorkshire, c1890

 

H828

Hobnail Boots and Gaiters: pair of workman's boots and leather gaiters, c1890

 

H830

Victorian Men's Costume: spats, shirt and collars, waistcoat and morning suit

 

H831

Top Hats: two to fit young gentlemen

 

H833

Top Hat: folding opera type

 

H835

Bowler Hat

 

H837

Victorian Spectacles and Lorgnettes: five examples

 

H838

Smoking Cap with Meerschaum and Clay Pipes

 

H839

Clay Tobacco Pipes: examples of Victorian clay pipes; pipe rack; pipe mould; booklets 'The Pipemaker' and 'Clay Tobacco Pipes'

 

H843

Ice Skates: wooden strap-on type, two pairs, c1880

3

H845

Victorian Gentleman's Costume Accessories and Personal Objects: includes clay pipe, glove stretchers, inkwell, razors, snuff box, spectacles, pocket watch and guinea scales

 

H848

Advertising Card for Gentleman's Clothing, dated 1900: entitled 'Latest Styles' and produced by Chester Barry Ltd of Manchester; features clothing for upper class gentlemen and boys

 

H850

Victorian Handicrafts: small items used in needlework and other handicrafts Pin cushions, lace bobbins and tatting shuttles Samples of needlework and other handicrafts

 

H851

Lace and Lace Making: lace making cushions and bobbins plus examples of costume and lace trim

2

H852

Victorian Samplers: two examples of school samplers plus booklet 'Samplers'

3

H853

Victorian Needlework: examples of a sampler, pin cushion, hand-sewn costume and child's school needlework

 

H855

Sewing Machine: small hand machine, manufactured by Cole, c1870

 

H856

Sewing Machine: small hand machine, c1880

 

H857

Jones Sewing Machine c1885: portable lock stitch machine patented by

 

 

William Jones of Manchester in 1879

 

H858

Singer Sewing Machine c1890: portable machine, patented 1886

3

H859

Enamel Advertising Sign: Singer Sewing Machines; shows lady using machine; c1900; framed

 

Childhood, Toys (see also H852-H853 and 'History of Education')

H860

Christening Gown, New Born Baby's Vests, Baby Binders and Bonnet: cotton, c1850; plus photo of baby in christening gown, c1880

 

H862

Baby's Nightgowns, Vests and Bonnet: cotton, c1860

 

H863

Baby's Nightgowns, Vests and Bib: cotton, c1860

 

H865

Child's cloak; quilted with attached cape, c1880

 

H866

Children's Dresses: three examples of cotton dresses, c1900

 

H868

Victorian Childhood Fashions: a selection of items

4

H870

Print 'He Won't Hurt You:' young girl with dog; from the Illustrated London News, 1875; typical of the framed prints displayed in many Victorian houses

 

H874

Victorian Childhood Objects: including a young child's walking harness, shoe and gloves, pot dolls, table knives, 'pop' bottle and curling tongs

 

H875

Child's Rocking Chair: low rocking chair for a small child; home-made in pine; c1870

 

H877

Child's Feeding Cup, Dosing Spoon, Patent Medicine Bottle and Maw's Improved Inhaler

 

H878

Traditional Toys: hoopla, whip-top, cup and ball, diabolo, etc, c1890

3

H879

Photopack and Resource Booklet Victorian Toys: published by Folens

6

H880

Victorian/Edwardian Children's Pastimes: a collection of books, small toys and examples of children's needlework

 

H881

Jigsaws: small wooden type depicting zoo animals and birds, c1900

3

H882

Victorian Toys a varied collection

2

H883

Child's Iron Hoop: plus copies of photographs of children playing with hoops, c1900

3

H884

Traditional Toys: copies of Victorian wooden toys - diabalo, whip and top, string top, yo-yo and cup and ball; plus one example of an original toy

6

H885

Scrap Album, 1884

 

H886

Two Iron 'Booler' Hoops: two sizes; replicas based on originals at the North of England Open Air Museum, Beamish

4

H887

Stereoscope and Cards: popular Victorian device for viewing pairs of photographs, producing single image with three dimensional effect

 

H888

'Fishponds': a parlour game, c1890

 

H889

Doll's Crib c1890

 

H890

'Penny Dreadfuls': a selection of Horner's Penny Stories, popular in the 1880s and 1890s (illustrated and with contemporary advertisements)

 

H891

Doll: baby doll in basketwork crib; c1900 Composition doll by Heinrich Handwerck, Germany (1876-1902) Original clothes

 

H892

Doll: bisque headed child or fashion doll; part original clothing; pattern No370 made by Armand Marseille, Germany (1865-1925), c1900

 

H893

Child's Alphabet Plate, c1870

 

H894

Child's Mugs: two alphabet mugs plus a small mug printed 'Thomas'

 

H895

Child's Blackboard and Easel, c1890

 

H896

Poster F H Ayres, Games and Sports: copy of an 1890s advertising poster featuring rocking horses and wheeled toys

4

H897

Lexicon: wooden letters etc in original wooden box, c1900

 

H898

Board Games, c1900; a selection

 

Cleaning, Washing, Ironing (see also early 20th century items)

H900

Washing Tub: wooden with washboard and soap Late 19th century

4

H2051

Washing Tub and Stand: wooden, plus washboard and soap; late 19th century

 

H901

Yoke: wooden; used for carrying water from pumps, wells and ponds; with chains for buckets; 19th century

2

H902

Teacher's Resource Pack Victorian Laundry Activities: suitable Key Stage 4

6

H903

Soap in 1900: bars of soap; eg Sunlight, Tippers, Lifebuoy, etc with examples of original wrappers; late 19th century

 

H905

Patent Knife Cleaner: late 19th century, with steel knives and a tin of cleaning powder

2

H906

Maid's Bell Calls: plus maid's brushes, grate polish etc (see H823)

 

H907

Set of Chimney Sweep's Brushes: with rods and photos of sweeps

 

H908

Three Irons: tailor's iron, small flat iron and a box iron

2

H909

Box Iron and Flat Iron

 

H910

Two Flat Irons and a Trivet

5

H913

Charcoal Iron

 

H915

Goffering Iron: used for ironing lace and frills

 

H917

Crimping Tongs and Roller

 

H919

Crimping Machine: resembles a small mangle

2

H920

Crumb Pan and Brush: brass; 1897

 

H921

Cleaning Brushes: a selection; c1890

 

H922

Housemaid's Box: plus cleaning brushes, etc c1890

 

Lighting

H925

The Development of Domestic Lighting: lighting before electricity, including oil lamps, candle holders, snuffers, etc

5

H927

Whale or Fish Oil Lamp: early 19th Century

 

H928

Striking a Light: items used for making fire Tinder box, matches and lighter

2

H929

Horn Lantern: candle lantern, late 18th or early 19th century

3

H930

Candle Lighting: hand-made candles, candle-holders, snuffer, trimmer and tinder box

 

H931

Candle Lighting: a selection of items

 

H932

Paraffin Lamp: with clear glass fount, burner and chimney; lacking globe; c1890

2

H933

Candle Lantern: late 19th century

2

H934

Lantern, 'Bulls-Eye' type: late 19th century

 

H935

Carriage Lamp

3

H936

Two Carriage Lamps: the type used on carriages and early cars; c1900

 

H938

Camping Lantern: c1900

 

H939

Paraffin Reading Lamp

 

H943

Miner's Safety Lamp: c1900

4

Household, Kitchen, Domestic

H945

Victorian Kitchen and Domestic Items: a selection

3

H947

Rubbish from a Victorian Household: a selection of items recovered from a Victorian rubbish tip These reflect domestic life c1850 to 1900

2

H948

Baking Utensils: pastry board, rolling pin, cake tins, shortbread tins, whisk, scoop, pastry jigger and pie funnel; late 19th century

 

H949

Pestle and Mortar; Bread Mould; Jelly Mould; 'Kilner' Bottling Jar; Pudding Boiler: c1900

 

H950

Baking and Cooking Utensils: a selection

6

H952

Fish Kettle: tin plate, c1900

 

H953

Tongue Press: late 19th century

 

H954

Bottle jack: rotating spit for roasting joints of meat over a domestic range c1880

3

H955

Victorian Spice Tins: with spices

 

H956

Kettle: cast iron, 12 pint; c1880

 

H957

Late Victorian Teapot: in EPBM (Electro-plated Britannia Metal)

 

H2035

Kettle and Two Pans: cast iron; 4, 5 and 8 pints; for cooking on a range

 

H958

Cast Iron Boiling Pot and Brass Jam Pan: plus two jack racks for use with bottle jacks (see H954), and a copy of Mrs Beeton's 'All About Cookery'

 

H2034

Kettle, Skillet and Adjustable Pot Hook: cast iron; for cooking over an open fire

 

H959

Victorian Kitchen Equipment: a selection of small items including sugar nippers, tin opener, herb chopper and pastry crimper

 

H960

Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, 1901: first published 1861; new editions in 1869 and 1888

 

H962

Jelly and Blancmange Moulds: in white and brown stoneware

2

H964

Victorian Kitchen and Table Ceramics: gravy boat 1885; jug; mug; tureen 1886; sugar bowl; basket dish 1878; all with floral and other decoration

 

H965

Victorian Kitchen and Table Ceramics: a further selection including tureen, cake base, blancmange mould, jug, etc

 

H2023

Spirit Flagon: 4 gallon stoneware flagon; c1890

 

H2024

Spirit and Cider Flagons: 2 and 1 gallon stoneware flagons; c1890

 

H967

Cream Pots: stoneware cream pots used by dairies and creameries, c1890

2

H968

Butter Churn: circular wooden type

2

H970

Butter Churn: 'Rowlway' patent design; a small domestic churn

2

H973

Butter Churn and Butter Pats: domestic type

 

H974

Butter Stamps and Butter Pats: wooden (see also H1960-H1963)

 

H976

Victorian Stoneware Bottles and Jars: containers in common use before the age of plastic

3

H2010

Victorian Bottles and Jars with Original Labels

4

H978

'Pop,' Ginger Beer and Soda Water Bottles: containers for non-alcoholic drinks popular in the late 19th century; includes the Codd or marble bottle With copies of contemporary advertisements

3

H2011

Ginger Beer, Lemonade and Soda Water Bottles with Original Labels: c1870 to c1900

3

H980

Wine Bottle, Corkscrews and Bottle Labels: 19th century

 

H982

Domestic Objects Made of Bone, Horn, Baleen, Ivory and Antler: a selection of 19th century objects made of natural materials now largely replaced by plastic

2

H984

Woodworking Tools: a selection, mid to late 19th century

2

H985

Bellows: for domestic fires; mid-l9th century

 

H986

Stoneware Hot Water Bottle and Nawell's Patent 'Brick' Footwarmer; c1900

2

H987

Water Jug, Washbowl, Soap and Toothbrush Dishes: ceramic; blue pictorial and floral decoration; c1820 to c1840

2

H988

Wash Handbasin: blue underglaze Japanese style decoration; c1860

 

H989

Water Jug and Washbowl Set: ceramic, with floral decoration; c1890

 

H990

Chamber Pot: ceramic; with floral decoration; c1890

5

H991

Bath for Baby or Small Child: c1890

 

H992

Hip Bath: c1900

 

H993

Foot Bath: c1880

 

H995

Tiles: a selection of decorative ceramic tiles from the interior walls and fireplaces of late Victorian houses

