Item Reference: 006978
Category: Stationery
Format: Artefact
Description: Mass-produced 80-page notebook, with staple fastening, supplied by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, for use in the public/civil service. The notebook features ruled pages and a brown card paper cover. It has not been used. S.O. Book 609, HMSO Code 28-609. 6″x8″
Date: 1972, 1975
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Item Reference: 002006
Category: Stationery
Format: Artefact
Description: Salter Model 702 postal scales, with scale dial on either side; though they display the same information, they are not identical in looks. The scales are labelled with both grams and pounds, going up to one kilogram. The inside of the scale dial features segments for Air Mail Letters (Zones A /B/C), Inland Letters (1st and 2nd class), and Commonwealth and Foreign Letters, alongside the corresponding postage price in pence on one side, and the same on the other with the addition of Printed Papers – Full Rate Overseas Surface. The prices differ. Registered design numbers are labelled as 952533/4/5. Made in England.
Date: c. late-1970s-1980
Further Information: Most likely used in a business post room, as they lack official signage and certification of the Royal Mail or Weights and Measures. This could potentially explain the discrepancy of the prices, as intended to give a broad idea of the cost, rather than accuracy, or potentially one side denoted the cost of the stamp/postage, and the more expensive side included the cost of packaging needed.
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Item Reference: 006698
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Etch-a-Sketch, ‘new improved’ model, in original box with instructions and accessories. Made in Yorkshire for Denys Fisher Toys
Date: 1970
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Item Reference: 006697
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Waddingtons “Buccaneer” board game, complete and in original box with instructions. Made in Leeds
Date: 1970
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Item Reference: 006696
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Sketch-Master drawing aid, manufactured in Leicester, in original box with instructions.
Date: 1970s
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Item Reference: 006658
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Shoe box containing assorted toy figures of farmyard animals, exotic animals, landscape items, and people
Date: 1970s
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Item Reference: 006704
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Small hard plastic doll in elaborate black and blue dress, with white shawl and white bonnet, in clear plastic packaging.
Date: c. 1970s
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Item Reference: 006703
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Small hard plastic toy doll, in clear plastic packaging, branded as ‘British Air Hostess’. Made in Hong Kong.
Date: c. 1970s
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Item Reference: 006702
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Small toy doll, in clear plastic packaging, with simple dress and red bonnet. Her attire resembles some traditional Scandinavian dress. Doll appears to have never been removed from its packaging.
Date: c. 1970s
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Item Reference: 006684
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Small plastic doll, labelled ‘Japan; in traditional dress. The doll is wearing a kimono and its hair is in a modest up-do style. Head unattached.
Date: c. 1970s
Further Information: The hairstyle could be a simplified version of traditional Nihongami.
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