School Loans Catalogue
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This Collection includes:
Boxed sets of original artefacts, replicas and Teachers' Notes on different themes.
Information boards on local history to accompany the boxes (please request separately) – many are
recently updated.
Costumes which are lent out in boxes: Anglo Saxons, Tudors, Stuart, Victorian (Children and Adult)
Large objects, newspapers and magazines are for loan as separate items.
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Borrowing the Boxes
Each school or group can borrow one box plus one or two other items for three weeks at a time, subject
to availability. In exceptional circumstances we can lend more than one box or set so please ask. For
example, for a project on the 1950s, you may choose to borrow our box "History within Living Memory” and
a copy of the Sunday Express 1953.
A full catalogue of the collection is set out on the following pages. Many of the objects lend themselves to
handling sessions. They do not have information labels attached, since this can limit exploration and
deduction by those using them. Instead, you will find a set of Teachers' Notes with each box.
Boxes can be collected from the Museum during normal opening hours (10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., Tuesdays to
Saturdays). Please ring in advance so that we can have them ready for you. Returned loans should be
handed in at the Reception Desk at any time during Museum opening hours, on or before the due date.
Please return them promptly, so that other schools and groups can benefit.
We reserve the right to withhold individual items for use in exhibitions or handling sessions when
necessary. We hope that you will enjoy using the collection and look forward to hearing your comments and
suggestions for future improvements.
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Loan Box 1: The Ancient Greeks
Contents
Teacher’s notes Greek amphora (copy)
Theatrical masks (copies) Greek spinning top (copy)
Wax writing tablet and stylus Hermes bust (copy)
Spartan helmet (copy) Owl (copy)
Greek discus (copy) Greek warrior (copy)
Greek water clock (copy) Knuckle-bones game (copy)
Greek women’s costume (copy) Ancient Greece daily life photo pack
Greek coins (copies) Project pack (26 items)
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Loan Box 2: Egyptians
Contents
Teacher’s notes Earrings
Basket Protective devices postcard
Cooking pot The Hieroglyphic Alphabet
Loofah Egyptian jewellery (7 laminated sheets)
Papyrus picture of a vine Embalming set
Papyrus picture of ploughing Book: Look Inside an Egyptian Tomb
Canopic jar set Egyptian writing set
Hunting postcard Clay beads
Wall chart of Ancient Egypt
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Loan Box 3: Romans
Contents Teacher’s notes Photographs: Samian Bowl, Greyware, Roman
Kitchen
Clay lining fragment from Mavins Kiln Magnetic Roman Soldier
Roof tile fragments (2) Copy of a stamp from a Roman tile fragment
Cooking pot rim 8 laminated postcards
Samian Ware pottery sherd Roman Game:Tabula
Pot ‘waster’ (2) Part of rim from a large polished vessel
Oyster spoon (copy) 2 pieces of pottery rim from Alice Holt
Oil lamp Sponge
7 Roman postcards from Dacia Roman doll
Iron Nail Roman writing tablet
Alice Holt Ware replica bowl
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Loan Box 4: Romans
Contents
Teacher’s notes Flue tile fragment
Flagon Postcards: Romans in Dacia
Part of rim of a large storage jar 2 pieces of grey Alice holt ware
Replica of Roman coins: Augustus,
Hadrian & Constantine
Part of the rim of a large vessel of
polished dark grey fabric
Photographs: Laminated pictures of
Roman homes and pottery
Postcards from Roman Britain
Iron Nail Oil lamp
Sponge Spindle
Fragment of a roof tile Mortarium
For extra loan with the Roman boxes (please request) Information panels: Romans in the South of England or Romans in Farnham
Toga (copy)
Mortarium and also girls’ and boys’ costume
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Loan Box 5: Medieval Life
Contents Teacher’s Notes Book: Food and cooking in Medieval Britain
Magnetic Knight Teaching Pack: South Park Medieval Homestead
Rush light and candle holder 5 postcards
Horn beaker Medieval tiles from Waverley Abbey
Drop spindle (replica) White Monks cowl and scapula (copy) and white
ties and lavender
Medieval Green ware from Farnham Castle Book: Life in a Medieval Abbey
Cooking pot rims Book: Teacher’s Guide to Using Abbeys
For extra loan with the boxes (please request) Local history boards on: Waverley Abbey, Castles Wall Chart, Farnham Castle.
