Old Photographs: Sport and Recreation
Groups of people with a common interest tend to have photographs taken regularly, often each year, so pictures of groups like sports teams and choirs are relatively common. Frequently the Museum does not know the identity of all the members in the pictures -can anybody...
Read MoreThe Museum Collection: Health
A large part of the Museum’s collection is concerned with health, in the form of the Christopher pharmacy collection, but there are other items as well.
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The dentist’s sign carved from a slab of Carrara marble records that Thomas Joseph Head’s dental surgery was open...
Read MoreThe Museum Collection: Recreation and sport
Look at >old photographs of sports and recreation
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The Cyclists’ Touring Club sign came from the outside wall of the former New Bear Hotel in Silver Street, Bradford. In the late 19th century cycling opened up a new world of travelling for people who...
Read MoreMuseum Collection: World War 1
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Blackout measures against the risk of night bombing is something that is associated more with the second war than the first. This air-raid precautions poster was sent to the Spencer Moulton rubber works in Bradford in 1915 and gives detailed instructions for cutting down on light under the authority of the...
Read MoreBradford on Avon Co-op
Bradford-on-Avon Industrial & Provident Society Ltd
At one time Bradford almost seemed to have been ruled by its co-operative society which was founded in 1861. Its shops covered the town and sold every commodity except antiques. The headquarters were in Whitehill, alongside the co-op bakery, while the main shop was in Silver Street. A butcher and...
Read MoreHaberdashers
Haberdashers traditionally sold items related to sewing and tailoring, such as thread, ribbons, buttons, zips and other fastenings. They probably descended from the itinerant peddlers who came to markets and fairs. Goodall’s shop in Silver Street, Bradford sold all these things as well as cloth and made-up clothing. When it closed at the beginning of the 21st century, items of its stock...
Read MoreBakers and Confectioners
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Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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The delivery van of baker H.J. Penny, outside Christchurch in Bath Road
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Bakers used to be found on almost every street in the town and villages. The...
Read MoreGrocers
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Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
Originally a grocer was a merchant who bought goods, usually dry goods like tea, sugar and spices, in bulk for resale in smaller quantities. Gradually bottled and tinned goods were added to the list of goods and grocers’ shops often dealt in candles and corn as well. They frequently called...
Read MoreLocal geologists
The country around the Bradford Hundred forms part of what has been called “The Cradle of English Geology” due to its association with William Smith, the “Father of English Geology” and many other founders of the science. It was around here that the order of strata was worked out.
Rev Richard Warner BA, FLS 1763-1857
Richard Warner was an antiquarian who...
Read MoreChemists & Druggists
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Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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Bradford on Avon Museum’s main exhibit is the reconstructed Christopher chemist shop of 1863-1986. Before that there had been various apothecaries, druggists, chemists and ‘chymisters’. From the 19th century there were others...
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