2

H998

Victorian Medical Appliances for Use in the Home: includes a patent magneto-electric machine, c1880; Dr Macaura's Blood Circulator or 'Pulsoconn' c1900; a slipper bed pan and an inhaler, c1890

2

H1000

Writing in the 18th and Early-19th Centuries: two quill pens, two-hand written legal documents (1810 and 1874) and a pewter pen and ink holder

 

H1001

Writing in the Mid-l9th Century: patent ink wells, wooden rule, pen, seal, sealing wax, ink bottles and an original handwritten letter with transcript

3

H1002

Writing Antiques: Victorian ink bottles with original labels; pens and boxes of nibs; envelope bearing Victorian stamps; booklet 'Writing Antiques'

2

H1004

Victorians in Mourning: mourning stationery; 'In Memoriam' cards, c1900; an example of mourning embroidery dated 1861 and a photograph of mourning jewellery

 

H1008

Victorian Letters and Postal Covers: stamped and unstamped, pre and post-1840

2

H1011

Early Victorian Photographs: a small collection of daguerreotypes and collodion positives; 1840s to 1860s; particularly useful for the study of costume

 

H1012

Victorian Family Photographs

4

H1013

Victorian Greetings Cards

 

H1014

Christmas: a masterfile of photocopiable ideas for teachers

4

H1015

Victorian Christmas and New Year Cards: plus mounted illustrations and in formation about Victorian Christmas customs; booklet 'Christmas Customs and Folklore'

3

H1016

Victorian Christmas Cards: a selection

 

H1017

Victorian Family Bible

 

H1018

Slides Two Sets The Age of Victoria and Living in a Victorian Town

 

Shops (see also H800 and H1225)

H1025

Slides London Street Scenes, 1875 - Street Traders: part of a unique record of London streets photographed in the summer of 1875

2

H1026

Slides London Street Scenes 1875 - Transport, Shops and Poverty: Amusements, Advertising and a Street Doctor: a further selection of photographs of London streets and characters taken in 1875

2

H1030

Model of Victorian Grocer's Shop Interior: plus examples of food tins of the period

 

H1033

Grocer's Shop Price Posters for Tea and Margarine, c1900: six original posters in frames

 

H1035

Apothecary's Scales and Weights, c1850: with booklet 'Scales and Balances'

 

H1036

Shop Scales: late Victorian, with weights

2

H1037

Sweet Shop Scales, c1900: Avery scales with brass pan and set of brass weights - 1/4 oz to 1Ib

 

H1039

The Victorian Chemist: bottles, jars, etc which contained a range of popular cures, elixirs and potions Many were eventually proved to be 'quack' medicines With copies of contemporary advertisements

3

H1040

Victorian Shop Window: the village pharmacy; finely-detailed model

 

H1041

Victorian Shop Window: the general stores; finely-detailed model

 

H1042

Victorian Shop Window: the tobacconist and confectioner: finely-detailed model

 

H1045

Shop Till: wooden; with bell; c1900

 

Coinage

H1070

19th Century Copper Coins

 

H1071

Victorian Copper Coins

 

H1074

Victorian Silver Coins

 

Royalty

H1080

Print Queen Victoria: large, colourful, original print in Victorian frame

5

H1081

Print Queen Victoria: large, full length, colour portrait; framed original print

 

H1082

Framed photograph Princess Alexandra, c1880

 

H1083

Queen Victoria Commemorative Items: 1887 Golden Jubilee and 1897 Diamond Jubilee

4

H1084

Print Queen Victoria in the 50th Year of Her Reign: original print in Victorian frame

 

H1085

Print Queen Victoria's Reign; original; framed

 

H1087

Book The Realm of Queen Victoria, 1837-1887; published in 1887 to commemorate the Golden Jubilee

 

H1088

Book Sixty Years a Queen; published in 1897 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee YTV 'How We Used to Live:'

 

YTV 'How We Used to Live'

H1099

YTV 'How We Used to Live - Victorians Early and Late' Resource Pack: contains source material such as copies of documents and photographs, 48 pupil worksheets to develop skills of historical investigation, teachers' notes and cassette Ideal support material for the YTV series, but an excellent resource in its own right Suitable Key Stages 2 and 3

7

Local History - the Victorian Period (see also Maritime History)

H1663

Resource Pack Local Sources and the Victorians: use of a variety of original sources for K52 'Local History' and 'Victorian Britain' units Useful for all schools but particularly relevant for schools in the Beverley Road, Sculcoates, Pearson Park area of Hull Teacher training/Key Stage 2

6

H1667

The Hull Advertiser: three framed editions, 1820-1840

 

H1668

The Hull and Lincolnshire Times, Dec 14th 1889; Hull News, Dec 14th 1889; The Eastern Morning News and Hull Advertiser, Dec 16th 1889: three local newspapers; can be handled with care by teachers only

 

H1670

Life in Local Institutions in the Early 19th Century: a collection of notices detailing rules, regulations, diet, etc for the inmates of local workhouses, hospitals and schools In three frames

 

H1672

Trade Advertisements: handbills put out by local merchants and traders in the 19th century In three frames

 

H1675

Hull Theatre Bills: 19th century handbills advertising plays, lectures, variety shows, etc In three frames

 

H1678

Election Broadsheets: issued by local candidates in general elections, mainly 19th century In three frames

 

H1680

Ballot Box: wooden, used in Hull, c1900 for general and local elections, inscribed 'Beverley Ward'

 

H1683

Prints Prince's Dock, Hull Atkinson Grimshaw, 1882, and The Horsewash, Corporation Pier, c1890

 

H1689

Model The Horsewash, Corporation Pier, Hull: shows the Horsewash in use about 1900 with a Humber keel off-loading coal

 

H1691

Ordnance Survey Map Hull Old Town, 1853: large scale; framed

3

H1693

Drawings of the Old Town of Hull, 1880-1920: copies of 17 pen and ink drawings by F S Smith In three frames

 

H1694

Drawings of the Old Town of Hull, 1880-1920: copies of a further selection of drawings by F S Smith In three frames

 

H1697

Booklets, Victorian Hull: 'Images of Victorian Hull' contains Copies of 122 F S Smith drawings of the Old Town, between c1880 and 1925 'Hull As It Was' contains numerous reproductions of photographs of Hull, c1860 to 1920

3

H1699

Videotape A Place to Live: the history and development of housing in Hull; relevant to study of Victorian period and 20th century; suitable all age groups; produced by Hull Museums, 8 minutes

4

H1700

Hull in the 1880s: copies of contemporary photographs; mounted on card

 

H1701

Photographs of Old Hull: copies of 19th century scenes

4

H1702

Print Bird's Eye View of the Town of Kingston upon Hull by F Pettingell, 1880: in colour, framed

4

H1703

Hull and District Directory, 1895: a street and trade directory of Hull and surrounding villages and towns including Beverley; very useful for local history studies

 

H1704

Bulmer's History and Directory of East Yorkshire, 1892; reprint Very useful for local history research; covers every town and parish in the historic East Riding

 

H1705

Hull Royal Charter, 1897: a framed copy of Queen Victoria's charter of 1897 granting Hull the status of the 'City and County of Kingston upon Hull'

5

H1706

'Seaside Resorts in Humberside:' two copies of booklet containing copies of original documents Produced by the Local History Archives Unit

 

H1708

Print Bridlington Quay, c1850: large framed original print; coloured and detailed

 

Britain since 1900

Transport, Industry (see also H1355-H1363 and Local Transport H1760-H1775 in Victorian Britain section)

H1100

Roll Map; England and Wales, c1905: map for wall hanging, showing roads, railways, steamer routes and canals; population figures are from 1901 census

 

H1101

Model Electric Tram: early 20th century open-top tram; good quality model in matchsticks

 

H1102

Videotape The Ripley Rattlers: the history and development of the longest and most dangerous tramway in Britain; operated by the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramway Company, 1913-1932 30 minutes

 

H1103

Videotape Trams around Britain: 60 minutes; covers London trams of the 1950s, museum collections, working tramways in museums, eg Crich, Beamish, the Isle of Man systems, Blackpool and much more

 

H1104

Vehicles of the late 1940s and 1950s: twenty black and white photographs (approx 50cm x 35cm), mounted on card The vehicles were all supplied or coachbuilt by R B Massey and Co Ltd of Market Weighton

 

H1105

Motorcycling 1900-1960: helmets, touring bag, photographs, etc

 

H1106

Videotape Trolleybuses around Great Britain: 55 minutes; filmed in the early 1960s and includes Hull trolleybuses

 

H1107

Bus Conductor's Ticket Machine and Money Bag, c1960: plus examples of tickets

2

H1108

The Motor Industry: folder of documents relating to the development of the industry from 1900 to the 1960s

2

H1109

Wallchart, History of the Motor Car

2

H2072

The Pneumatic Tyre: cross-section of a Land Rover tyre showing its construction Rubbings can be made from the tread

4

H1110

Bridging the Humber: hardback book recording in colour photographs the building of the Humber Bridge between the beginning of the design stage in 1971 and its opening by the Queen on 17th July 1981; 5 copies; plus, record 'Up and Over! - a Humber Bridge Celebration', 1980

2

H1111

Slides Bridges: Spanning Space

 

H1112

Bridges: 25 black and white photographs (approx 30cm x 24cm) of different types of bridges Mounted on card

 

H1113

Videotape Now and Then: a road safety video which is also useful for the study of transport history; using film of well-known streets in Hull and Beverley, road traffic in the 1990s is compared with that in the 1930s and 1940s Includes worksheet which may be photocopied Made for Humberside County Council, Technical Services, Road Safety Section 12 minutes

5

H1114

Amy Johnson: audio cassette 'The Story of My Flight,' recorded in Sydney, 1930; Commemorative brochure 'Silvered Wings;' mounted photograph of Amy Johnson; 1930s flying helmet

 

H1115

Wallchart History of Aviation

2

H1116

Audio Cassette Amy Johnson, 1903-1941 A dramatised biography

2

H1117

Paintings of Steam Trains: four detailed paintings of steam trains, 1920s to 1960s

2

H1118

Videotape Night Mail, 1936; classic documentary showing the Postal Special's nightly steam train run from London to Scotland Black and white; 24 minutes

6

H2080

Bicycle:Raleigh; gent's; 1928(Separate delivery required)

 

H2081

Bicycle: Hercules; girl's; c1930 (Separate delivery required)

 

H2082

Bicycle: unknown make; lady's; 1930s (Separate delivery required)

 

H2083

Bicycle: BSA; gent's; 1940s(Separate delivery required)

 

H2084

Bicycle: BSA; gent's; 1940s(Separate delivery required)

 

H2085

Bicycle: Raleigh; gent's; 1956(Separate delivery required)

 

Law and Order

H1120

Police Helmet: Dorset, c1960

 

H1121

Police Helmet: Essex, c1960

 

H1122

Police Helmet and Whistle: Hull, c1970

 

Politics, Reform

H1125

The Suffragettes and the Campaign for Votes for Women: mounted postcards from the Museum of London, plus booklet 'Suffragettes'

2

The First World War

H1130

Assassination at Sarajevo: folder of documents relating to the outbreak of World War I

 

H1132

First World War Recruiting Poster: copy, framed

3

H1133

Trench Warfare: document pack plus slide set 'Trench Warfare;' audio cassette 'The First World War Remembered' with interviews carried out by the Imperial War Museum

