Rochford District Council March 2010 Rayleigh Windmill Museum Catalogue
Rochford District Council March 2010
Rayleigh Windmill
Museum Catalogue
Item No. 140An Anaston Brownie Kodak Camera
Item No. 141A mahogany cased radio with Ever-Ready winner battery, and Western Electric Co. head set
Item No. 142A Gilt framed and glazed Guardians of Rochford certificate
Item No. 137 A small Oak cased lamp with raised brass handles
Item No. 138 A folding Extra-Rapid camera
Item No. 139 An Oak Plaque presented by the Lords Commissioners of Admiralty, Rayleigh Essex, to commemorate the adoption of HM MTB 207 during warship week, February 21st 1942
Item No. 135A framed personality of the week newspaper cutting, Arthur Crabb
Item No. 136 The most Excellent Order of the British Empire medal awarded to Wilfred Henry George Mann Esq. M.B.E. together with a written warrant
Item No. 134 An Oak framed shield 'In Reliquom Laboramus'
Item No. 131 A pair of wooden Cloggs
Item No. 132 A framed Copy of Oath, the Manor of Rayleigh, in the County of Essex
Item No. 133 A Pine Ware enamel bowl
Item No. 130 Black and white photos of Rayleigh Firemen, 1928
Item No. 128 Crown with fur surround by Art and Engineering dept. of Sweyne school, 1963
Item No. 129 A black and white photo of the Horse Fair in Rayleigh High Street, 1899
Item No. 98 A Purple Rayleigh school Blazer
Item No. 99 A shepherds crook with wooden shaft and leather strap
Item No. 95 A shepherds crook
Item No. 96 An Iron Last for shoe and boot repair
Item No. 97 A model of Rayleigh Mill made in matchsticks
Item No. 100 Remnants of the last V2 rocket to fall in Essex on the 15th March 1945
Item No. 101 A George IV Army sabre, 1820-1830
Item No. 102 A WWI army helmet
Item No. 103 A sample of Electricity cable presented to the chairman of the council for turning on the first supply of electricity to Rayleigh in 1930
Item No. 104 A light lantern (projector) made by T.H. Doublet Opticians, London
Item No. 108 A Copper Still
Item No. 109 A photograph of Mr E.P. Rand, the first chairman of the New Council, Rayleigh
Item No. 110 A pair of metal spurs with
Item No. 143 A badge of Essex
Item No. 105 A Manilla page turner
Item No. 106 A pinking machine used by Drapers in the 1920s
Item No. 92 An A.R.P. occurrence book No.2, Wardens' Post
Item No. 93 A Brass Oil lamp
Item No. 94 A brochure 'Making the most of the Fat Ration'
Item No. 89 A Wardens Helmet
Item No. 90 An Adult Gas Mask
Item No. 91 WWII Army mess tins and eating irons
Item No. 86 A Pewter twin handled vase peppered by shrapnel from the last V2 rocket to fall in Essex
Item No. 87A photograph of the Home Guard Rayleigh Section 1939-1942
Item No. 88 A WVS street leader armband
Item No. 85 A 1914 Christmas tin
Item No. 84 A WW2 gas mask issued for babies
Item No. 66 A Parish Invasion Committee notice
Item No. 71 A Bishop's Lending Library, 97 High Street, Rayleigh
Item No. 70 A framed photograph, Rayleigh Men in the Great War
Item No. 47 An Elm washing dolly and copper stick, and washboard
Item No. 29 A Paraffin oil lamp
Item No. 30 A set of weighing scales by Harper
Item No. 31 A Medieval pot found on the site of the old post office
Item No. 32 Three 19th Century Pewter tankards
Item No. 33 A collection of 13 glass bottles and an R.White ceramic bottle
Item No. 34 Three earthenware bottles, a stoneware hot water bottle and two earthenware jars
Item No. 35 A meat mincer
Item No. 36 A Spong knife polisher and sharpener
Item No. 37 A washing up sponge on Aluminium handle
John Oakley & Stone knife polish
Item 38 A small early toaster
Item 39 A flat Iron
Item 40 A Pine cream scoop
Item 41 A Coal saver
Item 42 A pair of butter pats
Item 24 A marmalade cutter
Item 25 A Rayleigh company of Change-Ringers, poster of Rules
Item 26 A toy windmill carved by Italian POW for the Children of Mr & Mrs Loker after working on a farm in Love Lane
Item 21 An oval wall plaque decorated with flowers
Item 22 A collection of seven clay pipes and two others
Item 23 A framed newspaper cutting 'Sails Turn Back the Clock'
