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Description: | Brown bakelite plastic case containing a medicated stick. The stick appears to be waxy and smells like TCP. It was probably used to treat spots on the face in the 1950s to 1970s. The case is marked 'Everclear'. 42mm by 20mm. It came from the donor's parents house., , Donor's parents were James Drennan Potter, died 1963, Corporal in the Royal Air Force and Hazel A.B.Potter nee Blake, died 2007. They both worked in the RAF during World War II which is where they met and got married in 1939, stationed at Meple, Cambridge. Hazel worked for the 75th New Zealand Lancaster Squadron. They had two sons, Keneth born 1947 and the donor, David born 1952. After the war they lived at Newburn, Newcastle as Jame's family were from that area. They moved to 31 The Burnside, West Denton in 1954 which is where these items are from, along with all the other items catalogued under 2008-5. | License: | http://www.beamish.org.uk/terms-of-use | Subjects: | SHIC - Personal life - Costume - Accessories not elsewhere specified | Source: | Beamish | Identifier: | http://collections.beamish.org.uk/search... | Go to resource |
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