Castle Model and Castle Book
Poster Pack: ‘Looking at Castles’
Teachers’ Guide to using Castles
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Loan box 6: Tudors
Contents
Teacher’s notes Wooden trencher (trencher)
Rush light holder Pouncing set (sand shaker and ink set)
Brass spoon Wooden pattern (copy)
Elizabeth I coin set (6, copies) Life in Tudor Times Sound Learning
Tudor horn book (replica) 1610 Map of England and Ireland (copy)
Elizabethan Seaman Poster and booklet
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Loan Box 7: Tudor Clothes
Contents
Teacher’s notes Pair of hose
Bonnet and ruff French Hood
Pair of breeches and jerkin Blue gown and pink petticoat
White shirt with frilled collar White Farthingale
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Loan Box 8: The Great Fire of London & the Plague
Contents
Teacher’s notes Book: Great Fire & Plague
Tripod cooking pot (copy) Rush light holder (Copy)
Leather bucket (copy) Fire of London & Plague Pack
Fire mark (copy) Pens (2) and feather quills (copy)
Charles II coins (copies) Laminated Pictures of the Fire Of London (7)
Breeches (copy) Stockings (copy)
Shirt (copy) Jerkin (copy) and hat
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Loan Box 9: Local History / William Cobbett
Contents
Teacher’s notes Bird Scarer
Spray of dried hops Horse Ear Warmers
Hop pocket Clay pipe bowl
Part of hop pocket with Hazell stamp Photographs of Farnham and local area
Beer bottle stopper Gin Trap
Hop sampler Farnham United Breweries Bottle
For extra loan with the boxes (please request): Information boards: Life of William Cobbett, The Army,
gardening, Rural Rides Cobbett’s Political Register, Charles Hawell board (off-print from hop pocket stamp,
advertising firm), offprint from hop pocket stamps, hop scuppet, photograph of ploughing at Badshot Lea,
yoke for carrying milk pails
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Loan Box 10: Victorian Education
Contents Teacher’s Notes Dip pen (copy)
Slate and slate pencil School pinafore (copy)
School certificate (Compton School) 5 alphabet bricks
French Learner (copy) Sampler
Ink bottle Copy book (copy)
Postcard:” Never Absent, Never Late” Photocopy of punishment book of Witley Infant
School
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Loan Box 11: Florence Nightingale and Health in Farnham
Contents Teacher’s notes Carbolic soap
Sebastopol Medal (copy) Scutari Sash (copy)
Invalid Feeding cup (Copy) Scrubbing brush
Smelling Salts Man’s Shirt (copy)
Glass eye bath Owl Soft toy
Turkish Lamp (copy) 2 aprons
Photographs Ceramic pot
Bandages (5) Pack of 26 photographs and documents
Book: Notes on Nursing Book: The Life of Florence Nightingale
3 jars with home cures; garlic, nutmeg and
cloves
Tin of for Turkish Cigarettes
For extra loan with the boxes (please request): Florence Costume and Large Book on
Florence
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Loan Box 12: Victorian Wash Day & Children’s Clothing
Contents
Teacher’s notes Nightdress
Clothes pegs (3) Child’s dress
Flat iron Baby’s petticoat
Open drawers Baby gown (Edwardian)
Baby bonnet Sailor suit (replica)
Pinafore (replica) Book: Clothes in Victorian Times
Caps and aprons for young maids (2) Flannel petticoat (Edwardian)
14 Laminated Pictures on the laundry 6 Laminated pictures of
children’s costume
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Loan Box 13: Victorians at home
Contents
Teacher’s notes Leather case for calling cards
Candlestick Mushroom, thimble and needle case
Book: Victorian Toys and Games Book: A Plain Cookery Book for the Working classes
Gas lamp brackets (1) Newspaper: The Weekly Herald
Storage jar CD: Music of Streets
Calling cards (11) mounted on 2 boards Book: A Victorian Toys and Games
Ice skates Pair of ‘Pince Nez’ specatacles
Victorian Pennies (12) Slate and slate pencil
Dip pen Ceramic ink pot
Copy of girl’s smock.
