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Small pedestal table belonging to a private collector. The inscription on the column states " Warranted the Celebrated Fairlop Oak". Made by B.Oldacre. Photo: A.G.Credland. |
MASTHEAD OF THE FAIRLOP FRIGATE Height 359mm (15½ inches) ©Photo of exhibit at Valence House Museum, Dagenham. With thanks to Valence House Museum |
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TEA CADDY made from The Fairlop Oak. (From the Essex Field Club Collection). Date c.1820 |
A small box inscribed "A gift of Mr Peel to Mr Hemingway 1834. Cut out of the old Oak." Photo: Courtesy of Redbridge Museum. Mr Hemingway could possibly be the singer that accompanied the Fairlop Frigate to the Fairlop Fair. His name appears on the song sheets distributed at the time. |
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The Harvey Family were champion golfers at Hainault and in Essex. The cup shows that Bill Harvey won the championship in 1951 and above is a Hainault Forest Golf Course spoon with the handle enlarged. These were just a couple of items in the late Lottie Harvey's glass cabinet. |
A present from Hainault Forest. This souvenir cup, possibly dating from the opening of the forest, was dredged from a pond on Banks Farm, Lambourne End.There were many tea rooms in the area. Privately owned. |
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Sarah White found a pint glass which had laid in the forest at Lambourne for over 30 years, The engraving on the side was photographed by Peter Comber. The drawing of the beehive shows it to have come from The Beehive Public House which is now called The Camelot - a Miller and Carter Pub. Henry Cocks and his wife Olive were the publicans there for many years. The pub changed its name in the nineteen seventies. |
GLC WARRANT BOOK - A certificate of Authority to enforce the Byelaws carried by John Lebeau and all keepers all Keepers.
GLC HEAD KEEPER Lapel badges worn by John Lebeau.
GLC Dog Handlers Jacket and cap badge as worn by Vic George
GLC Cap badge as worn by all other categories of keeper. With thanks to Vic George.
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1138 LCC Cap badge with split pin worn by John Lebeau. 319 LCC Cap Badge with split pin worn by Frederick Reeves. With thanks to Evelyn Lever (daughter)
LCC Split pin Coat button Made by H. Lotery & Co. London, as worn by John Lebeau,
"The Metropolitan" LCC whistle,
J.Hudson & Co. Barr St., Hockley, Birmingham, as worn by John Lebeau
LCC whistle as worn by Frederick Reeves. There are no manufacturers markings. With thanks to Evelyn Lever (daughter). |
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Screw cap earthenware bottle engraved around the top rim MACARTHY ROMFORD and with a seal stamped on the lower side with BOURNE 4 DENBY Found in a garden in Foxburrows Cottages, Hainault.
Joseph BOURNE and son, of DENBY, near Derby produced salt glazed and stoneware bottles between 1809 and 1900. Those with a lip held ink, but others like the above were used for medicines, ale, mineral water and ginger beer. At a height of about 8 inches the bottle would have had a screw cap.
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