3

H1134

The First World War: a collection of military insignia and equipment, including tin helmet, puttees, victory medal, badges and other small items Also a ration hook and peace mug

 

H1135

The Western Front and the Battle of the Somme: videotape 'The Battle of the Somme' (80 minutes) plus viewing guide booklet - contains original footage and official pictures; study pack 'The Western Front' with copies of British documents in the collection of the Imperial War Museum

3

H1136

Slides World War I: the Western Front: conditions in the trenches

2

H1137

First World War Memorabilia: including peace plate and hook, Christmas card 1918, war-savings card, 'Comrades' enrolment certificate and example of memorial medals awarded to those who died

 

H1138

First World War Memorabilia: discharge certificate 1919; trench periscope; gas warning rattle; two spill holders or vases made from shell cases, decorated with oak leaves and marked 'France 1919;' two peace mugs and a City of Hull peace book; slides 'Civilians in World War I'

 

H1139

The Home Front 1914-1918: document pack plus slide set 'The Home Front'; audio cassette 'The First World War Remembered' with interview carried out by the Imperial War Museum; study pack 'Keep The Home Fires Burning' with copies of relevant documents

3

H1140

First World War Newspapers and Magazines: 'The War Illustrated,' 'Blighty' magazine 1918, 'Daily Mirror' 27th April, 1918

 

H1141

The Hull Daily Mail, November 11th, 1918: issued announcing the surrender of Germany

 

H1142

Woman at War 1944-1948: videotape (short documentaries and instructional films - total 56 minutes) and accompanying study pack; both produced by the Imperial War Museum

2

H1143

The First World War: a general collection

2

H1145

Peace Mug and Beaker, 1919

 

The Second World War (see also Hull in the Second World War)

H1146

Anne Frank 1929-1945: contains a videotape 'Dear Kitty,' an educational film about the life and diary of Anne Frank (25 minutes - suitable upper junior, secondary); book 'The Diary of Anne Frank,' book 'Anne Frank in the World 1929-1945' - a well-illustrated exhibition catalogue, plus booklet 'Anne Frank - the Diary, the House, the Foundation'

6

H1147

Audio Cassette Life in Nazi Germany: the impact of Nazism on daily life; race policy and civilian wartime experiences Extracts from the Imperial War Museum's collection of recorded interviews

2

H1148

Pith Helmet: khaki; as worn by non-combat British soldiers in hot climates

 

H1149

Army Jacket, Cap and Sam Browne Belts: part of dress uniform of Captain CA Northmore, Royal Hampshire Regiment, 1924 to 1947

 

H1150

German Soldier's Helmet and Medals, and a Swastika Flag: c1940

 

H1153

Videotape The Nazis Strike: 39 minutes; the rise of the Nazi Party and the build-up to war; contains much original film Also German Infantry Small Arms: 12 minutes

 

H1154

Videotape Battle of Britain: 75 minutes Documentary made in 1990 to celebrate its 50th anniversary; charts the progress of the Battle of Britain through the eyes and memories of those who took part - both allied and German pilots Contains much original film and is set against the domestic life of Britain throughout the summer of 1940 Suitable upper primary and secondary

3

H1155

Videotape The Battle of Britain: 49 minutes; contains much original film

 

H1156

The Battle of Britain: folder of copies of documents and photographs

 

H1157

War Savings for Armaments; 'Wings for Victory' poster; 'Save Your Pennies' money box; Post Office Savings Bank 'Home Safe,' etc

 

H1158

Wartime Poster: 'Wings for Victory;' shows a Spitfire Original; framed

 

H1159

Parachute Canopy: silk, marked 'Cheney Bros July 8th, 1942'

 

H2012

Wartime Aircraft Cockpit Instruments: a collection of instruments made between 1940 and 1942 for the Lancaster, Wellington and Halifax bombers and the Spitfire fighter; with photocopies of complete instrument panels and a selection of wartime aircraft recognition cards

2

H1160

Videotape Memphis Belle; 38 minutes; American B-17 bombing missions over Germany Also 'Fight for the Sky': 20 minutes; includes original camera gun film

 

H1162

RAF Bomber Command 1939-1945; framed tea-towel with map showing locations and names of all the wartime airfields in Eastern England plus illustrations of bombers

2

H1163

Videotape D-Day Minus One: 16 minutes D-Day Convoy: 17 minutes the Autobiography of a Jeep: 9 minutes

 

H1164

D-Day, 6th June, 1944: Imperial War Museum document pack; copies of eight historic photographs (encapsulated); audio cassette 'D-Day Remembered' containing extracts from recorded interviews

4

H1165

Wartime Propaganda Posters: full-size copies of posters issued with newspapers during the Second World War; encapsulated

 

H1166

World War II Poster: 'Let Us Go Forward Together' (Churchill); copy; framed

2

H2025

Winston Churchill Commemorative Booklets and Newspaper Supplements: tributes to Sir Winston Churchill at the time of his funeral in 1965

 

H1167

On the Home Front, 1939-45; ration books, ID card, two ARP helmets, gas mask, public information leaflets about food shortage, etc, civil defence documents and photographs of bomb damage to Hull

 

H1168

The Home Front, 1939-45: two Imperial War Museum folders of documents; slides 'The Home Front;' audio cassette 'The Home Front 1939-1945' containing extracts from the Imperial War Museum's collection of recorded interviews

5

H1169

Evacuation Suitcase: as carried by thousands of children evacuated from major cities and ports in 1939-40; contains clothing, shoes, etc, plus book 'The Day They Took The Children' by Ben Wicks

4

H1170

World War II Ephemera: ration books, identity cards, etc

8

H1171

Civil Defence in World War II: ARP helmet, first-aid kit and report books, civil defence armband, documents on civil defence, schedule of air raids on Hull

 

H1172

Air Raid Precautions: ARP helmet, bell, whistle and badge; aluminium fire bucket, ARP card sign; slides 'Civilians in WW II,' documents relating to bombing raids and booklet 'Hull in World War II'

 

H1173

Air Raid Precautions: includes ARP whistle, armbands, first-aid box and booklet; water bottle; enamel direction sign 'ARP Shelter' and box of aircraft identification cards

 

H1174

Lighting in the Blackout: a selection of items

2

H2073

Vehicle Lighting in Wartime: a selection of vehicle headlamp covers

 

H1175

World War II Gas Masks: one small child's and one infant's

3

H1176

Poster Gas Attack: issued by the Ministry of Home Security; replica

 

H1177

The Services in World War II: forces' gas mask and tin helmet, policeman's lamp, Civil Defence beret, field beret, field dressing and a tin of anti-gas ointment

 

H1178

The 'Home Guard' and Civil Defence in World War II includes two Civil Defence armbands; Home Guard badge and certificate of service; warden's helmet; three tumblers marked 'Home Guard;' documents on Civil Defence; slides 'Civilians in the Two World Wars'

 

H1179

Precautions Against Gas Attack: anti-gas tape box; anti-gas eyeshields and tins of ointment; civilian gas mask in tin container; Ministry of Home Security leaflet and ARP booklets

 

H1180

Fire Precautions in War time: includes Fire Guard and ARP armbands; indoor sandbags to combat incendiary bombs; warden's tin helmet; stirrup pump; public information leaflet, 1939

 

H1181

Audio Cassette Sounds of an Air Raid: the alert, distant anti-aircraft fire, heavy explosions, distant gunfire, the all-clear 7 minutes

9

H2079

Air Raid Siren: hand operated siren; can be used for teacher demonstration (Not recommended for classroom display or unsupervised use!)

 

H1182

Gas Mask Case, School Satchel and School Uniform: belonging to Patricia Spetch who attended Malet Lambert High School, Hull, between Oct 1939 and July 1946; plus pieces of shrapnel collected by Patricia after air raids and intended for recycling

 

H1183

Wartime Enamel Signs: 'To Shelter No 16' and 'Danger - Butterfly Bombs'; originals; framed

 

H1184

Stirrup Pump and Fire Bucket: used in World War II for fire prevention during bombing raids

4

H1185

Civilian Duty Respirator: gas mask used by wardens, civilian medical officers, etc, with helmet

2

H1186

Stretcher: used in Hull during the air raids of 1941-42; folding type

3

H1187

Folding Field Bed and Chair: used in field hospitals and temporary army camps; canvas with wood and metal folding supports; c1940

 

H1188

First Aid for Civilian Casualties, 1939-1945: ARP first-aid kit; first-aid shoulder bag; nursing manual; splints; metal food container; water bottle; medical officer's tin helmet; original first-aid leaflet, etc

 

H1189

The Red Cross and St John: wartime nurse's uniform and five original posters featuring Red Cross nurses helping wounded soldiers

 

H1190

The St John Ambulance Brigade: three illustrated bandages, cap badge and lapel badge

 

H1191

Food and Cooking in Wartime: includes enamel kettle and saucepan, Kilner preserve jar, tin of dried egg powder, baby's feeding bottle, household mincer, recipe books, 'Dig for Victory' leaflet, grocer's shop rationing register, etc

 

H1192

Wartime Cookery: recipes and cookery books; ration books; 'Good Housekeeping' magazine 1944; leaflets on dried eggs, etc; wartime packets of suet pudding, sugar, etc; wartime tins of coffee and dried eggs

 

H1193

Britain at War: folder with copies of documents and photographs relating to everyday life in Britain during the war

 

H1194

Life in Britain, 1940-1945: copies of photographs; in a single frame

 

H1195

The Women's Land Army: 1940s costume including pair of WLA breeches; photographs and information on women in wartime

2

H1196

Wartime Poster: Food Comes First 'Join the Women's Land Army ' Original; framed

 

H1197

Posters 1940-1945: 'Dig for Victory,' 'Keep Mum She's No So Dumb,' etc Copies; four in single frame

2

H1198

Posters 1940-1945: 'Make Do And Mend,' 'We Want Your Kitchen Waste,' etc Copies; four in single frame

2

H1199

Videotape Keeping the Wheels Turning: women and children at war 1939-1945; seven short archive films from the Imperial War Museum collection; total 72 minutes

3

H2017

Home/Shop Canning Machine: 'Dixie' Automatic Can Sealer; used during the l940s for the home canning of foods during the period of shortages and rationing

 

H1200

Pig Collection Can: wartime pig food collection can - marked PCC 58; with copy of poster 'We Want Your Kitchen Waste'

 

H1201

Dig for Victory Poster: original, framed

 

H1202

Wartime Newspapers and Magazines

3

H1203

Wartime Emergency Packing: cartons and containers; c1940

3

H1204

Ladies' Fashion in Wartime: a selection of ladies' clothing, some with utility mark

3

H1205

Two Wartime Dresses, Stockings and a Bra: includes an evening and a day dress; some with utility mark

 

H1206

Two Wartime Dresses and a Pinafore: all bearing the 1941 utility mark

 

H1207

Wartime Dress and Pinafore: both bearing the 1941 utility mark

 

H1208

Wartime Dress, Knickers and Hat: for young girl; two with utility mark

 

H2028

Men's Fashion in Wartime: a selection of men's clothing, some with utility mark

 

H2007

Wartime Boots and Shoes: four pairs for a typical family, two pairs with utility mark

 

H1209

Shoes (child's size 12), Pullover, etc with Gas Mask and Container, c1940:for young wartime schoolboy

 