For Loan with the boxes (please request)
Victorian Railways Poster
Victorians at Work (English Poster Pack)
Copy of Victorian girl’s and boy’s Costume
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Loan Box 14: World War II
Contents Teacher’s notes Ostermilk baby food tin (1949)
Ration book supplement Posters (copies) ‘ We want your Kitchen Waste’ ‘Dig
for Victory’, Careless Talk Costs Lives’
Book:’ We’ll Eat again’ Victory letter to school children
Food ration book (copy) News extra posters (copies)
Utility sandwich paper Daily Telegraph (August 1945)
Postcard Mickey Mouse gas mask Soap Saver
Part of incendiary bomb (copy) Reminiscence Booklet
Paper cake decorations from Worsam’s Bakery Book: The 1940s House
The Times (1940) Three penny piece
The Daily Mail (1945) Daily Telegraph (May 1945)
Children in War pack (14 pieces)
For extra loan with the boxes (please request): Stirrup pump, World War II posters
(2)’Women of Britain Come into the Factories’ and ‘Dr Carrot/Potato Pete’
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Loan Box 15: Britain in the 1950s and 1960s
Contents
Teacher’s Notes Telegram (1953)
BBC School Broadcast booklets (4) Book: Fifties Style
Plastic flowers Country Life Magazine: The Coronation
1960s hat Books: Fifty Years Ago- At Home, In the High Street, Having Fun. Handbag Newspapers: 1969 Moon Landing, 1966 World Cup, 1953 Coronation,
1961 Berlin Border, 1963 Kennedy Assassination, 1965 Death of
Churchill
Postcards (3) Book: Young Writers Tool Box
Portable radio (1953) Book: Train and Test Exercises for Juniors
Milk bottle 15 Laminated pictures
Book: ‘Boys Book of All Sports’ Book: ‘Champion Annual for Boys’
For extra loan with the box is the 1950s television (please request)
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Loan Box 16: Seaside Special
Contents
Teacher’s Notes Tin bucket (copy)
Penny Lick (copy) Wooden spade (copy)
Sailor Suit (copy) Seaside picture
Alton Seaside Pack Scraps with seaside theme
Photograph of girl with doll 4 copies of John Henry Knight’s photographs: Family on beach, 4 children in
seas and 3 adults and a child and family on beach
Picture of bathing costume Laminated pictures of seaside scene
Parasol (copy) Edwardian girl’s bathing costume (copy)
Straw boater hat
Available for loan with this is the English Heritage Seaside Photograph Pack
The following English Heritage publications are available for loan as separate items:
Geography and the Historic Environment
Maths and the Historic Environment
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Loan Box 18: Then and Now: History in Living Memory
Contents
Teacher’s Notes Stoneware Foot Warmer
GEC electric
Toaster 1946
1pt Milk Bottle
Codd bottle opener Food mincer
Codd Lemonade Bottle Chamber Candle Stick
Clothes peg
Oxo tin
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Loan Box 19: Toys through time
Contents
Teacher’s notes Cup and Ball (replica)
1930s Doll 1930s Roller Skate
Jacobs Ladder(replica) Whip and Top(replica)
Turn Me around Book(replica) The Endless Landscape(replica)
Outer Case of Russian Doll Acrobatic Monkey(replica)
Hand knitted dolls clothes Tudor Football ( replica)
Toy Loom Phenakistoscope
1960s Turbine Truck Rag Doll(replica)
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Loan Box 20: Stone Age
Contents Teacher’s Notes Neolithic
Paleolithic Neolithic Pestle
3 x Paleolithic Handaxes Polished Neolithic Stone Axe
Reproduction Antler Awl Book: ‘Life in the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age’
Mesolithic Book: ‘Horrible Histories: Savage Stone Ages’
Box of Microliths from Farnham
Reproduction Blade
Reproduction Knife
2 x Reproduction Scrapers
Reproduction Saw
Reproduction Antler Awl
Deer Skin with think winter coat
Pick
Reproduction Antler Billet
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Loan Box 21: Bronze and Iron Age
Contents
Teacher’s notes
Bronze Age
A Middle Bronze Age palstave axehead (1400-
1150 BC)
A Beaker Pot reproduction
An un-smoothed early axe head
Part of a beaker pot rim sherd with nail
imprints and scorch marks
Part of a beaker pot rim sherd with pattern
Iron Age
3 Iron Age Gold Staters
A piece of Daub found at ban Iron Age site in
the Hart
Animal sinew for natural cordage
Book: ‘Life in the Stone Age, Bronze Age and
Iron Age’
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Loan Box 22: Saxons and Vikings
Contents Teacher’s Notes Bag of Viking Runes
Saxon Drinking Cup (replica) Cross Pendant
Viking Eating Bowl (replica) Necklace of Viking Beads
Horn Spoon Girl’s Dress
Horn Comb Boys Tunic and Belt
Needle in Wooden Case Book: ‘The Anglo Saxons and Vikings’
Iron Snips /Scissors Book: Beowulf
Drop Spindle Example of tablet woven braid
Brass Toilet Set (replica) Examples of different coloured wools
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NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES
Newspapers and magazines for loan as separate items:
Newspapers and magazines offer a wealth of news stories; photographs, advertisements and the whole
style of presentation can provide an evocative "way in" to the study of a given period.
Our collection spans from 1805 to 1974, and is a treasure house of fascinating insights, just waiting to be
plundered!
