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Telling a history of our world through objects

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  1. USSR Lonely Planet guide USSR Lonely Planet guide This edition of the Lonely Planet guide to the USSR was published just as the Soviet Union collapsed. The book was ... Contributed by Individual
  2. Slide Rule Slide Rule In 1966 I went to Leeds University to study Electrical and Electronic Engineering. At an introductory lecture from the ... Contributed by Individual
  3. Victorian swimming costume Victorian swimming costume This red cotton swimming costume was left behind in lost property at Hornsey Road Public Baths, Islington in about 1900. ... Contributed by Museum
  4. 1961 Cooper Tea Cards 1961 Cooper Tea Cards 1961 Cooper Tea Cards. Collectable Tea Cards were introduced in the 1950’s as a way of advertising and retaining ... Contributed by Individual
  5. Jimi Hendrix's first music festival Jimi Hendrix's first music festival This is the first ever festival that JIMI HENDRIX appeared on..it predates Woodstock, The Ilse of White and Glastonbury ... Contributed by Individual
  6. Grand Christmas Fete poster Grand Christmas Fete poster This festive advertisement announcing the Grand Christmas Fete at Islington’s Royal Agricultural Hall is one in a ... Contributed by Museum
  7. Colossus World's 1st Electronic Computer Colossus World's 1st Electronic Computer Colossus was designed to break the Lorenz cipher, used by German High Command. Contributed by Museum
  8. the eye the eye My Father fought in the Second World War with the DLI and was seriously injured at the Battle of Mareth, in the North ... Contributed by Individual
  9. Early porcelain plate Early porcelain plate This a plate passed down through my family and is believed to have been made by my family. It is early English porcelain ... Contributed by Individual
  10. 1793 £5 Note 1793 £5 Note Paper money as we recognise it today originated in Britain in the 17th Century as a receipt for gold deposited with ... Contributed by Museum
  11. JFK/Johnson election campaign badge JFK/Johnson election campaign badge this badge represents the beginnings of a huge change in world affairs. The sixties began with a feeling of hope for a ... Contributed by Individual
  12. The 'Uthman Quran (Othmanic Recension) The 'Uthman Quran (Othmanic Recension) The Othmanic Recension is the standardised version of the Qur'an, believed by the vast majority of scholars & historians ... Contributed by Individual
  13. Miners safety lamp Miners safety lamp I grew up in South Wales and was surrounded by the coal mining industry. Journeys always had a back drop of pit heads ... Contributed by Individual
  14. Swords into Plowshares badge, GDR 1980 Swords into Plowshares badge, GDR 1980 This is a cloth badge one of 100.000 printed in the GDR by christian peace groups in 1981. These groups and a general ... Contributed by Individual
  15. Point Blank - Bruce Springsteen fanzine Point Blank - Bruce Springsteen fanzine I started this fanzine at a time (1980) when Bruce Springsteen fans such as myself were isolated, with little means of ... Contributed by Individual
  16. Tram pass for Inspector John Spratling Tram pass for Inspector John Spratling This pass for tram transport is written out to Inspector John Spratling of J Division (Bethnal Green) of the ... Contributed by Individual
  17. H bomb Christmas Island official booklet H bomb Christmas Island official booklet This booklet was given to servicemen involved in Operation Grapple, the H Bomb test, carried out on Christmas Island in ... Contributed by Individual
  18. Solar-powered lamp and charger Solar-powered lamp and charger A solar-powered lamp with a charger for mobile phones that can provide renewable energy to the developing world Contributed by The British Museum
  19. A Japanese flag from Burma in WW2 A Japanese flag from Burma in WW2 One wet Saturday afternoon, when I was in my early teens, I decided to take all the records out of the record cabinet - ... Contributed by Individual
  20. three comemorative moustache tea cups three comemorative moustache tea cups These three cups are part of a larger collection made by my Great Aunt who was born in 1917. She was born at the birth ... Contributed by Individual
  21. Stop watch Stop watch A Barrington's chronoscope watch that is engraved "Donald Pain from Harold M Abrahams XIVth Olympiad 1948". It was left ... Contributed by Individual
  22. WSPU hunger strike force feeding medal WSPU hunger strike force feeding medal Mabel Capper was a young Suffragette in 1909, living near the Pankhursts in what was then known as Chorlton on Medlock, ... Contributed by Individual
  23. Little Manual of the Russian Language Little Manual of the Russian Language This book belonged to my grandfather, F. Washbrook, a ship's steward on the Tonso which went from Hull to Petrograd. He ... Contributed by Individual
  24. Co-op Savers Book Co-op Savers Book Dividend Stamps introduced as an alternative to the traditional methods of paying the 'divi', and as a response to the ... Contributed by Individual
