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Description: | This collection includes miscellaneous exhibits such as domestic pottery, bottles, etc. (excluding Tunbridge ware), treen, kitchen equipment, cleaning tools, lighting equipment, Pewter, Non-local glass and ceramics, needlework, sewing, washing and ironing tools and machines, spectacles and hearing aids, clocks and watches, smoking paraphernalia and writing card cases. There are items relating to Royal Tunbridge Wells town and immediate vicinity (architecture, scenery, trade, social life etc) and documents, sports equipment, uniforms and photographs relating to King Charles School and other local schools. Borough Treasures include Town Hall insignia, portraits and presentation pieces. The museum also holds a good selection of 18th-20th British and European dolls and other toys and games such as trains, mechanical toys and automata, teddy bears and soft toys, rocking horses, toy theatres, board games, jigsaw puzzles and action games. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Civic Centre
Mount Pleasant
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Kent,
TN1 1JN | FAX: | 01892 534 227 | Telephone: | 01892 526121/554171 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:5486 | Go to resource |
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