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Description: | Social History collections origin is in the 19th century when William Curtis of Alton began to collect 'domestic and rural bygones' from the Hampshire area. Over the last 25 years, it has been developed to reflect all aspects of everyday life in Hampshire, from the Victorian period to the present. The Rural Life collection also has its origins in the 1850s with Curtis and was subsequently developed to reflect life in the countryside, including livestock, crop husbandry, and rural sports and has Hand tools, Implements, Machines, Farm Power, Livestock, Dairying, Crop/husbandry, Pest & vermin control, Broom making, Furniture making, Hoop shaving and hurdle making. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | and Allen Gallery
High Street and Church Street Alton Hampshire United Kingdom,
GU34 1BA | FAX: | 01420 84227 | Telephone: | 01420 82802 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:4859 | Go to resource |
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