  25. Apprenticeship Indentures Apprenticeship Indentures These are my great-great-great-great grandfathers Indentures, from when he was apprenticed to an Engraver. My ... Contributed by Individual
  26. Game Boy Game Boy When the game boy was introduced it didn't have the many of the features the Atari lynx had like backlit screen, colour ... Contributed by Individual
  27. Unopened letter to the Russian Front '43 Unopened letter to the Russian Front '43 My object is a letter written by my father in 1943 to his brother, who was a soldier on the Russian Front. The family ... Contributed by Individual
  28. EG Bates - Racing/Touring Bicycle EG Bates - Racing/Touring Bicycle The racing bicycle is designed for speed and efficicency. The drop handlebars provide the rider with an aerodynamic ... Contributed by Individual
  29. First World War - cease-fire message First World War - cease-fire message When my grandfather Lt Col (later Lt Gen Sir) William Dobbie heard people say what they had done in the Great War, he ... Contributed by Individual
  30. Sister Dora's Cross Sister Dora's Cross A simple cross made of an early form of plastic and would have been carried by Sister Dora, the nursing pioneer. Contributed by Museum
  31. D-Day Map D-Day Map This map was left to me by my father who served in the Royal Navy during WW2. He commanded a landing craft that landed ... Contributed by Individual
  32. Eire clay pipe found in Eskimo Alaska Eire clay pipe found in Eskimo Alaska I was sitting last July with an Inupiaq (Eskimo) friend in the deserted village site of Point Hope, Alaska, while he ... Contributed by Individual
  33. Scout Log of a trip to Europe in 1939 Scout Log of a trip to Europe in 1939 This A5 exercise book contains a log of a holiday in Switzerland by boys from the 1st Huddersfield Scout Troop written ... Contributed by Individual
  34. Travel Communion Set Travel Communion Set "Air Ministry" Communion Set Silver chalice and paten, glass wine and water cruet with silver caps, and a wooden host ... Contributed by Individual
  35. Sickness insurance books Sickness insurance books These are some old insurance cheque books which I found in the loft of my house which was built in 1776. The insurance ... Contributed by Individual
  36. "Oaks" bible "Oaks" bible My object is a bible presented to my great grandfather, "In memory of the terrible explosion at the Oaks Colliery, near ... Contributed by Individual
  37. RUSSIA CONVOY WHITE ENSIGN RUSSIA CONVOY WHITE ENSIGN I was a Signalman aboard H.M.S. Watchman - destroyer - Russian Convoy Feb/March 1944. After 4 days at Action-Stations I ... Contributed by Individual
  38. Eagle comic Eagle comic Entertainment of it's day that was bought in a local bookshop. It's about Dan Dare's first adventure in Space. Contributed by Individual
  39. Concorde Special Flight Inflight Pack Concorde Special Flight Inflight Pack This is an inflight pack from one of the first inaugural Concorde demonstration flights for business leaders. The pack ... Contributed by Individual
  40. 1808 Adam and Eve Sampler 1808 Adam and Eve Sampler This was made in 1808 and originated in Chorley. It demonstrates how proficient young women were in the art of ... Contributed by Individual
  41. Sadler's Wells theatre programme, 1931 Sadler's Wells theatre programme, 1931 This theatre programme is from the first performance held at a new Sadler's Wells theatre in January 1931. There have ... Contributed by Museum
  42. Edward VII Coronation Mug Edward VII Coronation Mug This mug was presented to schoolchildren of the Ogmore Valley on the occasion of the coronation of Edward VII on June ... Contributed by Individual
  43. Building East African Railway 1902-09 Building East African Railway 1902-09 My object is precious to me as family history, and as a small but important part of world history. It is the detailed ... Contributed by Individual
  44. Club Miners Fortnight Badge Club Miners Fortnight Badge This badge given to the children of the members of the Non Political Club in Ogmore Vale on the occasion of the annual ... Contributed by Individual
  45. Six bells Memorial hymn sheet Six bells Memorial hymn sheet On the morning of Tuesday 28th June, 1960, 45 men were killed in an explosion at the Arrael Griffin Colliery at Six ... Contributed by Individual
  46. Nuclear Weapon Effects Computer No. 1. Nuclear Weapon Effects Computer No. 1. This object belonged to my mother in law who was a member of the Royal Observer Corps during the Cold War. In an ... Contributed by Individual
  47. Duckling in an Egg Duckling in an Egg This duckling, made of real fur and nestling in a decorative egg, was a typical Easter novelty produced in the 1920s. It ... Contributed by Individual
  48. Tin boat toy Tin boat toy This was passed down from my great uncle. You can light it and it moves. Contributed by Individual
  49. Red work sampler Red work sampler This sampler was made by my mother's mother's mother's mother, in 1865, when she was a girl of twelve. Her name was ... Contributed by Individual
  50. A Clock made from bits of a spitfire A Clock made from bits of a spitfire My paternal grandfather was a time served cabinet maker. During World War 2 he was employed at Hooper Bros. of Park ... Contributed by Individual

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