2022 Granny's Attic Exhibition

A hot water bottle - bedrooms seldom had any heating.

Exhibition Summer 2022 Granny's Attic.

Exhibition of Domestic Bygones, mostly Victorian/Edwardian. Collated by Rosemary Mortham and held in the garage at Pondside, Kiln Lane. Lacey Green. The new local history media wiki being developed was also demonstrated.

on the right >>>>>Table crockery was invariably made of china.

Treddle Sewing Machine.

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Smaller items from the past

Ornamental crockery.

on the right >>>>> No electricity here in this sewing machine - the needle was moved up and down by pedal power. Material moved forward by means of a knotched plate on which the material rested. It worked with the needle going up to move forward a fraction, dropped down below the surface level. moved back and came up to hold the material, just as the needle was coming down again. The user was required to guide it and keep it straight along the route of the stitching.

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on the right >>>>>> Several steel kettles - these would be placed on an open fire or if posh, on a metal plate that swung over the fire and thus kept the clean. A long metal fork was used to hold bread near the fire for toast.

The copper contraption near the front was filled with paraffin or similar