Nursery Rhyme Characters

This photo dates from about 1925/6 and shows local children dressed as nursery rhyme characters. This photo comes from the memories of Sybil Perry who was a Market Lavington resident from 1924 to 1...

A Trundling Hoop

The other day our curator was walking to the museum when he met Dave who lives on Northbrook. ‘I’ve got something that might interest you’, said Dave and he nipped into his shed and came out wi...

A very pretty hairbrush

Actually, this item was originally a combined brush and comb, but the comb is broken. Even so, we have a very pretty child’s hairbrush. It probably wouldn’t be deemed correct these days for it is...

Ena Gye

A short while ago we showed a picture of a carnival procession on Easterton Street and commented that a girl, dressed as a fairy, was Ena Gye. This photo of Ena, but taken in the Burgess studio, must ...

The Runaway Husband

The year is 1921. Young Ena Gye has written a play to be performed by her friends and family. It is called The Runaway Husband. Perhaps Ena, who was seven at the time, based this on some real life exp...

The Girl Guides of 1938

Today we make a rare journey into neighbouring West Lavington. Market Lavington Museum is dedicated to the parish of Market Lavington, past and present, but Market and West Lavington are very close to...

The Concert Party – about 1918

It is often delightful to see the way people found amusement in times past. Here we look back to about 1918. Even BBC Radio was in the future, let alone TV or all the modern electronic entertainment d...

Vic, Tom and Ted

This picture purports to show Vick Tucker, Tom Gye and Ted Drury. The date is probably 1926. Tom Gye is in the car he was given for Christmas in 1925 – hence it’s personalised registration. The p...

A Child’s Mug

This item is new to Market Lavington Museum and we know nothing about it. We hope any readers might be able to help identify age and possible maker of this little mug. The decoration appears to be ...

A metal puzzle

  Was this an Edwardian way of keeping youngsters quiet? The item shown below is said to be a metal puzzle so we assume the two parts come apart. But nobody who has tried (in recent years) has succ...