MEREM:2008.102.1

Brief description: small metal case covered with black ?simulated leather and lined with blue velvet, containing rimless pince nez with copper nose-piece, with maker’s name on the case, ?early 20th century

Associated person: Bristow, Fred, Mr

Associated date: 1900

height: 4 cm

width: 10.8 cm

Classifications:
person | accessory |
Material: , simulated leather, velvet,copper,glass steel?
Condition: good

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MEREM:2008.102.2

Brief description: small metal case covered with black ?simulated leather and lined with a dark red fabric, containing copper (?) rimmed pince nez with nose-piece of same material, ?early 20th century

Associated person: Bristow, Fred, Mr

Associated date: 1900

height: 4 cm

width: 10.8 cm

Classifications:
person | accessory |
Material: , simulated leather, fabric, copper, glass tin?
Condition: fair

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MEREM:2008.102.3

Brief description: small metal case covered with brown decorated simulated leather and lined with brown velvet, containing a pair of spectacles with metal adjustable frames, with maker’s name on the case, late 19th century

Associated person: Bristow, Fred, Mr

Associated date: 1900

height: 5 cm

width: 12.8 cm

Classifications:
person | accessory |
Material: , simulated leather, velvet, copper, glass steel?
Condition: good

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MEREM:2008.103

Brief description: Sepia photograph mounted on card of men testing the capacityof No 2 well at Holwell, Mere with a Pulsometer Pump and Boiler,(Mere Rural District Council Water Works), November 30th 1901

Place: Mere

County: Wiltshire

Associated person: Davies, E. P., Mr

height: 25.3 cm

width: 20.3 cm

Classifications:
society | water |
Material:
Condition: fair

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MEREM:2008.104

Brief description: black metal helmet with khaki elasticated chin strap, with ‘POLICE’ painted on the front in white letters, c.1940 – 45

Associated date: 1940

height: 8.5 cm (approx)

width: 28.6 cm

Classifications:
society | law | arms |
Material: , paint lining
Condition: fair

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MEREM:2008.105

Brief description: green rectangular biscuit tin decorated with a picture of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, inscriptions and coats of arms, once containing biscuits made made by Meredith and Drew, a souvenir of Her Majesty’s coronation, June 1953

Associated person: Maidment, Jessie, Mrs

Associated date: 2008

height: 11.2 cm

width: 23 cm

Classifications:
events | domestic |
Material: tin, paint
Condition: fair

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MEREM:2008.1.10

Brief description: coloured photograph of Walton’s Post Office, Boar St., Mere , January 2008

Place: Mere

County: Wiltshire

Associated person: Young, Jean, Mrs

height: 10.7 cm

width: 15 cm

Classifications:
environment | buildings | society | communication | person

Material:
Condition: good

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MEREM:2008.1.11

Brief description: coloured photograph of the ‘Triangle’ in The Square, Mere, looking towards Salisbury St. and Boar St, January 2008

height: 10.7 cm

width: 15 cm

Classifications:
environment | buildings |
Material:
Condition: good

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MEREM:2008.1.12

Brief description: coloured photograph of the ‘ The Square, Mere, looking towards Castle St from Salisbury St., January 2008

height: 10.7 cm

width: 15 cm

Classifications:
environment | buildings |
Material:
Condition: good

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MEREM:2008.1.13

Brief description: coloured photograph of the ‘Triangle’ in The Square, Mere, looking towards Salisbury St, January 2008

height: 10.7 cm

width: 15 cm

Classifications:
environment | buildings |
Material:
Condition: good

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