A bell pull direction changer

We are, once again, back to that favourite of Market Lavington Museum – a found under the floorboards item. Like several other items this was found at 21 Church Street which was once the HQ of the H...

A 10p vacuum cleaner

Market Lavington Museum, only accepts gifts when it comes to new acquisitions. However, there are several local benefactors who are willing to buy some items and then give them to the museum. None of ...

A Copper Kettle

This is being written as I drink a mug of coffee, with water boiled in a very cheap, largely plastic kettle which, of course, plugs straight into the electricity supply and boils water very rapidly. ...

An alternative to the flat iron

Before electricity, getting creases out of clothes was a job for the flat iron. These were heavy chunks of metal which were placed on a stove to heat up. When they reached what was deemed a suitable t...

A Hot Water Bottle

In the days of the rich having servants, one of the jobs for the downstairs folk was to warm beds using warming pans. These items were often made of a copper or brass container with a long, turned woo...