Description: | The History Collections include items of peopleÃ's everyday lives from the 17th century to the present day Ã- objects from home and domestic life, eating, drinking and cooking vessels and utensils, things to do with laundry and cleaning. Domestic furniture is collected, as are clothing and costume, personal adornment, smoking, sport, hobbies, games and toys. Also transport by cycle, horse, car and rail; shops and shopping, retail and wholesale, grocers, butchers, bakers, drapers, haberdashers, department stores, electrical retailers, chemists, and of course, hotels, restaurants and public houses and corporate life Ã- schools and education, the military, the police and the fire service. The collections are from most towns and parishes in the county. The Dew Collection, an important collection of 18th, 19th and 20th century belongings from this north Oxfordshire family includes costume, household and home life, shops and shopping, working life, public life and transport. |