Customs & Daily Life
Thursday's milk tokens
In Carswell End, a prepaid delivery round left behind a small collection of metal discs and a surprisingly detailed map of household habits.
Interwar yearsRead
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When Pinner Lane set its tables at six
For a few summer evenings each year, the front rooms of a short terrace seemed to extend across the pavement.
Mid-twentieth centuryRead
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What travelled in the blue wedding basket
A borrowed basket linked the preparations of several households, carrying useful things that were rarely mentioned in accounts of the wedding itself.
Late nineteenth centuryRead
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The last seat on the Halverne omnibus
A short rural route developed a seating order that was understood by its regular passengers and almost invisible to anyone travelling for the first time.
Early twentieth centuryRead
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A winter coat with three owners
Alterations to one dark wool coat reveal a household history that cannot be reduced to the name on its original label.
Mid-twentieth centuryRead
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