Chair handmade by Alec McCurdy in 1963.
Local Social History
T-Mobile Mobile Telephone
T-Mobile G1 mobile telephone with camera and keyboard plus email, Google Mail, text and other functions.
Bagatelle Game
A bagatelle board made with wood, plywood and nails by workers at Elliotts of Newbury in the 1940s.
Eye Irrigator from West Berkshire Hospital Collection
The set contains two metal eye pieces and two glass irrigators.
Megaphone used at Greenham Common Women’s Peace Protests
This megaphone was used on Cruisewatch deployments.
Land Army Women Working in the Fields
A photograph of Margaret and Jose farming for the Women’s Land Army during the late 1940s.
Theatre Programme, ‘Some Like it Hot’
A theatre programme for the musical ‘Some Like it Hot’ performed at the Corn Exchange, Newbury.
Theatre Programme ‘An Ideal Husband’
A theatre programme for the play ‘An Ideal Husband’ performed at the Watermill Theatre.
Annotated Map of the Kennet Valley
A printed and annotated Ordnance Survey Map of the Kennet Valley.
Baker’s Handcart
A bakers handcart from Whitehorn’s Bakery and Confectioners, which was used locally to deliver baked goods.
