Evening Bag, 1950s
This small evening bag has a clasp fastening and is made out of cotton with a floral pattern.
Blue and White Clasp Bag, c.1920-1970
This handbag is made out of small metal discs sewn on to a metal frame with a metal chain.
The bag is made entirely out of metal and was used as evening wear, as the bag is quite small.
We're not entirely ...
Black Evening Bag, c.1920 -1930
This small bag is made out of black crepe fabric with a circular diamante clasp.
It has a short fabric handle and is a little worn from use along the top edge.
Child’s White Dress, c.1900-1920
This top was handmade for a child, boy or girl, and is made out of cotton.
There is broderie anglaise on the cuffs and neckline, and white embroidery to embelish the front.
Child’s Flower girl Dress, c.1950s-60s
This child’s bridesmaid dress has a white cotton under layer with yellow netting over the top.
The dress has a design of small white flowers to match the small lace frill around the chest and hem and ...
Child’s Pink Top, c.1950-1980
This dress is made by the company 'Peter Pan, Scotland'.
It has a smocked neckline, with short puff sleeves which have a tie detail.
It has a tying and button fastening at the back.
Child’s Dress, 1960s
A synthetic red fabric with a white netting overlay.
Decorated with frills, red velvet ribbon and sewn flower decorations.
Officers British Red Cross Hat, c.1940 - 1960
This hat was part of the uniform of a local officer in the Red Cross, the hat is trimmed with red, white and blue ribbon tied in a bow at the side and has a metal badge on the front.
This beret was ...
Officers British Red Cross Beret, c.1940-60
This beret was part of the uniform for an officer in the Red Cross and has a fanned ribbon positioned at the front.
It was worn by Mrs H M Witty MBE during her time with the British Red Cross.
British Red Cross Beret, c.1940-1960
This is a lady's Red Cross Officers beret and was in use in the 1940s and 1950s.
Blue Girl Guides Cap, 1990s
The Girls Guides started as a side organisation from the Boy Scouts. Lord Robert Baden-Powell set up a camp for boys in 1907 at Brownsea Island in Dorset to test his scouting ideas.
By 1908 girls started ...
RAF Hat, 1960s
This hat was worn by Stan Jones as part of his RAF uniform in the 1960s.
Victorian Children’s Leather Shoes
Victorian children wore hard leather shoes that were durable, as shoes were very expensive as they were handmade.
Most children, unless they were wealthy, would have worn ill-fitting shoes which were ...
Children's Leather Shoes, c.1900-1920
These shoes are made out of soft leather and have a cotton lining to make them softer and more comfortable to wear.
They were most probably made around beginning of the 20th century.
The soles of ...
Straw Hat
This hat is made out of straw woven together, with a large wide brim.
It has blue elastic over the brim, going around the crown and to the edge of the brim. It also has blue cotton flowers attached ...
Ladies Short Lace Gloves, c.1950s
Short gloves were worn during the day or with long sleeves and were worn throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
We believe that these gloves date from around the 1950s.
They are made ...
Bone Belt
This belt is made out of bone from an unknown origin.
It forms part of our small 'ethnographic' collection and unfortunately know very little about it.
White Wedding Handbag
This is a small drawstring handbag used for a wedding.