Social History Collection

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File comment:	Lightning conductor: metal ball and three spikes (one missing). From William Wright & Sons factory, Water Lane, Chesham. The factory was demolished in 1968.

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File comment:	Chesham United football scarf. 20th century.

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File comment:	Chesham United Football Club: 2 rosettes. Loaned by Julia Yeardye.

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File comment:	Chesham United Football Club: card hat. Loaned by Julia Yeardye.

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File comment:	Vesta match case Matches kept in a match case, sometimes called a 'match safe', were less likely to ignite accidentally. When safety matches became popular after about 1940 the match case went out of use.

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File comment:	Millstone dressing tool This wooden tool, called a 'thrift', was used to make or repair the rough grinding surface on a millstone. The metal blade is called a 'mill bit'.

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File comment:	Flagon from stamped 'Chesham Brewery' and 'Price 19 Bristol', no stopper. 20th century.

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File comment:	Scales from Chesham Hospital These scales were used for weighing patients at Chesham Hospital sometime after 1920.

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File comment:	Flagon stamped 'The Chesham Brewery Ltd, Chesham, Bucks' and 'SKEY 8 Tamworth'. No stopper. 20th century.

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File comment:	Wooden malt shovel. 20th century.

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File comment:	Wooden shovel with sides. Possibly a hop shovel or 'scuppet'. 20th century.

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File comment:	Mangle, made by the Harper Twelvetrees company in East London, probably around 1915.

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