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Description: | There is a diverse range of material representing rural and town crafts including: Abdela and Mitchell boatbuilders; Edwin Clarke & Co, boatbuilders; ropemaking; Holloway Bros, clothing manufacturers of Stroud; sweet making (moulds); blacksmith tools from forges at Cainscross nad Longfords Mill; plumbing tools; stone quarrying and masonry; Leonard Stanley Tannery; woodworking and coopering; stickmaking; Stonehouse, Dudbridge and Brimscombe brick makers; cobbling tools from a shop at Minchinhampton; clothiers marks, trade signs and packaging materials relating to local trades including food, madicines, cosmetics and other household items including Morelands' England's Glory matchboxes; veterinary tools; and local trade and advertising.
The are large collections of material from the Stroud and Corswells Breweries (Caincross) and Niblets Mineral waters comprising tools, equipment, documents and trade literature, photographs, costume and many items from local public houses; and glass and stoneware bottles relating to local breweries, dairies and mineral water suppliers.
The museum's small, but extremely important collections provide a good representative picture of the local engineering industry. Notable items include: the Lewis cross-cutter, c.1815, the cloth napping machine which inspired the development of the lawn-mower; the Budding lawnmowers and adjustable spanners, the products of Phoenix Iron Foundry at Thrupp, the earliest lawnmowers in the world; the revolutionary high-speed separating machine for the dairy industry by Listers; examples of casein and early plastics manufactured by Erinoid Ltd; Pedersen bicycles made in Dursley; an early Danarm chain saw and related literature; and large photographic archives relating to the engineering companies Wallers and Daniels.
The Stroud area was once world famous for the production of West of England woollen cloth, billiard cloth and 'scarlet' for military uniforms. This industry is well represented in the collections by important items including: a Scottish fly shuttle hand loom; full-size and model fulling stocks; the Lewis cross-cutter; a large number of pattern books, cloth sample cards and bale seals; and tools such as bale skewers. There is also a teasel raising gig; a rotary milling machine; a quilling machine; a baling press; and a braiding machine from Tubbs Lewis of Wotton-under-Edge.
Of national significance due to its early date is an 18th century spinning mule from Lerry Tweed Mills. | Subjects: | Science & Industry | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Stratford Park
STROUD,
GL5 4AF | FAX: | 01453 752 400 | Telephone: | 01453 763 394 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:117 | Go to resource |
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