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-A small collection of local specimens, dating mainly from the Cretaceous period, and including a large ammonite fossil, a belemnite fossil partially replaced with pyrite and several good specimens of Hertfordshire Puddingstone. There is a small number of non-local specimens from the former 'Library Collection'.;A very small, closed collection from the original 'Library Collection', including a large wasps' nest.;The collections date mainly from the late 19th to mid 20th centuries and as well as general everyday wear (including hats, boots, shoes and accessories) have items of industrial clothing, ceremonial, education,, war related, social/sporting. welfare and celebrity clothing.;The archive collection includes documents (1900-1980's), plans, maps (1870's -1930's) and printed ephemera. Topics include local topography, trades and industries, transport, wartime Watford, social activities, welfare, religion, education, civic matters, commemorative material and local celebrities/famous people.;The photographic collection includes both original and copy images of local scenes,people, activities and events in Watford from the late 19th century to the 1960's.;Watford had two principle industries from the late 19th to the mid 20th century- printing and brewing. The collections associated with the printing industry relate especially to the major firms of Odhams and the Sun Engraving Co. They include a number of early letter press machines and equipment, such as the Columbian Press used to print the first edition of the Watford Observer newspaper, and the Rupert Cannon collection of Photo-Gravure equipment, which was a technique developed in Watford.
The brewing collections include material relating to the Watford Breweries and their associated pubs, including a good collection of local beer bottles and pub signs. There is a reconstruction of a typical local bar in the gallery made by Benskin's craftsmen, using material from The Pennant pub, now known as The Flag.;Social and Local history is one of the principle collections of the museum. It includes material relating to civic matters, education, local trades and industries, transport, welfare, social activities, wartime, religion and domestic life. Most recently the museu has established a small but growing collection of cultural material reflecting the ethnic make-up of the town's population.
Items of particular note include good local World War II and earlt 20th century domestic life collections.;The museum has a collection of late 19th century to early 20th century medical items from Leavesden Hospital.;Elton John's Watford Football Club inspired stage costume.;A good collection of late 19th - early 20th century christening dresses.;Items of particular note include a good set of 1870's Ordnance Survey maps of Watford; a substantial archive of Second World War Civil Defence documents and Watford Palace Theatre programmes.;An extensive collection of photographs of Odhams Printworks, Watford, complementing the collection of artefacts and printed material from the same firm.; | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | 194 Lower High Street
Watford Hertfordshire United Kingdom,
WD17 2DT | FAX: | 01923 224772 | Telephone: | 01923 232297 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6528 | Go to resource |
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