H1210

Shortages and Rationing, 1940-1950: copies of adverts from the period of austerity; in a single frame

 

H1211

Popular Music 1939-1945: includes a wartime wind-up box gramophone in working order, 78 rpm records, original sheet music plus compilation cassette of popular wartime songs 'We'll Meet Again': Vera Lynn

 

H1213

Wartime and Post-War Memorabilia: all relating to Gunner R B Shucksmith of the Royal Artillery who was from Barton-upon-Humber Includes forms, letters, ration books, identity cards, postcards, souvenirs, 'dog tags' and certificate of transfer to the army reserve

 

H1214

Wartime Photographs: original news photographs plus book 'The Wartime Scrapbook from Blitz to Victory 1939-1945'

2

H1215

'The War Illustrated'; bound volume of this weekly magazine, Jan-July 1941 plus sample individual issues 1942-44

 

H1216

Popular Songs and Music of the 1940s and 1950s: two compilation cassettes - 'Dance Band Hits of the Blitz' and 'We'll Meet Again': Vera Lynn

2

H1218

Videotapes (4) The Wartime Kitchen and Garden; BBC 1993: parts 1 to 4 of the popular series with head gardener Harry Dodson and cook Ruth Mott Plus book 'Ration Book Recipes'

 

H1219

Videotapes (4) The Wartime Kitchen and Garden; BBC 1993: parts 5 to 8 as above Plus book 'Ration Book Recipes'

 

H2027

General Collection of Second World War Items

3

Hull in the Second World War

H1735

Hull in the Second World War: photographs of bomb damage; folder of documents relating to air raids Fifteen copies

 

H1737

Videotape Hull Blitz, 1941: Universal News newsreel; 12 minutes

6

H1738

Videotape Visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Hull, August 1941: the royal visitors touring the bombed streets, meeting civil defence workers, nurses, etc: produced by E Simmons for the Playhouse Theatre News, Beverley Black and white; silent; 9 minutes

3

H1740

Air Raid Precautions in Hull, 1939-1945: ARP handbell, air raid warden's appointment card and badge, WVS and Red Cross badges, booklet presented to wardens to commemorate the royal visit to the bombed areas of Hull by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on 6th August, 1941

 

H1741

Videotapes (2) Hull at 'War: part 1 'The Blitz'; part 2 'The Beginning of the End;' part 1 covers the home front and part 2 looks at the part played in the war by Hull's servicemen and women Both 55 minutes (Teachers are advised to review first and use selected sections only)

6

H1742

The Hull Blitz: includes copies of damage reports and other information on the raids of May 1941; children's written accounts of the bombing; book 'A North-East Coast Town' by Geraghty; ARP armbands, etc, Hull Daily Mail special supplement 'The Blitz;' slides 'Civilians in the Two World 'Wars'

 

H1743

Videotape Part I - Victory in Europe Celebrations, Hull, May 1945; Churchill's announcement of German surrender; dancing in Queen's Gardens and East Park; thanksgiving services; children's fancy dress parade; parade of services through Hull; Victory sports and tea parties Commentary by Alvar Lidell; black and white; sound; 40 minutes Part II - Distribution of Free Food Parcels from S Africa to the Poor of Hull, June 1948 Black and white; silent; 8 minutes

3

Newspapers, Advertising, Printing, etc (see also H1140 and H1141)

H1220

Newspapers, 1903: 4 different copies of The Eastern Morning News and Hull Advertiser, August 1903

 

H1221

Typewriter, c1915: an Underwood machine originally patented in 1896 with improvements patented up to 1911 Can be demonstrated

 

H1222

Typewriter, c1920: Imperial portable; can be demonstrated

 

H1223

Typewriter, c1930: Underwood portable; can be demonstrated

 

H1224

Typewriter, c1940: Imperial, heavy office type; with flexible cover; can be demonstrated

 

H2022

Office Equipment 1900-1950: a selection of desktop items

2

H1225

Enamel Advertising Sign: Holdfast Boots; framed; c1910

 

H1226

Enamel Advertising Sign: R White's Ginger Beer, Lemonade, Kola, Soda Water, etc, framed; c1920

 

H1227

Code Book 1946: Bentley's Second Phrase Book containing 100,000 five letter code words for sending messages in morse via the International Telegraph Service This was important for international trade from the 1880s onwards and has now been replaced by telephone, fax, etc

 

H1229

Two Copies of the Daily Mail, 1963 and 1969: 23rd November 1963 'Kennedy Assassinated' and 21st July 1969 'Man on the Moon'

 

Costume, Needlework (see also H1275-H1281 and The Second World War)

H1230

The Bootmaker: a pair of lady's boots, pair of gentleman's boots, cobbler's last and shoe buttons, boot studs, etc, early 20th century

 

H1231

Pair of Lady's Boots: early 20th century

 

H1235

Cobbler's Tools: a selection for making and mending boots and shoes; early 20th century

2

H1236

Cobbler's Price Poster 'Ladies' Boots Soled and Heeled, 1s 6d': c1900; framed

 

H1238

Clogs: pair of working type; Lancashire or Yorkshire, c1920

3

H1241

Pair of Leather Gaiters

3

H1245

Life in the 1920s: bowler hat, two lady's hats, pair of spectacles in case, song sheet 1921, advertising calendar 1921, books, family photographs

 

H1246

Advertising Prints of London Fashions: original plates from the 'Sartorial Gazette' 1914-1926

 

H1247

At the Seaside: a collection of items from the inter-war years, including a bathing costume and seaside souvenirs

2

H1249

Homburg Hat, c1930 and Bowler Hat: the latter in original box, dated 1928

 

H1251

Gentleman's Travelling Accessories, 1930s/1940s: includes suitcase packed with shirt, collars, press-studs and cuff-links, trouser press, clothes brush, camera, travelling iron, shaving kit, etc

 

H1252

Top Hat and Tail Coat, c1930: hat in original box, dated 1927; includes hat brush and coat hanger

 

H1253

Hair Care in the 1940s: a collection of ladies' hairdressing accessories and equipment

2

H1254

'Women's Magazines of the 1950s: 'Woman's Own,' 'Woman's Illustrated,' etc - most illustrating costume

 

H1255

Dress, Liberty Bodice, etc: for teenage girl; 1950s

 

H1256

Platform Shoes: pair of lady's shoes, 1975

 

H1257

Wallchart A History of English Costume

2

H1258

Nurses Uniforms: 1960s

2

H1259

Slides and Audio Cassette Dressed for the Part: clothing and social communication Suitable upper junior and secondary

 

H1260

Slides and Audio Cassette Fine Feathers: the technology of dress Suitable upper junior and secondary

 

H1264

Singer Sewing Machine: portable model, c1920

 

H1265

Singer Sewing Machine: portable model, c1940

 

Childhood, Toys (see also 'History of Education)

H1275

Bell Boy's Jacket: uniform of hotel bell boy, c1920

 

H1276

Boy's Summer Outfit: matching jacket and short trousers, shirt and pair of boots; c1930

 

H1279

Young Girl's Blouse and Skirt: c1920

 

H1281

Girl's Cloak: c1920

 

H2006

Girl's Umbrella and Parasol: c1930

 

H1287

Roller Skates: American Patent of 1906; about English size 5; in original carrying case

 

H1288

Early 20th Century Toys: includes stone construction bricks, a scrap album, alphabet bricks and a drawing slate

 

H1289

Early 20th Century 'Working' Toys: includes a 'candlestick' telephone, c1910, a typewriter, c1920, a 1930s mangle and a 1940s sewing machine - all reflect the designs of the day and actually work

 

H1290

Child's Sewing Machine: working machine in original box with instructions; 1905

 

H1291

Board Game: the game of 'Halma', c1915

 

H1292

Toy Construction Bricks: c1910

3

H1293

Children's Novels, c1910: typical examples of the period; all with illustrated covers

 

H1294

Child's Washing Equipment: washboard, washtub, clothes-horse and selection of doll's clothes

 

H1295

Child's Washing Equipment: posser, washing basket, washboard, enamel washtub

 

H2029

Child's Washing Equipment: mangle, clothes horse and bucket

 

H1296

Toy Mangle, c1930: Triang mangle with wooden rollers; wash bowl, etc and some doll and baby clothes to wash

2

H2002

Doll's Cot, 1930s: collapsible cot (48cm x 32cm) with base, mattress, pillow and eiderdown

 

H2003

Toy School Desk, 1930s: wooden desk (60cm high); with ceramic inkwell

 

H1297

Cigarette Cards: sets and albums from the inter-war years

3

H1298

Jigsaws: two Bateman cartoons made into non-interlocking jigsaws, 1923

 

H1299

Children's Books, Toys and Games: 1920s

 

H1300

Early 20th Century Toys: a selection

 

H1301

'Constructional Scenes': a 1930s toy with six different three dimensional scenes - Croydon Aerodrome, St Pancras Station, Farmyard, etc Displayed in perspex case

 

H1302

Children's Toys and Games: 1930s

3

H2004

Toy Sewing Machine, Cooker and Mincer, 1930s: sewing machine with original box and instructions; cooker with pots, pans, kettle, etc

 

H2005

Doll's Pram: Silver Cross doll's pram with blankets, covers, hood and sun shade; early 1930s

 

H1303

Construction Toy: forerunner of Lego; 1930s

 

H2052

Toy Horse Ride: 'Mobo' horse ride for small child, c1960

 

H2053

Child's Tricycle, c1950

 

H2054

Steam Engine and Bricks: wooden pull along toy and coloured wooden bricks, c1950

2

H2055

Small Steam Engine and Trucks: wooden pull along toy, c1960

 

H2056

Wringers: two toy wringers, c1950

 

H2057

Toy Cooker and Sink Unit: with saucepan, kettle, etc 1950s

 

H2058

Jigsaws: card type in original boxes; 1950s, a selection

4

H2059

Wartime Toys: home-made tank and battleship, 1940s

 

H2060

Picture Bricks: wooden c1920 with modern set for comparison

 

H2061

Children's Books: 1920s to 1950s; a selection

 

H2062

Comics: examples from the 1930s to the 1950s

2

H2063

Scooter: Triang, c1950

 

H2064

Card Games, c1930: traditional games like 'Snap', by J Jacques and Son, London

2

H2065

Children's Toys: 1970s: a selection

 

H1304

Infant Picture Books and Story Books, c1930

2

H1305

Pair of Child's Stilts: home-made; c1930

 

H2074

Pogo Stick: John Bull, c1950

 

H1306

Hornby Train Set: clockwork, '0' gauge; late 1940s/early 1950s

3

H1307

Life in the 1930s: as illustrated on pictures selected from a 1930s set of primary school classroom pictures

2

H1308

Scrap Album, 1940-1950

 

H1309

Tin Plate and Plastic Toys of the 1950s: Chad Valley, etc

 

H2078

Christmas Decorations, 1930s to 1960s

 

H1310

Toy Snow House: Christmas 1942, cheap stocking filler in the form of snow covered cottage containing story book, tracing book, jigsaw puzzle, cut-out lanterns, chalks, toy watch, toy scales, tin post box, goggles, etc

 

H1311

'Character' Toys of the 1950s to 1970s: Sooty, Noddy, Rupert, Golly, Donald Duck, Paddington Bear etc

2

H1312

Children's Toys, 1940s-1950s

6

H1313

Children at the Seaside, c1930-1950: bucket, wooden spade, photographs, beach related toys etc