1805 The Times: Death of Nelson 1815 The Times: The Battle of Waterloo
1853-74 Illustrated London News: extracts 1859 Surrey and Hants News
1872 The Daily Telegraph 1894 The Police Gazette
1896 Farnham Herald (x3) March21st, April 4th and April 18th 1897 Surrey Advertiser: Queen Victoria’s Jubilee
1900 The Graphic 1901 The Times: The Death of Queen Victoria
1901 The Spectator 1901 The Daily Mail: The Funeral of Queen Victoria
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1901 Liverpool Daily Post: Mourning Queen Victoria 1903 The Graphic
1906 Pearson’s Weekly (x2) December 6th and December 20th 1909 The Daily Mail
1910 The Illustrated London News: The Death of King Edward VII 1910 The Illustrated London News: The Lying in State of King Edward VII
1911 The Sphere: The Coronation of King George V 1911 The Sphere: The Coronation of George VI
1911 The Sphere: Naval Review Number 1911 The Graphic: Summer Number
1912-15 The Times: Review of the Year 1913 The Times
1913-15 The Times: Review of the Year 1914 Queen
1915 War Poems from The Times 1919 The Sphere: Victory Number - TheBritish Army's part in the Great War
1924 Flight Magazine
1925 Surrey and Hants News 1926 The British Gazette: General Strike
1926 The British Worker: General Strike 1926 The Times: General Strike
1928 Farnham Herald 1933 Evening News
1935 Illustrated London News: Silver Jubilee Supplement 1935 Daily Telegraph: Silver Jubilee Supplement
1936 Daily Mail: Death of King George V 1936 The Times: Pictorial Record of King George V's reign
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1936 Daily Telegraph: Pictorial Supplement - Funeral of King George V 1936 Daily Mail: Funeral of King George V
1936 Daily Sketch: Funeral of King George V 1936 Daily Mail: Abdication of King Edward VIII
1936 Daily Telegraph: Abdication 1936 Daily Telegraph: “Duke of York proclaimed tomorrow”
1936 Morning Post: Abdication of King Edward VIII 1936-37 “The Woman I Love”- Magazine on King Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson
1936 The Times: Abdication of King Edward VIII and Accession King George VI 1936 Morning Post: Abdication of King Edward VIII and Accession of King George VI
1937 Souvenir Programme: Coronation of King George VI and Elizabeth 1937 Aldershot News: Coronation of King George VI
1937 Farnham Herald (1939) Plus Magazine: “The Day War Broke Out”
(1940) Sunday Times: Colour Supplement on World War II 1944 News Chronicle
1944 Daily Mail: 6th June 1944: D-Day Supplement (reprint 1984)
1945 Daily Telegraph: Atomic Bomb (reprint) 1945 Daily Express
1948 Surrey and Hants News 1948 News Chronicle
1949 Sunday Graphic 1949 News Chronicle
1951 The Times :The Festival of Britain Supplement 1952 Radio Times Supplement: Death of King George VI
1952 The People: Death of King George VI 1952 Sunday Graphic: Death of King George VI
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1953 News Chronicle: Death of Queen Mary (x2) 1953 Sunday Graphic: Death of Queen Mary
1953 Daily Sketch: Death of Queen Mary (x2) 1953 Daily Express: Death of Queen Mary
1953 Sunday Express: Death of Queen Mary 1953 Souvenir Programme: Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
1953 Souvenir Programme: Farnham Celebrations of Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 1953 Daily Telegraph: Coronation Souvenir of Queen Elizabeth II
1953 Daily Telegraph: June 3rd Coronation 1953 Daily Mirror: Coronation Souvenir - Queen Elizabeth II
1955 The Times 1956 Radio Times: Strike edition
1961 Daily Telegraph: Berlin Border Sealed 1963 Daily Telegraph: Assassination of Kennedy
1965 Sunday Times: Tribute to Sir Winston Churchill 1965 Daily Telegraph: Death of Sir Winston Churchill
1965 The Times: Death of Sir Winston Churchill
1965 The Listener: Death of Sir Winston Churchill 1965 The Observer
1966 Sunday Telegraph: England Wins World Cup 1969 Daily Telegraph: Americans First on Moon
1969 The Times: The Colour of Space 1974 Daily Telegraph: Nixon resigns (x2)
Sunday Telegraph Series: The Second World War 1977 Farnham Herald Silver Jubilee Edition (x2)
1981 The Guardian Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana 1982 Observer Royal Wedding Album
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1993 The People, Queen Elizabeth Birthday Souvenir Edition 1997 Daily Mail: Princess Diana’s Funeral
2002 Sunday Mirror: Queen Mother’s Funeral