In the New Cabinet – The Baker Shelf

One of the reasons that we have a new display cabinet – bringing more life and interest to our upstairs room – is because a member of the Baker family, who lived in Canada, left the museum a legac...

Lavington Hardware Loyalty Card

A recent gift to the museum has no great age – a Loyalty Card for Lavington Hardware. The card entitled holders to a discount – an attempt to make our small, independent trader competitive alon...

Weighing Scales used by the Baker Family

John Baker was a tinsmith and trader. He lived and worked in the house opposite the coop which many Lavington residents will remember as an ironmonger/hardware shop until the 1990s. But John Bakerâ€...