2

H1314

Children's Novels of the 1950s: with original illustrated dust jackets

 

H1315

'Mamod' Steam Engine: c1960; with paraffin burner; can be demonstrated by teacher, but should not be used by children except under close supervision

 

H1316

Noah's Ark and Steam Engine: wooden toys, c1940

 

H1317

'Mamod' Steam Road Roller: c1960; with paraffin burner; for demonstration use by teachers or supervised use by children

 

H1318

Table Skittles: a smaller version of bar skittles; 1950-1960

 

H1319

Dolls: a varied selection of dolls dating from c1950 to c1980

 

H2014

Dolls: a selection of small bisque baby dolls, dolls house furniture and dolls clothing; c1900 to c1940

 

H2015

Doll: baby doll; original clothes and cot; c1910 Composition doll by Arthur Schonou, Germany (1884-1925)

 

H2016

Large Baby Doll: original clothes; c1910 Composition doll by Armand Marseille, Germany (1865-1925)

 

H2018

Tank / Money Box: home-made, wooden toy tank, which doubled as a money box for war savings; early 1940s

 

H2019

Children's Books c1930

 

H2020

Shirley Temple Toys: book and card cut-outs relating to the American child star of the 1930s

 

H2021

'Dinky', 'Corgi' and 'Matchbox' Toy Vehicles: a selection showing vehicles from c1910-1960

4

H2033

Dolls Convertible Pram / Pushchair: Silver Cross; 1960

 

Cleaning, Washing, Ironing (see also 'Victorian Britain)

H1320

Domestic Washing Equipment: dolly tub, dolly stool, hand posser, washboard, pegs and soap

10

H2013

Rub-a-Tub: small tub with built-in washboard, plus scrubbing brush, soap, pegs and a garment to wash; c1930

 

H1324

Wash Pump: c1940

 

H1325

Washtub/Bathtub: oval; galvanised iron

2

H1329

Hand Wringer: for wringing clothes; complete with metal stand and wooden duckboard; 'Handy,' c1940

 

H1330

Hand Wringer: for wringing clothes; complete with wooden stand; 'Acme,' c1950

 

H1332

Hand-Wringer: 'Fleetway' wringer, c1955

2

H1334

Reckitt's Products: for cleaning, washing and polishing 'Zebra' grate polish, 'Paris Blue,' 'Gypsy' black lead; 'Brasso,' etc, early to mid-20th century

2

H1335

Enamel advertising Signs: two examples; Reckitt's Blue and Colman's Starch; c1920; framed

 

H1336

Vacuum Cleaner, Brushes, etc, c1920: hand-pumped vacuum 'The Reeves Pneumatic Broom' patented in London 1913; carpet beater; curtain brush, bannister brush and dust pan brush

 

H1337

Vacuum Cleaner, c1920: hand-pumped type called 'The Good House Keeper,' patented in the USA in 1913

 

H1338

Vacuum Cleaner, c1920: hand-pump type called 'The Star'

3

H1339

Vacuum Cleaner, c1930: push-operated upright cleaner called 'The Gem'

 

H1340

Carpet Sweeper: c1920

3

H1341

Vacuum Cleaner: electric; upright type; 1940s

3

H2075

Vacuum Cleaner: electric; cylinder type; 1940s

 

H1342

Carpet Beater: cane

3

H2076

'Vacmaster' Vacuum Cleaner, c1950: the 'Vorwerk Vacmaster' with multiple uses - cleaning, hair drying, spraying, polishing, hot air blowing, etc; with original instruction booklet

 

H1343

Vacuum Cleaner: Electrolux; cylinder type with fittings; 1954

 

H2048

Vacuum Cleaner: cylinder type; 'Goblin', 1950s

 

H1344

Flat Iron and Trivet

2

H1346

Gas Iron and Trivet: c1930

 

H1347

Irons: gas, electric and electric travelling types; early 20th century

 

H1349

'Tilley' Paraffin Iron: 1939 patent; with original instruction leaflet

 

H1352

Electric Iron: Morphy Richards, c1955

 

Lighting (see also '19th Century')

H1355

Bicycle Lamps c1920: front acetylene and rear oil lamps of the type in use 1900-1940

4

H1356

The Development of Electric Lighting: examples of bulbs from 1898 to 1998, switches, etc, plus historical information

 

H1357

Gas Lighting, c1900 to 1940: two domestic gas light fittings, c1920; illustrated advertisement for gas lamps, c1920; tin of Price's tapers, c1900; booklet 'Gas Lighting'

2

H1358

Paraffin Duplex Table Lamp: complete with chimney and globe; as purchased new in 1996 (Demonstration only - not suitable for children to handle or to put on open display)

 

H1359

Railway Lamp: LNER Signalman's Lamp; c1930

 

H1360

Railway Lamp: LMS shunter's or guard's hand lamp; c1930

 

H1361

Acetylene Inspection Lamp: c1930

 

H1362

Military Railway Lamp: war department shunter's or guard's lamp, c1945

 

H1363

Railway Storm Lantern: paraffin 'Tilley' Lamp; c1950

 

H1364

Two Paraffin Lamps: a railway guard's lamp and a general purpose hand lamp, c1930

 

H1365

Wall Lantern: paraffin; Phillips; c1930

 

H1368

Hurricane Lamp; c1950

3

H1370

Three Kelly Lamps: circular wick paraffin night lamps; also called 'pixie' lamps; c1920 to 1950

 

H1371

Electric Lighting in the 20th Century: examples of different types of bulbs (drawn wire, coiled coil, mercury, fluorescent, halogen) and switches

 

Household, Kitchen, Domestic

H1380

Bottles and Jars: 'pop,' ginger beer bottles, etc, from the late 19th and early 20th centuries

3

H1381

'Pop' Bottles and Mineral Water tray: includes stone ginger beer bottles, Codd or marble bottles, a seltzer water bottle and an enamelled metal tray from the Hull and Grimsby Mineral Water Co, early 20th century

 

H1383

Ice Cream Utensils: 'Rapid' vacuum ice cream freezer, c1930; ice cream glasses, c1900; tinplate wafer moulds, c1930; card sales sign

 

H1385

Baking and Cooking Utensils: bread and cake tins, pastry tins, etc, made of tinplate; early 20th century

 

H1388

Baking Utensils: rolling pin, wooden spoon, pastry cutter , pie funnel and pastry crimping wheel

 

H1391

Grimwade's 'Quick-Cooker,' c1920: 'Quick-Cooker' bowl (patented 1909), with saucepan to place it in; Grimwade's advertising rolling pin

 

H1392

Kitchen Utensils: corer, sugar cutters, grater, masher

 

H1397

Mixing Bowl: stoneware with pouring lip

 

H1400

Kitchen Scales and Weights: 1/2oz to 1lb

 

H1402

Kitchen Scales, c1920: Salter's Improved Family Scale to weigh 141b, brass-faced

 

H1405

Kettle: electric, brass, c1920 (patented 1911)

 

H1406

Electric Fire: 'Ediswan'; art-deco upright style, c1920

 

H1407

Tin Opener: an early 20th century patent

 

H1410

Cake Mixer: the 'Magic' patented by Follows and Bate Ltd of Manchester, c1930

 

H1411

Slicer: patent slicer, c1930

 

H1413

Marmalade Cutter: the 'Magic,' patented by Follows and Bate Ltd, c1930

2

H1415

'Beatrice' Oil Burner Stove: made by Harper of Wilenhall, W Midlands, from 1938; unused and with original box

 

H1420

Domestic and Kitchen Utensils: enamel

2

H1423

Domestic and Kitchen Utensils: bakelite, 1930s to 1950s

 

H1425

Cooking Utensils, c1940: includes enamel pans, sieve, potato masher, cheese grater and mincer

 

H1426

General Collection of 1940s Household Items

7

H1427

Ephemera of the 1930s and 1940s: paperwork, photographs, tickets, etc typical of its period

2

H2008

Household Bottles, Tins and Packets of the 1930s and 1940s

2

H2009

Household Bottles, Tins and Packets of the 1940s and 1950s

2

H1430

Crumb Pan and Brush: copper, early 20th century

 

H1431

Desk-top Writing Set, c1920: plus stoneware bulk ink bottle, rule and two early fountain pens

 

H2030

Ephemera of the 1920s

 

H1433

Bread Bin, Board and Knife, c1940

3

H1434

Foodmixer: two pint glass jug with integral hand whisk; 1940s

 

H1435

Milk Bottles: with card tops; 1940

2

H1436

Hot Water Bottle: stoneware, c1930

5

H1437

Chamber Pot: ceramic; 1930s

 

H1438

Hot Water Bottle: electric, bakelite: c1950 (patented 1943)

 

H1439

Gas Fire, c1935: small portable gas fire, the 'Handiheater'

 

H1440

Radio: Ferguson, 1935; in working order

 

H2077

Television: Philips, 1939; table model with 7 1/4 x5 1/4 inch screen; plus a copy of 'Practical Wireless and Television' 2nd September 1939 (Separate delivery required)

 

H1441

Hair Drier: electric, white, bakelite; 1930s

 

H1442

Household Electrical Gadgets of the 1940s and 1950s: a selection

 

H1443

Toaster: electric, 1940

2

H1444

Hair Drier: electric, bakelite, 1940

3

H1445

Electric Iron and Toaster: 'Morphy Richards' purchased 1953 and 1955

 

H1447

Electric Fire, 1940s

 

H1448

Horizontal Toaster: HMV electric toaster in original box; 1950s

 

H1449

Rag Rugs: two hand-made cottage type

 

H1451

Bath for Baby or Small Child: galvanised iron

 

H1452

Bath: galvanised iron

 

H1453

Commode: in home-made wooden cabinet, early 20th century

 

H1455

Washstand and Jug: white enamel; corner type; c1940

 

H1456

Hip Bath: c1915

 

H1457

Camera, c1920: Thornton Pickard 'Junior Special' reflex camera with original wooden tripod

 

H1458

Cameras: folding bellows Kodak, 1916, and box Ensign, c1930

 

H1459

Candlestick Telephone, c1920: the type in use until the 1950s in some households

2

H2001

Edison Gem Phonograph c1910: with horn and cylindrical record; first patented in 1900; can be demonstrated with care

 

H1460

Record Player, c1940: mechanical machine with spare needles and contemporary records: can be demonstrated

2

H2047

Radio, 1947: Philips; Bakelite case

 

H1461

Gramophone, c1950: Philips electric, polished wooden cabinet type, on legs

 

H1462

Record Player: c1955; Philips portable battery-operated type; with records,c1960; can be demonstrated

 

H2049

Tape Recorder: reel-to-reel; 'Grundig'; 1960s

 

H1463

Telephone, 1948: in working order

 

H1464

As above 1952

 

H1466

Festival of Britain 1951: catalogue of the South Bank Exhibition

 

H1468

General Collection of 1950s Household Items

2

H1469

Ephemera of the 1950s and 1960s: paperwork, photographs, tickets, etc; typical of its period

 

Old and New - for Comparison, Discussion of Change, Use of Materials, etc

H2036

Old and New: flat iron c1900; electric iron c1940; 1990s electric steam iron

 

H2037

Old and New: pocket watch, c1940 and modern digital watch; pair of spectacles, c1940 and modern pair of spectacles; 1950s box camera and modern disposable camera

 

