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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A wig maker’s hook
This item looks horribly like a dentist’s probe but if you think it is, then you are at the wrong end of the head. This is a wig maker’s hook We know very little about this item. We do not know...
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