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Description: | The museum holds material relating to the civic history of Chard including the borough charter of 1684; information about the lace riots of 1842; civic regalia; artefacts relating to the Pouletts of Hinton St George (lords of the manor); and artefacts from both World Wars; photographs; local 19th century posters (many political); and banners.
There are artefacts from local shops (fascia boards, photographs, counter items, coins and tokens); shoemakers tools; a cider press, a horse-powered apple crusher and barrels; milk roundman's measures, butterpats, cream lead and yokes; a blacksmith's double forge bellows reconstructed with a full set of tools; a carpenter's workshop with tools; wheelwright's tools; kitchen utensils; laundry equipment including a box mangle, hand mangles and early washing machines; sewing machines, some costume; artefacts from schools, toys, and a dolls house; pulpit, harmonium and other artefacts from South Chard Baptist Chapel; two biers, two funeral monuments and other items relating to the cemetery; cameras, typewriters and phonographs. | Subjects: | Social History | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Godworthy House
High Street
Chard,
TA20 1QL | Telephone: | 01460 65091 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:3703 | Go to resource |
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