H2038

Old and New: packet of washing powder c1950 and 1990s packet of washing powder; bar of soap, c1920 and 1990s bar of soap; liberty bodice, c1950 and T-shirt

 

H2039

Old and New: 1940s milk bottle and 1990s milk bottle; 1940s baby's feeding bottle and 1990s baby's feeding bottle; pair of child's leather sandals, c1950 and a pair of child's trainers; child's mug, c1900 and 1990s child's mug

 

H2040

Old and New: 1950s bull's eye torch and disposable torch; candle holder, c1940 and fluorescent light bulb; paraffin cycle lamp, c1920 and battery cycle lamp

 

H2041

Old and New: 1940s stone hot water bottle and rubber hot water bottle; marble pop bottle, c1910 and drinks can

 

H2042

Old and New: 1930s nursery rhyme book and 1990s nursery rhyme book; 1960s women's magazine and 1990s women's magazine; 78 rpm record, c1940 and compact disc

 

H2043

Old and New: 1930s tin and 1990s paint tin; beer bottle, c1910 and 1990s beer bottle; marmalade pot, c1920 and 1990s marmalade jar

 

H2044

Old and New: doll, c1920 and 1990s doll; teddy bear, c1940 and 1990s teddy bear

 

H2045

Old and New: pre-1860 penny, early 20th Century penny and modern penny; wooden clothes peg, c1920 and plastic clothes peg; 1940s tin opener and 1990s tin opener; game of jacks, c1900 and 1990s plastic jacks

 

H2046

Old and New: 1930s enamelled kettle and 1990s electric kettle; 1930s pan and 1990s pan

 

H2086

Old and New: 1940s glass cell type battery; 1950s 'Exide Accumulator' battery and 1990s batteries

 

Coinage

 

H1470

Pre-decimalisation Silver Coins: crown, half-crown, florin, shilling, sixpence and threepence of George V and George VI; crown, half-crown, florin, shilling and sixpence of Elizabeth II

 

H1471

Pennies from Victoria to Elizabeth II; pre-decimal British Coins: in two frames with stands for display

2

H1475

Wallchart 2,000 years of British Coins

 

H1476

Booklet The Development of English Coinage: Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II 20 copies

 

Royalty

H1480

Coronation Mug and Dish, 1902: King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra

 

H1482

Coronation Mug, 1902: plus two plates depicting Queen Alexandra and Prince Edward of Wales

 

H1484

Prints King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra: two large, colourful, original prints in old frames

 

H1485

Portrait of King Edward VII: framed, 13m x 07m

 

H2000

Print King George V: colourful, original print in contemporary frame

 

H2026

Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary 1935: 'The Illustrated London News' Silver Jubilee Record Number 1910-1935

 

H1486

Coronation Mugs, 1937: King Edward VIII, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

3

H2071

King Edward VIII: souvenir plate, cup and saucer for Coronation planned for 12th May 1937

 

H2070

King George VI: 1937 Coronation souvenir casket and 1930s tin

 

H1487

Coronation Souvenir Book, 1937: King George VI

2

H1488

King George VI: newspaper supplements, 1937 to 1952 plus book 'The Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth'

 

H1489

King George VI - Coronation 1937 Souvenirs: mug, book, 'Weekly Illustrated' May 15th, 1937; envelope with George VI stamp

 

H1491

Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Booklets: wedding 1947 and coronation 1953; contemporary souvenir booklets and magazines

3

H2069

Queen Elizabeth II - Coronation 1953: souvenir tins and mugs

 

H1492

Queen Elizabeth II - Coronation 1953 Souvenirs: cup, saucer and plate, tins, trinket box, pen and pencil, framed portrait, souvenir magazines, etc

 

H1494

Commemorative Booklets and Newspapers: wedding of Princess Margaret 1960; wedding of Duke of Kent 1961; investiture of Prince of Wales 1969

 

H1495

Commemorative Booklets and Newspapers: wedding of Princess Anne 1973; 80th birthday of Queen Mother 1980; wedding of Prince Charles 1981

 

H1496

Commemorative Tins: biscuit tin and two coffee tins - George V, George VI and Elizabeth II

 

H2031

Newspaper Reports, etc: Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, 1977

 

H2032

Commemorative Booklets, etc: wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, 1981

 

General Interest

H1497

Britain since 1930, (BBC Video Plus): videotape 'Landmarks' programmes - 1 Life Keeps Changing, 2 The Hungry Thirties? 3 A Better Britain For All? (1945-1951), 4; Never Had It So Good? (1952-1959) 5 The Swinging Sixties? (1960-1969), 6 Trouble and Strife? (1970-1979); teacher's notes; Fact Finder booklet 'Britain Since 1930;' wallchart 'Life in Britain 1930-1950' Suitable Key Stage 2

2

A Year to Remember (Videotapes) 1930-1969: Original footage from the Pathe News Library Running time of each videotape approx 60 mins

H149830

1930: Flying Scotsman's epic race Prince pilots DO-X, RAE Pageant Empress of Britain launched Henley Royal Regatta World's largest seaplane trial flight Monte Carlo rally The Railway Zeppelin Ford's new Dagenham factory Winter sports

 

H149831

1931: Chaplin Comes Home Miss Taylor wins Brooklands Lady Astor MP Mayday customs Londoners hop-picking 'Hotsy-Totsy' wins Gold Cup Christmas Train disaster Royal Agricultural Show New York's gun battles Gandhi in London

 

H149832

1932: Newcastle defeat Arsenal in Cup Amelia Earhart completes dual Atlantic flights Campbell breaks record in Bluebird British soldiers' uniform and equipment Lloyd Barrage Dam opened Last British memorial unveiled Automatic pilot demonstrated President Von Hindenburg's 85th birthday Churchill's daughter weds Graf Zeppelin's 24-hour cruise

 

H149833

1933: Gracie Fields at HMV Factory Germany's new flag - The Swastika Prohibition ends in USA Al Capone's armoured car Hitler Youth on parade Californian earthquake Richards wins Aintree National RAF plane lands in Hyde Park US Police clash with Chicago mobs Campbell raises speed record

 

H149834

1934: Mussolini welcomes Hitler in Venice America's Cup challenger The Astor wedding Monte Carlo Grand Prix Royal Ascot France's 24-hour strike Waterloo Bridge demolished Britain retains Davis Cup trophy White City athletics England defeat Australia 2nd Test

 

H149835

1935: Silver Jubilee Parade Lawrence of Arabia's funeral Fred Perry wins Wimbledon England flooded Pearly Kings and Queens Jack Hobbs retires Isle of Man TT Royal Navy Review at Spithead Max Baer's wedding Ascot fashions

 

H149836

1936: The King Abdicates Fire destroys Crystal Palace Funeral of George V Germany's new airship Berlin Olympic Games Vesuvius erupts Boulder Dam opens The San Francisco Bridge Cobb breaks world record Eastleigh airshow

 

H149837

1937: Hindenburg Disaster George VI's Coronation Scenes of Spanish Civil War Gas masks for civilians First fax machine President Roosevelt inaugurated Radium mining Dutch Royal Wedding Introduction of aqualung Robert Taylor arrives in England

 

H149838

1938: 'Queen Elizabeth' launched Chamberlain's 'Piece of Paper' speech Barrage balloons over London German troops march into Austria Tokyo celebrates victory Gearless car demonstrated First mobile telephone exchange Joe Loss marries Demonstration of Iron Lung Wimbledon finals

 

H149839

1939: BEF troops leave for front line Coronation of Pope Cup Final at Wembley Jitterbug bands in New York General Franco in Barcelona British Industries Fair National Service appeals US scrap iron for Britain London's air raid test Fashion at Le Touquet

 

H149840

1940: Evacuating the children Mr Chamberlain's speech Evacuation of BFF (Dunkirk) Tacoma Bridge collapses Gracie Fields entertains Graf Spee conquerors honoured King and Queen visit raided areas Coventry bombed Allied troops celebrate Christmas

 

H149841

1941: Japan runs amok at Pearl Harbour Roosevelt inauguration After the sinking of the Bismark Germ masks for crowds Tin hats for all Crystal Palace Tower: The End Open Gold USA George Formby's grand gesture Flanagan and Allen

 

H149842

1942: Churchill on Victory Goering in Italy Malta gets George Cross Rommel on the run Stalingrad, the unconquerable city Mobile laundry Introducing the 'Vingle' WAAF flight mechanics Government official - come and join

 

H149843

1943: Clark Gable's new contract Victory in Tunisia General Sikorski dies Japan raid air base Russians meet Monty The well-dressed man Captain James Stewart They call it baseball

 

H149844

1944: D-Day and the Allied Advance Japanese lose 85 planes Monte Cassino bombed Paris delivered Oranges for Britain A healthier Britain Tommy Trinder entertains International football at Glasgow

 

H149845

1945: Victory in Europe British General Election Iwo Jima Funeral of President Roosevelt Homes unlimited X marks the spot The last Spitfire Kiss Mass Atom bomb on Nagasaki

 

H149846

1946: Nuremberg Trials Bob Hope's Oscar Yes, we have some bananas! A break for Joe Davis Mr Molotov steals a picture The world's biggest plane The ideal pick-up car Television's dress rehearsal Nylons

 

H149847

1947: A Royal Romance Florida, Al Capone dead USA radar speed trap India's great day Monty leaves for Moscow Australia gives £20m London Eros returns Laurel and Hardy arrive Elizabeth and Philip marry

 

H149848

1948: Gandhi dead Berlin, the crisis Harry Truman works a miracle Petrol returns Jamaicans arrive in GB Prince Charles is born Mae West looks 'em over Olympic Games Danny Kaye comes to England

 

H149849

1949: Prince Charles's first public appearance Double decker airliner 4th birthday gives UN new home Science aids mothers Britain lights up Yum, yum, - end of sweet rationing Devaluation bring back Parliament Windsors holiday in Italy

 

H149850

1950: George Bernard Shaw's 94th birthday Bob Hope awarded Air Force Medal Princess Anne christened 14-year-old Lester Piggott in training World's first turbo car US H-bomb scientists go ahead Ark Royal launched Queen visits Northern Ireland London and Paris fashions British bikes win Belgian Grand Prix

 

H149851

1951: Salvador Dali's Exhibition Princess Margaret's 21st birthday Britain's new fighter plane Ivor Novello's funeral London's Easter Hat show Australian Jubilee Philippine volcano disaster World mourns Ernest Bevan Harlow - London's first factory town Tories win General Election

 

H149852

1952: Britain explodes A-bomb Heatwave in London London's last tram Miss World in London Farnborough air tragedy John Cobb dies Record snow in California German Grand Prix Argentina mourns Eva Peron George VI dies

 

H149853

1953: HM Queen Elizabeth's Coronation Stalin dies Miss World contest Queen Mary dies London smog Britain wins Le Mans King Hussein enthroned Eisenhower inaugurated Turpin KO's D'Haes Berlin's refugees swarm into West

 

H149854

1954: Bannister runs Four-Minute Mile First atomic sub launched The l00th Boat Race Curry Sark finds new home Gracie Fields's Christmas Show Suez terms agreed Australia greets the Queen Tornado hits London Hairstyles around the world Churchill meets Ike

 

H149855

1955: Ruth Ellis executed New Governor meets Archbishop Makarios First vertical take-off Jet Soho street fair Le Mans disaster London honours Sir Winston Lost submarine 'Siddon' raised The highway code introduced Science conquers polio Lancashire cotton crisis

