Kemmel Poolman takes a bride

Well, not really, for both Kemmel and his bride in this photo are little children. Kemmel, obviously, is on our left and looks every bit the gentleman. He has been made up so well and clothed to pe...

Edward and Susan

A Tale of Two Teddies ‘Hello! We’re Edward and Susan. Nearly 100 years ago a little girl called Peggy used to play with us. Later, Peggy founded this museum which has given us a permanent homeâ...

Thimble

It’s another ‘under the floorboards’ item today, once again found at renovation work at 21 Church Street. There’s no doubt as to what this is. It is a thimble. Clearly it is a little batter...

Peggy and Tony

Some of you may be following the Jack Welch Diaries – our museum blog about Jack’s service in World War One, 100 years after the event and written in Jack’s own words, either in his diary or in ...

Childhood

Many of the items we have at Market Lavington Museum are connected with childhood so this year we have organised a child level shelf in the entrance room to portray artefacts connected with childhood ...

Peggy and Rufus

  Today we have another picture of Peggy Welch – recently given to us. In this photo she is not alone. She has a friend called Rufus with her. Rufus, as we now see, was a dog. This photo da...

Baby’s Friend

Baby’s Friend? That’s an interesting title and name for an object which may have been responsible for illness amongst babies. It was the trade name of a baby’s drinking bottle and we have one o...

The King thanks the Children

2014 may mark the centenary of the start of World War One, but at Market Lavington Museum we have just received a document which relates to the Second World War. Market Lavington and Easterton childre...

Broadwell in the 1950s

Broadwell – always pronounced by locals as two distinct words with an emphasis on ‘well’ - was the main water supply for Market Lavington. As late as the 1930s people came down to the spring wit...

An early scouting photo

Baden Powell published his ‘Scouting for Boys’ in 1908. The response was immediate. Scouting groups were formed rapidly in this country and abroad. In Market Lavington, so far as we know, the fir...