| ID |
Category |
Simple Name |
Detailed Description |
Thumbnail |
Location |
| A213 |
DOMESTIC |
cream-setting bowl |
For allowing cream to rise. Glazed brown inside. Has pouring lip. |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| A347 |
FURNITURE |
cabinet, wall |
Corner cabinet. Cabinet with three shelves and ornament on top. Working lock. |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| A526 |
AGRICULTURE |
kentish shovel |
Long handled shovel with pointed blade |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| A573 |
AGRICULTURE |
hoe |
detachable narrow blade for hoeing between rows long wooden handle |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| B176 |
CRAFTS |
lace pillow |
barrel shaped lace pillow Blue linen cover with white and red working asrea secured by strap made from parchment pricking. small group of rusty pins on underside. |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| B728 |
AGRICULTURE |
brake for flax |
brake for processing flax Brown wood with 4 hexagon legs dowelled into wooden blocks . Crimper hinged to slot into main structure of 3 battens. Drag a handful of flax over fixed battens while beating it with the hinged one. This breaks and crushes woody pith in the fibres so it can be removed. |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| B761 |
DISPLAY |
sign board |
shop sign board from Pitstone stores in Cheddington road. shop sign board, white with red and black writing. PITSTONE STORE. GROCERY OFF LICENCE. |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| C875 |
DOMESTIC |
fork |
fork with 5 flattened tines believed to be for shovelling root crops without damaging them |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| C885 |
FARMING |
cultivator |
hand cultivator New Zealand patent |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D315 |
DOMESTIC |
cupboard |
wall cupboard with lifting handles each side |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D319 |
DOMESTIC |
recruiting advertisement |
framed advertisement recruiting for members for PLHS |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D474 |
DOMESTIC |
paraffin stove |
large paraffin fuelled space heater |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D504 |
AGRICULTURE |
scythe |
scythe , condition as new |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D509.1 |
FARMING |
rat trap |
cage-type rat trap, identical D509.2 |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D509.2 |
|
rat trap |
cage-type rat trap, with mummified rat within, otherwise identical D509.1; rat corpse removed by persons unknown since item first catalogued. |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D510 |
FARMING |
rat trap |
large cage-type rat trap |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D515 |
SINAGE |
road sign |
road sign to direct goods vehicles to the Cement Works |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D516 |
DOMESTIC |
chair |
wooden chair with traditional woven rush seat |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D529 |
DOMESTIC |
curtain rail |
copper curtain rail with ornamental brass supports |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D534 |
AGRICULTURE |
pump and container |
a hand pump fitted to a ~3-gallon currugated iron container; hose pipe and nozzle(?) missing posssibly a portable orchard spray or disinfectant spray |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D601 |
DOMESTIC |
egg pail |
egg pail for preserving eggs galvanised iron pail; the pail has black painted writing on the outside indicating the bucket's use; Isinglass is put into the pail and the eggs into the isinglass; see also B944 |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D643 |
DOMESTIC |
frame |
adjustable hanging frame |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D644 |
TRADE EQUIPMENT |
castrating tools |
collection of 6 assoreted castrating tools |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D646 |
FARMING |
hoops |
collection of steel hoops |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D664 |
DOMESTIC |
meat safes |
a collection of three meat safes, different sizes, poor condition |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D672 |
|
fork |
very large fork, tines 500 long spaced 115, overall length 1360 |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D682 |
|
3 pronged cultivator |
3-pronged, hand held cultivator; could be used to make three parallel channels for sowing seeds |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D688 |
|
cultivator |
hand cultivator; operator would draw it towards himself, possibly walking backwards; adjustment for tall or short operator. |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D690 |
DRAINAGE |
drain scoop |
for smothing off the bottom of the drain; for removing loose earth before pipe was laid; long shaft with a hook at the other end for general use |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D693 |
|
masher |
hand held implement used for mashing larger lumps of animal feed into smaller pieces |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D696 |
|
unknown thing (yarn winding ??) |
UNIDENTIFIED |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D697 |
DAIRY |
milk cooler |
milk to be cooled was trickled down the outside; cold water was flowing through the inside. |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D698 |
|
log roller ?? |
UNIDENTIFIED |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| D700 |
TRANSPORT |
greatcoat |
uniform greatcoat from Chiltern Omnibus Service, proprietors E. Prentice and Sons, Tring; their routes included Aylesbury to Watford via Tring; 1928 to 1933 |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| E105 |
AGRICULTURE |
2-man saw |
2-man saw, blade 1540 long; used for sawing tree trunks into sections |
 |
BB small loft store 0 |
| E106 |
AGRICULTURE |
Tree Croppers |
Heavy duty tree croppers |
|
BB small loft store 0 |