 

H149856

1956: Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier First nuclear power station Suez emergency Petrol shortage Barbers' hairstyle competition Britain's gold medal The Motor Show Commander Crabb mystery London premiere of 'I 984' Wimbledon finals

 

H149857

1957: MacMillan is Prime Minister Britain's first H-bomb Stirling Moss sets new record Channel tunnel, yes or no? Mink-lined nightwear fashion show Royal mint makes sovereigns again New styles in furniture Britain's new rocket defence Hopalong Cassidy arrives in Britain Gina Lollabrigida's new baby

 

H149858

1958: Manchester United air crash Hilary reaches Pole Electronic letter sorters tested at Post Office World on Show Exhibition opens The age of the teenager Notting Hill race riots Busby receives CBE Rome hails new Pope Aga Khan enthroned The Queen opens Gatwick

 

H149859

1959: 'Gigi' wins 9 Oscars Ml motorway opened Titan rocket fired, First oil drilling platform built in Britain Shah of Iran's wedding Stars fight cinema tax Mike Hawthorn killed President De Gaulle inaugurated HMS Hermes joins Royal Navy The Queen conquers Chicago

 

H149860

1960: Elvis quits the Army Princess Margaret's wedding Agadir destroyed by earthquake Britain's first Traffic Wardens Campbell crashes - 300mph State opening of Parliament

 

H149861

1961: Liz Taylor wins Oscar How Italy saw eclipse First man in Space Cliff Richard - 21 today Ban the bomb demonstration

 

H149862

1962: Henry Cooper v Erskine Kennedy - Cuba crisis Car safety belt demonstration Harlow 32-hour twist competition Astronaut Glenn lands safely

 

H149863

1963: Kennedy assassinated Premiere of 'Summer Holiday' - Cliff Richard First female cosmonaut Miss World Fashion awards - Mary Quant

 

H149864

1964: Beatles welcome home Radio Caroline King Constantine weds Princess of Denmark 150mph Bullet Train David Broome - medals Tokyo Olympics

 

H149865

1965: Churchill lying in State Teenagers wear these fashions Martin Luther King Beatles receive honours from Queen Microwave cooker

 

H149866

1966: England wins World Cup Chi-Chi - Giant Panda flies out of London Mrs Gandhi India's choice Wilson in Moscow Aberfan tragedy

 

H149867

1967: Donald Campbell dies Elvis marries Priscilla UFO over Britain Monkees arrival at Heathrow Mike Hailwood wins TT

 

H149868

1968: Mexico Olympic Games Tom Jones receives Gold Disc London Bridge dismantled Roman Polanski marries Sharon Tate Pipaluk Polar Bear

 

H149869

1969: Man on the Moon Paul McCartney marries Linda Eastman Pop festival 50p coin minted Investiture of the Prince of Wales

 

Local History - the 20th Century (see also Transport Sections · ¸ , Hull in the Second World War and Maritime History)

H1712

Videotape The Hull Story: from the time of the monks of Meaux and the creation of the King's Town in 1299, through to the Civil War, the building of Hull's first dock in the 18th century, the railway age and the improvements in transport to match the growth of the city in the 19th and 20th centuries Cover of the 20th century includes the Russian outrage in 1904, the Great War 1914 to 1918, the depression of the 1930s, Hull's part in World War II and the regrowth of the city in the post-war period 55 minutes (Due to the length and diversity of this video, please review first and use selected sections only) Includes book 'The Story of Hull and It's People'

6

H1715

The Eastern Morning News and Hull Advertiser, 1903: ten copies of this local newspaper; can he handled with care by teachers only

 

H1718

The Daily Mail, 1927: two copies of this Hull newspaper; can be handled with care by teachers only

 

H1720

Postcards of Old Hull: early 20th century

2

H1721

Copies of Early 20th Century Colour Postcards of Hull: enlarged to A4 and encapsulated

7

H1724

Aerial Photograph Riverside Quay and William Wright Dock, early 1920s

2

H1727

Aerial Photograph The Town Docks Area of Hull; c1920 Includes Queen's Dock

 

H1731

Ordnance Survey Maps of Hull, 1928; three maps showing central Hull (east and west) and the Hessle Road area in 1928 May he photocopied

3

H1733

Kelly's Directory of Hull, 1936

 

H1736

The Abercrombie Plan: a plan for the reconstruction of Kingston upon Hull; bound volume; 1945

 

H1744

Video Visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to Hull to Re-open the City Hall, 1st December, 1948: arrival by steam train at Paragon Station; visits to Ideal Boilers, Smith and Nephew, the Humber Dock; reopening of City Hall; evening firework display in Queen's Gardens Black and white; silent; 16 minutes

3

H1745

Prints High Street and Lowgate, Hull: 1954

 

H1749

Videotape Visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to Hull, 18th May 1957: arrival at Paragon Station; tour of the city; welcome by children in East Park; departure on the Royal Yacht Colour; sound; 42 minutes

3

H1750

Queen Elizabeth II - Royal Visit to Hull, 1957: framed portrait and official programme

 

H1751

Queen Elizabeth II - Royal Visit to Hull, July 1981: to open Humber Bridge; newspapers

 

H1752

Pub Signs: photographs of historical signs in and around Hull Black and white; mounted

 

H1754

Hull's Architectural Heritage: photographs of well-known historic buildings in the centre of the city; mounted for display; with notes

2

H1755

Videotape Historic Buildings of Kingston upon Hull: features the most important of Hull's listed buildings; 55 minutes Upper KS 2; KS 3; staff use Review first; can be used selectively to look at individual buildings

6

H1757

Videotape Fred Elwell RA A Life in Art: a unique journey through the life and work of one of East Yorkshire's best-loved artists, with particular reference to his home town of Beverley 20 minutes Plus booklet Frederick EIwell, RA 1870 to 1958

3

H1758

Videotape Beverley Bygones: scenes and events in Beverley from the 1930s onwards Advise view first and use selectively

3

H1765

Videotape Kingston upon Hull - the Centenary Years 1897-1997: the official story of the City and its people to mark the 100th anniversary of Queen Victoria's charter 50 minutes

5

Farming History and Rural Crafts

H1800

On the Farm: photographs of 19th century rural Yorkshire; taken from lantern slides In two frames

 

H1805

Farm Labourer's Hobnail Boots and Leather Gaiters: plus a farmyard bootscraper c1920

 

H1810

Audio Cassette and Booklet Yorkshire Farming Memories: songs, recollections, poems, photographs

2

H1812

Farming in North Lincolnshire c1800-1950: two collections in A3 booklet format of documentary and photographic evidence - 'The Pig in North Lincolnshire' and 'The Farmworker in North West Lincolnshire' - Produced by Scunthorpe Museum

2

H1815

Flail: for hand threshing corn; early 19th century

 

H1818

Land Drains: examples of coarse pottery land drains used in the 18th and 19th centuries; plus information and diagrams on traditional and modern land drainage 3

 

H1820

Farm Implements: three different wooden-handled ditching tools; 19th century

 

H1821

Fiddle Drill: the 'Aero' Broadcast Hand Seed Sower; c1900 but used until the 1950s

 

H1830

Gamekeeping: selection of wild animal traps

 

H1835

Song Bird Traps: two; c1950

 

H1851

Farriery and Veterinary Instruments: mainly for the treatment of horses and cattle; tail docking machine; firing iron; tooth rasp and tail comb; book, Day and Son's 'Everyday Farriery' first published 188S; 19th and early 20th century

 

H1852

Farriery and Veterinary Instruments: a further selection including gag or balling iron, Rutter's patent horse twitch, drenching horn, trocar and canula; booklet 'Some Old Medicines and Treatments'

 

H1855

The Country Butcher: handtools and equipment used by butchers until about 1950, including stunning axe, pig scraper, steel, cambrill, hooks, etc (See also H1812)

 

H1860

Horse Harness: open and blinkered bridle, light and heavy hames and shoes for working shire horses

 

H1862

Horse harness: neck collar and hames for working shire horse

 

H1864

Horse Harness: bridle (with snaffle bit, reins and blinkers), pad, saddle, decorated brow band and crupper for heavy horse harnessed to wagon

 

H1866

Horse Harness: bridle (with snaffle bit and blinkers), hames, breast collar and neck strap, separate snaffle bit and shoe for heavy horse

 

H1870

Horse Bits: snaffle bit and curb bit; both made of nickel

 

H1880

Horse Brasses and Bells: 19th century examples

 

H1881

Horse Brasses: 19th century examples

 

H1885

Slides Rural Life of East Anglia, c1900: showing ploughing, harrowing, threshing, etc and wheelwrights at work

2

H1886

Slides Rural Life of East Anglia: showing farm wagons, machinery and tools of the 19th and early 20th centuries in the collection of the Abbot's Hall Museum of Rural Life, Stowmarket, Suffolk

2

H1890

Slides and Audio Cassette Wheels Within Wheels: the importance of the wheel and the manufacture of a cartwheel by hand

 

H1894

In the Country in 1900: mounted photographs of horses, steam engines and early tractors in use; booklets 'Centenary of the Iron Horse' and 'In The Country in 1900'

 

H1900

Wallchart British Sheep Breeds

2

H1913

Sheep Bell: marked 'R Wells;' late 18th or early 19th century

 

H1915

Shepherd's Crook

2

H1917

Sheep Dipping Pole

 

H1925

Spinning Wheel: 19th/early 20th century; in working order

3

H1928

Spindle Spinning: replica carders and spindle with raw wool; original carders and shears

2

H1930

Slides Rare and Primitive Farm Animals

 

H1935

Cockerel: mounted specimen; uncased

 

H1936

Goose: mounted specimen; uncased

 

H1937

Duck: mounted specimen, uncased

 

H1940

Bantam Cockerel and Hen: mounted specimen in single case

 

H1947

Milking Machine: stainless steel, 2 gallon, with four suction cups for single cow; c1960

 

H1950

Milking Smock and Cap: worn by a Yorkshire farmer, who supplied milk direct to the public from the 1920s to the 1940s

 

H1953

Milk Can and Milk Measures: gallon can and pint and half-pint measures

 

H1954

Milk Churn (3 gallons), Pails and Pint Measure, c1950

 

H1955

Back Pack Milk Churn: 4 gallon type; with carrying straps; c1940

 

H1958

Yoke and Pails: wooden dairy yoke with pair of pails

 

H1960

Butter Churn: Llewellin and Sons 'Victory' Patent Churn, c1920; wooden barrel type agricultural churn with original base

 

H1963

Farm Butter Making Equipment: includes skimmer, butter pats and butter stamps: c1920

2

H1970

Coopering - Making a Barrel: making the staves; raising the cask; shaping the cask over a trivet and fitting the truss hoops; fitting the heads, etc, hooping Examples to illustrate the key stages Notes and booklet 'The Village Cooper'

 

H1971

Coopering: examples of cooper made objects - barrels, mug; booklet 'The Village Cooper'

 

H1975

Gardening Tools, c1900: 1 1/2 gallon watering can with copper rose; syringe; dibber; root crop puller; planter

 

H1976

Gardening Tools, c1900: 1 gallon watering can with copper rose; Suffolk weeding 'spud;' dibber; planter; onion hoe; digging shoe

 

