Curator’s blog
Discover a treasure trove of local history and some unusual artefacts in this regularly updated blog from our curator.
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The Smith’s mallet
We have looked at this item before when we gave it its dialect name of a boitle. It has attracted some interest, so here's a little more about this tool and the Smith family who used it. There’s an...
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