Lincolnshire Life ----- Workshops.

 

THE SADDLERY.

 

This display contains items which would be made by a saddler or harness maker. These skilled tradesmen made the equipment and accessories worn by domesticated and working horses.Before the use of cars became widespread, horses were used for transporting people and goods across the country. This was known as the carriers business and it provided a vital means of communication for many villages. Stagecoach routes were spread across the county, but not all communities were served.  The carrier provided a cheap method of reaching staging posts and linked remote rural villages. The carrier transported a huge variety of loads, as well as people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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THE BLACKSMITH.

This display depicts a typical forge; the workplace of the village blacksmith. Rural communities depended on horses and farming and always needed the blacksmith`s skill for shoeing horses and repairing iron tools. The basic work of the blacksmith was to mould or `forge` iron by heating it and hammering it into shape. The temperature of the hearth could be raised with air from the bellows, which you can see in the back right hand corner of the picture. The blacksmith would use tongs to carry hot iron to the anvil. There he would be able to produce the desired shape by beating it with a hammer.

 

 

 

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VICTORIAN SCHOOL.

I know this has nothing to do with workshops but it does not fit in any other category. But well, never mind.

 

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LINCOLNSHIRE LIFE --- VICTORIAN SHOPS.

 

IRONMONGERS.

 

The ironmongers shop is like the hardware store or DIY store of today. This display represents William Shipleys shop in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire UK. The prices in the shop display are those actually charged in 1907. Ironmongers offered a wide range of indoor and outdoor household goods. They supplied a large amount of domestic building goods and many also sold specialist stock. In addition, the ironmonger would have expected to make, modify and repair many items

 

 

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PRINTERS.

 

This is a Victorian printing press made in 1857, The Press was designed in America but made in London and is known as an Eagle Press. Mr Doncaster a Lincoln printer from Silver Street used this press until 1969 when his firm closed. On the walls you can see the types of work produced by this jobbing printer - posters, invitations, leaflets and notices. A jobbing printer did not produce work that required a big run ( quantity ), like newspapers or magazines.

 

 

 

 

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THE CO - OP GROCER.

The co - operative movement came to our region, the east midlands in the 1860`s. Their shops provided a small variety of reasonably priced essential goods such as butter, flour and candles. Becoming members of the society granted customers a share in the shops profits, a principle that still applies today. The Lincolnshire co - operative society was also concerned with education and culture. The co - operative or co-op, as it is known has grown into a modern supermarket and department store operation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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POST OFFICE.

The post office played a very large part in the lives of people in the past. Often the village post office was also the village shop. The telephone exchange in the back right hand corner of the display is an eight - line slipper type. The calls came into the village exchange and were re - routed manually to the desired telephone. Telephones were rare at the beginning of the 20th century and it was exceptional to have a phone. Did you know, originally letter boxes were painted green. In 1863 it was decided that they should be painted red, to be easier to see in the countryside.

 

 

 

 

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THE DRAPERS SHOP.

This display shows what a drapers may have looked like in the 1920`s and 1930`s.The shop fittings originate from a Lincolnshire Tailor. Draper shops were a common feature in many villages throughout Britain in the 2oth century. The goods they sold were mainly made of cloth. Household linen such as tablecloths, bedding and towels were sold alongside items of clothing and underwear, for all members of the family. Sewing equipment such as buttons,lace,wool and pins, were also sold here.

 

 

 

 

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CHEMIST.

The partitions along the side, and display cabinets at the back of this display were acquired from the John Cheshire Pharmacy, 63 Wharf Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire. The counter front came from the Benton Pharmacy in Bardney, Lincolnshire. The many elaborate jars and bottles, and rows of drawers, contained prepared medicines and unprepared ingredients. The chemist weighed the medicines or ingredients on the scales. Liquids were measured in a flask. Solids were ground using a pestle and mortar. Oils and juices were squeezed out of plants and herbs with a tincture press. The chemist also sold general healthcare goods such as inhalers, soap and babies feeding bottles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LINCOLNSHIRE LIFE----part one AT HOME.

This is a very lengthy blog so I have split it into six parts. The parts are the home, shops, workshops, farming, Lincolnshire regiment and transport. I enjoyed putting this together and I hope you enjoy the blogs.

The museum of Lincolnshire Life is in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. The museum is the largest and most diverse community museum in Lincolnshire. The rich and varied social history collection reflects and celebrates the cultures and history of the people of Lincolnshire. Their exhibits include :- Agricultural and rural life, Transport, Industry, Victorian life :- at home and work and a gallery of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment. The museum is actually housed in the old barracks of the regiment.

AT HOME.

THE BEDROOM.

This display shows how a bedroom may have looked in a Lincolnshire house, about a hundred years ago ( early 20th century ). The room is typical of a  lower - middle class home, it is much grander than that of an average worker. There is no heating, several layers of sheets and blankets were needed on the bed to keep warm, along with warm nightwear. Stone hot water bottles were used prior to going to bed. Because the toilet was outside the house, there is a chamber pot under the bed. The room has no carpet. The peg rug was a common feature in many homes, made from old scraps of fabric, these rugs were hard - wearing.

 

 

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THE NURSERY.

 

Sorry about the reflections in this photograph, but the display was behind glass.

 

 

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THE KITCHEN.

In the 19th and 20th centuries the kitchen had a central role in the house. The kitchen would be the only room in the house permanently heated, because of the range. Food was prepared in the kitchen and cooked using the range. The range also heated water. In the box next to the fire. Racks hanging from the ceiling were used to dry clothes when the weather was bad and they could not be hung outside. The kitchen is not fitted, but shelves and some cupboards were fixed. There are a variety of labour saving devices on the work surface. These would often be found in a lower - middle class house, which was less likely to have a servant.

 

 

 

 

The Range.

 

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THE PARLOUR.

 

The parlour was used on Sundays and special occasions. Regarded as the best room in the house. it`s role was more decorative than functional. Popular ornaments were glass domes and cases containing stuffed animals. Artificial flowers were often displayed, as well as holiday souvenirs, like the glass rolling pin hung on the back wall. Entertainment could be provided by the phonogram ( music player ), which you can see on the sideboard, or the piano. Upright pianos were favoured, as their shape fitted into the smaller parlours of the middle classes.

 

 

 

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THE WASH - HOUSE.

 

Before the 19th century, the lack of piped water in the average home meant that the washing was either taken to the water or the water had to be carried from a communal source, such as a stream, well or pump. From the second half of the 19th century, most houses used a separate room or outhouse for washing, known as the wash - house. This wash - house contains items necessary for a successful wash day, such as dolly tubs, washboards, poshers and dolly pegs. The brick casing in the back right hand corner contains a copper ( water boiler ) for heating the water. In the front left hand corner of the display you can see an example of an early hand powered washing machine.

 

 

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to be continued.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JODRELL BANK.

The Jodrell Bank Observatory is a British observatory that hosts a number of Radio Telescopes and is part of the Jodrell Bank centre for astrophysics at the university of Manchester. The observatory was established in 1945 by Sir Bernard Lovell, a radio astronomer at the Manchester University who wanted to investigate cosmic rays after his work on radar during the second world war. The main telescope at the observatory is the Lovell Telescope, which is the third largest steerable radio telescope in the world. There are three other active telescopes at the observatory. The Jodrell Bank Observatory is located in the civil parish of Lower Withington, near Goostrey and Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, North West England.

 

 

 

The Lovell Telescope.

 

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One of the other three telescopes.

 

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The Cats Eye Nebula.

 

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Sombrero Galaxy.

 

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The Trifid Nebula.

 

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War and Peace Nebula.

 

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