H1977

Gardening Tools, c1900: syringe, small rake, weeder, etc plus booklet 'Old Garden Tools'

 

H1978

Gardening Tools, c1900: two gallon watering can with copper rose; trug; transplanting tool; small rake; fork; dibber

 

H1979

Gardening Tools, c1900: two gallon watering can with copper rose; garden line; small rake; fork; trowel; dibber

 

H1980

Tile Making at Barton-upon-Humber: examples of traditional roof tiles made from alluvial clay by the firm of William Blyth at Hoe Hill and Ings Tileries at Barton-upon-Humber; two framed explanatory panels with map, photographs and drawings; booklet 'Natural Clay Roofing Tiles'

 

H1985

Slides Materials of the English Country Cottage: the use of timber framing, cob, tiles, weatherboarding, flint, brick, thatch, etc, in vernacular architecture

 

H1990

Paper Making: the traditional craft of making high quality paper from cotton cloth as still practised in the water powered paper mill of Pen Mur at Muzillac in South Brittany; seven mounted colour photographs explaining the different stages in the process, plus a sample of the finished paper

3

History of Education

General History

E1

Print A Dame School: typical of small schools in private houses which existed in the early 19th century

 

E5

Milestones in Education, 1862-1984: important events with dates; mounted in two large frames

 

E8

Slides Education, Part 1: Elementary Education in the 19th century to 1870

 

E9

Slides Education, Part 2: Board Schools, 1870-1902

 

E15

Two Videotapes The People's Schools: BBC programmes - Part I 'Machinery' (Schools to 1870; Board Schools to 1902; lessons in the Victorian classroom at Armley Mills Museum, Leeds; early nursery education) Part 2 'Teachers' (All age education 1870-1944; the 3 R's; payment by results; pupil teachers and early teacher training) 30 minutes each Suitable top junior, secondary, teacher training

 

E17

Schoolmistresses Certificate: framed copy 1858; with inspectors comments until 1870

2

E20

Rural Schools in Oxfordshire: 28 mounted photographs of classroom scenes, 1904-1913 A unique record of rural school life

4

E21

Large Framed Photograph Elementary School Lesson in Progress, c1900

 

E23

School Photographs: originals and copies of group photographs of children at school between c1860 and c1900

 

E30

An Old Lady's Memories of School in the 1890s: mounted and framed

 

E33

Girl's School Smock: c1900

 

E35

School Uniform: caps, blazers, skirt, mortarboard; mid-20th century

2

E40

Never Absent, Never Late: attendance medal; information on absenteeism and child labour

 

E41

Attendance Medals; six medals awarded to local children for perfect attendance at school for four and six years In single frame

 

E45

Attendance Certificates: seven certificates awarded to a boy at West Dock Avenue School, Hull, for perfect attendance for the years 1927 to 1933 In single frame

 

E48

Corporal Punishment: cane, mortarboard and punishment book, 1900-1928, from Clifton Street Girls' School, Hull

 

E52

Admission and Withdrawal Register, 1922 to 1957: St Wilfred's Infants' School, Hull; gives occupation of parent/guardian, last school attended, etc

 

E58

Fun in the Playground: playground chalk, clay marbles, jacks, diabolo, spinning top; plus three photographs with captions Late 19th century

 

E59

Playground Games: whip and top, jacks, marbles; early 20th century Child's mug illustrating whip and top, c1850

 

E62

Traditional Playground Toys; copies of Victorian and early 20th century wooden toys - diabolo, whip and top, string top, yo-yo, cup and ball

6

E65

Life at School in the 1950s and 1960s: photograph album from a Hull secondary school

 

Local Schools

E80

Ragged and Industrial Schools in 19th century Hull: photographs and information

 

E84

Hull School Board, 1870-1902: photographs and information

 

E87

Hull Board Schools, 100 Years On: a photographic record

 

E88

Hull Schools 1984: enlarged colour photographs of schools built between 1870 and 1893 and still in use in 1984 Suitable for display

 

E92

Hull Board Schools: five drawings by F S Smith of schools built in the 1870s and 1880s and now demolished Copies In single frame

 

E95

Hull Grammar School: a collection of photographs and a commemorative booklet 'The City and the School'

 

E97

Print Trinity National School, Hull: as proposed, c1850

 

E98

Print Fountain Road Board School, 1878

 

E99

Print Beverley Road Board School, 1887: now Stepney Primary

 

E102

Constable Street Schools, 1879-1979: framed copy of pencil sketch

 

E105

Minutes of the East Riding County Council Education Committee: 1901/2 and 1903/4

 

Classroom Furniture and Fittings

E110

Desk, c1880: twin cast-iron framed desk with lift-up seat and slots for slates (Very heavy - van driver will need assistance to carry)

 

E113

Infants' Desk, c1890: with four places marked with squares From Beckingham School, Notts

 

E115

Desk, c1900: twin metal-framed desk with lift-up seat

 

E116

Desk, c1900: single wooden desk for upper junior or secondary school child; used with a separate chair; with attachment for writing slates

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E117

Desk, c1920: single metal-framed desk for upper juniors or secondary school child

 

E118

Desk, c1920: single wooden desk for upper junior or secondary school child used with a separate chair

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E119

Desk, c1930: single wooden desk with attached lift-up seat; for junior or lower secondary school child

 

E120

Infants' Table and Two Chairs, c1900

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E124

Kindergarten Table, c1925: 5ft9in long x l2in wide x l8in high; with four places marked with squares: made of pitch pine

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E127

Teacher's Adjustable High Desk, c1900

 

E129

Desk, c1950: twin wooden desk with brass inkwell covers and lift-up lid; for use with separate chairs; purchased by a Hull school in the early 1950s

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E130

Blackboard and Easel, c1900

 

E131

Blackboard: two-sided, free-standing, 175 m high; c1900

 

E135

School Handbell: 19th century

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E140

School Notice Board: inscribed The Times Day by Day,' c1920

 

E141

Abacus: c1900; with a Chinese abacus for comparison

 

E143

Abacus: abacus on stand; supplied to Tickton School, c1900 by the North of England School Furnishing Co Ltd

 

E144

Abacus: c1900; lacking stand

 

E147

Classroom Globe: c1950

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E150

Commemorative Crockery: cups, plates and saucers, presented to Wetwang School, 1897 (Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee) and 1921

 

Lessons, Books, Equipment

E160

Audio Cassette Class of 1887: a series of five short programmes on the types of lessons given in Board Schools Made with the assistance of staff and visiting children at the Victorian classroom at Armley Industrial Museum, Leeds

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E163

Victorian/Edwardian schools: a collection of items used in schools around the turn of the century; includes Indian clubs, inkwells, marbles, slate and crayons and a selection of school books

 

E165

The Three R's: a selection of handwriting copy books, reading books, documents and information relating to 'Payment by Results'

 

E170

Certificate for Passing the Fourth Standard Examination in the Three R's; 1885

 

E175

Mathematical Academy Text Book and Exercise Book: A Treatise on practical Mensuration, 1830 and a mathematical exercise book, dated 1818 belonging to Lucy Acey of Kirkella School Academy

 

E177

Learning to Write in a Victorian School; hand-writing copybooks, two school slates, slate pencils, photographs and documents

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E179

Using a Slate: taken from 'The Child's Instructor,' 1880 Enlarged and framed

 

E181

Writing Slates and Small Chalk Boards, c1920: with slate pencils and chalks in original boxes

 

E183

School Slates: 30 reproduction slates with pencils Can be used by class

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E185

School Slates: 10 slates which were also used as sand trays, in which very young children formed their letters and numbers with their fingers

 

E190

Inkwells (40) in Carrying Tray, Enamel Ink Pourer, Ink Bottle, Stick Pens and Pen Tray, c1900

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E192

Inkwell/Paint Pots (40) in Carrying Tray, c1900

 

E193

Two Stephens' Bulk Ink Bottles: stoneware

 

E194

Mayall's Bulk Ink Bottle: stoneware

 

E196

First Steps in Reading: taken from 'The Child's Instructor,' 1880 Enlarged and framed

 

E198

Two Early 19th Century Books for Young Children: a story book dated 1817 and an illustrated 'Juvenile Calculator,' c1810

 

E201

Animal Alphabet: page from late 19th century primer Enlarged and framed

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E203

The Parts of Speech in Rhyme: taken from 'The Child's Instructor,' 1880 Enlarged and framed

 

E206

Warne's Victoria Picture Spelling Book: c1870

 

E208

Guy's British Spelling Book: 1885

 

E212

The Fourth 'R:' religious texts, bible and documents relating to religious instruction

 

E215

Five Sunday School Prize Books, c1890

 

E216

The Sunday Picture Album: a forty page hardback book of coloured pictures relating to the Bible; c1900

 

E220

Object Lessons: examples of objects used in lessons in Victorian schools: eg candle, lump of coal, cowry shell and a box of coins With explanatory notes

 

E223

The Kings and Queens of England: taken from 'The Child's Instructor,' 1880 Enlarged and framed

 

E225

Illustrated Geographical Nursery Rhymes: taken from 'The Child's Instructor,' 1880 Enlarged and framed

 

E228

School Textbooks of the 1880s: Dr Cornwell's School Geography, 1880; Nelson's School Series History of the British Empire, 1878; Geographical Reader, c1880

 

E230

School Atlases, 1880s-1930s

 

E235

School Needlework Samples: 1880s

 

E236

School Needlework Sampler: dated 1849; framed (see also H852 and H853)

 

E240

Drill - Physical Education in Victorian and Edwardian Schools: photographs and in formation

 

E242

Backboard: for deportment and correction; early 19th century; replica

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E243

Four Cane Hoops: various sizes; 19th century

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E245

Leather Football and Football Boots, c1940

 

E250

Book 'The Child's Instructor:' useful for devising 'Victorian' lessons for young children, c1880

 

E251

Book 'The Practical Teacher:' bound volume of an instruction book for student and pupil teachers, 1884

 

E253

'The Schoolmistress' 16th July 1891: a weekly newspaper for schoolteachers; encapsulated photocopy

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E256

'The Teacher's Encyclopaedia,' 1912: in seven volumes, illustrated Covers the theory, method, practice, history and development of education; written by eminent educationalists and teachers of the day

 

E259

Educational Supplies Reference Catalogue c1925: A Brown and Sons Ltd, Hull 600 pages and fully illustrated For teacher use only Can be photocopied

 

E263

'Two Years in the Infant School:' an illustrated two-year scheme consisting of 84 topics in loose-leaf form, plus samples of classroom topic pictures; prepared by Enid Blyton and others in the 1930s

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E265

Secondary School/Adult Education Textbooks of the late 19th century: typical examples

 

E266

School Textbooks of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s: typical examples

 

E267

School Textbooks of the 1950s and 1960s: typical examples

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E269

Set of Classroom Pictures, c1930: almost complete set of 180 pictures in original case

 

E270

Classroom Pictures, c1940: 6 examples including Geography, Nature Study, Simple Science and Religious Instruction; laminated

 

E271

Classroom Pictures, c1950: 8 examples from MacMillan's History and Geography Sets, which were widely used from the 1950s to the 1970s; laminated

 

E272

School Assembly since 1944: books, Bible, etc, used for assemblies in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s

 

E275

The Janet and John Reading Scheme: a selection of readers, pictures and flash cards from this scheme which was popular in the 1950s and 1960s

 

E278

Geography Teaching Aid, c1950: chart on