Early C19 Prices
The meat price board that was displayed in a shop window and the two bills from A.G.Reeves and Young’s give a vivid reminder of how prices have risen. Wages have also gone up, so a true comparison is not easy.
Diamond Jubilee Medal
This masonic medal was issued to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897. There is still a lodge in East Grinstead.
Gramophone Needles
This tin of needles was sold by Fords in the London Road. Needles were used in gramophones to run in the grooves of the records to play the tune. Decca was one of many companies who manufactured them.
Chemist’s Labels
Before the days of large pharmaceutical companies, local chemists made up their own concoctions for various ailments. This remedy for piles and the mosquito repellent are just two examples of their home made medicines.
Guinea Pig Pub Sign
This is the original sign which hung outside the public house called after them. It was close to the hospital but has now been demolished. A block of flats now on the site retains the name.
Knife & Fork
C17 iron knife and fork. The three prongs or tines on our modern forks are a more recent development.
Weather Cottage
Before the days of non-stop weather forecasts on the radio, television and smart phones, people relied on unsophisticated items such as this. The woman came out when it was fin and the man when it was wet!
Advertisment
Another form of advertising by H.S.Martin, this time on an eye-catching coloured board.