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Glass bottle with cut vertical lines up and down its rear surface presumably to render handling easier. Label on the front 'WRIGHT'S COAL TAR VAPORIZING LIQUID'. 'Especially prepared for use in Wright's Coal Tar Inhaler.' 130 cm in height x 4 cm…

Wooden box, possibly mahogany with a hinged lid. 20.5 cm wide by 15.5 cm tall by 15 cm depth. Used as a voting box by the Independent Order of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity, Havant Lodge. Inside is a plastic bag containing a number of small cubes (1…

Book, hardback, in white with an orange dust cover. Published by Fairfield Books in 2026. 296 p., ill. photographs colour and b/w. 24 cm x 16.5 cm.
ISBN 9781915237743

To commemorate the loss of someone killed in action serving with British and Empire forces during the First World War and intended to be a tangible memorial for the family. Known as 'Dead Man's Penny' or 'Death Penny'. Bronze, 120 mm diameter. It…

Memory stick with 'GOLD DU MEDOC HOTEL AND SPA' sticker. Contains 53 monochrome images of activities in the Second World War Camp off Adderbury Avenue, Emsworth. These include the bakery, butchers, church, dentist, hospital, kitchen, office,…

Green ink on off white paper, now folded 380 mm x 500 mm. Slightly torn on upper right hand side. Old sellotape marks top right, left and centre and bottom right.

Grey dust cover the front one of which is loose. 135 mm x 215 mm. Hole punched through entire body., 31 p.

For the Urban District of Havant and Waterloo. Recounts the general health of the area in terms of disease, infection and includes a report by the Sanitary Inspector. 20 p., brown cover.

Book, with dust cover, 288 p., ill monochrome. 145 mm x 223 mm. Condition: good.

On red memory stick. Contains 13 pdfs and 2 files relating to Emsworth & district local history.
EMS10 - Emsworth War Memorial WW1
EMS 1 - Some Memories of Thorney Island
EMS 14 - A Short History of Emsworth and Warblington
EMS13 - Emsworth Post…

The Holborn Series of Registers. A printed register for schools to record the names of pupils who have had punishment given to them under the heads, date, name, offence and punishment. Condition fair but the front hard cover is loose from the rest.…

Monochrome, 20 cm x 15 cm also showing a confectionery display entitled 'The Quality Box'. Photograph torn and a small piece missing at top left.

These manorial or court rolls recorded the activities of the manorial court containing entries relating to the rents and holdings, deaths, alienations, and successions of the customary tenants and copyholders. In the mediaeval period these were kept…

These manorial or court rolls recorded the activities of the manorial court containing entries relating to the rents and holdings, deaths, alienations, and successions of the customary tenants and copyholders. In the mediaeval period these were kept…

The present chairman considers the 2005 forecast and the likely future development of the Museum and the Trust

20 years ago Gerry Williams, the fourth chairman of the Trust, looked at the future development of the Museum

Educating the public on local history and the Trust using the global reach available with digital technology

The present curator details the professionalising of the Museum

An historical story about the 'likely' interior of Warblington Castle

A maritime story about the Portsmouth and Arundel Navigation