Item 67 A Silver plated cigarette case
Item 159 A Rayleigh cricket team photograph circa 1910
Item 68 A police truncheon
Item 19 A wicker carpet beater
Item 20 A First Aid outfit
Item 145 A Rayleigh FC photograph 1902-1903 at the White Horse pub
Item 16 An enamel chamber stick
Item 17 A tin of National Dried Milk
Item 18 A tall earthenware bottle
Item 9 A Gee's Linctus Pastilles tin
Item 10 Two small hand carved wooden dolls
A bone toothbrush and plastic hair slide
Item 12 A pair of cased spectacles
Item 13 A wooden lemon squeezer
Item 14 An old tin can opener
Item 15 Two pairs of cased spectacles
Item 27 A box containing nine glass bottles various
Item 28 A box containing six stoneware bottles and a stoneware hot water bottle
Item 146 Two leather camera cases
Item 147 A box containing two horse shoes and a scythe
Item 148 An old beekeepers smoker
Item 149 Scythes with Oak handles
Item 149 A pair of sheep shears
Item 149 An old 'Monitor' blow torch
Item 149 The end of a two prong hay fork
Item 149 A brass Hughes Pocket Balance
A small collection of black and white photographs of Rayleigh
Item 154 City Coach timetables and a selection of used tickets
Item 154 A small collection of black and white photographs of Rayleigh
Item 150 and Item 55 A collection of newspaper cuttings relating to Rayleigh and a copy of The Sphere magazine
Item 153 A box containing a quantity of linen
Item 156 A photograph of W. Victor Curtis J.P. laying the foundation stone of the New Council Chamber
Item 157 A heavy book 'Xmas Boxes Dec 1877 Wakering'
Item 114 A small selection of postcards sent by British troops from the Western Front in WWI
Item 116 A collection of various old brochures from Rayleigh council
Item 119 A collection of nineteen first world war cigarette silks stuck on card
Item 122 An Overseas Receipt of payment book
Item 125 A Births and Deaths registration act poster
Item 115 A folder containing a quantity of Holy Trinity Church booklets
Item 121 A collection of 20 plan maps of East Anglian towns
Rayleigh ratepayers accounts 1927-1957
Item 113 A Rayleigh builders accounts book from 1895
Item 117 The London Journal 1856
Item 124 An Oak framed sepia toned photo of men with horses
Item 111 A French Bayonet with inscription dated 'Mai 1868'
Item 67 A Parish Invasion Committee notice
Item 112 A box containing a quantity of newspaper cuttings, old photographs, National ID cards and booklets
Item 681 A reproduction of a Chapman and Andrés Map of Essex from 1777, of Rayleigh and Rochford
Item 82 An old sepia toned photograph of a horse and cart in Rayleigh High Street
Item 83 A large folder containing a quantity of old newspaper cuttings and photographs from Rayleigh and surrounding areas
Item 79 Four National I.D. cards and a National Insurance card
Item 76 Three Ration booklets, a driving licence and a Post Office savings booklet
Item 77 A collection of nine boy scout badges
Item 78 Ten war themed replica cigarette cards
Item 75 A 1943 Field dressing pack
Item 74 A 3.7" Anti-Aircraft shell nose cone
Item 53 A collection of British coinage
Item 56 & 57 Fred Loker's football medal and a pair of Pince-Nez
Item 58 A collection of three tobacco tins comprising, Cut Golden Bar, Nut Brown, and a WWI commemorative tin.
Item 62 A letter from Buckingham Palace to the Civil Defence Corps
Item 65 Three albums of newspaper cuttings, postcards and photographs
Item 52 A box of folders containing a variety of council documents
Item 158 An album containing a quantity of photographs of Rayleigh civic events
Item 6 A carved Victorian hand mirror
Item 7 The 1919 Diary of W.H. Mann
Item 8 A Rivet set in the original tin
Item 1&2 A 1937 coronation mug and a matching plastic beaker
Item 3 Three glass bottles of ink including Stephens and Quink
Item 4&5 A pair of Iron tongs and a combination knife/peeler
Item 44 A Silver Gilt Enamel past chairman medal
Item 45 A set of fine picks in a treen case
Item 46 A day book of George Belcham, 1856
Item 54 A cased Rolls Razor
Item 55 A Valet, 'Auto-Strop' safety razor
Item 107 An early stirrup pump