Rochford District Council March 2010

Rayleigh Windmill

Museum Catalogue

Item No. 140An Anaston Brownie Kodak Camera

Item No. 141A mahogany cased radio with Ever-Ready winner battery, and Western Electric Co. head set

Item No. 142A Gilt framed and glazed Guardians of Rochford certificate

Item No. 137 A small Oak cased lamp with raised brass handles

Item No. 138 A folding Extra-Rapid camera

Item No. 139 An Oak Plaque presented by the Lords Commissioners of Admiralty, Rayleigh Essex, to commemorate the adoption of HM MTB 207 during warship week, February 21st 1942

Item No. 135A framed personality of the week newspaper cutting, Arthur Crabb

Item No. 136 The most Excellent Order of the British Empire medal awarded to Wilfred Henry George Mann Esq. M.B.E. together with a written warrant

Item No. 134 An Oak framed shield 'In Reliquom Laboramus'

Item No. 131 A pair of wooden Cloggs

Item No. 132 A framed Copy of Oath, the Manor of Rayleigh, in the County of Essex

Item No. 133 A Pine Ware enamel bowl

Item No. 130 Black and white photos of Rayleigh Firemen, 1928

Item No. 128 Crown with fur surround by Art and Engineering dept. of Sweyne school, 1963

Item No. 129 A black and white photo of the Horse Fair in Rayleigh High Street, 1899

Item No. 98 A Purple Rayleigh school Blazer

Item No. 99 A shepherds crook with wooden shaft and leather strap

Item No. 95 A shepherds crook

Item No. 96 An Iron Last for shoe and boot repair

Item No. 97 A model of Rayleigh Mill made in matchsticks

Item No. 100 Remnants of the last V2 rocket to fall in Essex on the 15th March 1945

Item No. 101 A George IV Army sabre, 1820-1830

Item No. 102 A WWI army helmet

Item No. 103 A sample of Electricity cable presented to the chairman of the council for turning on the first supply of electricity to Rayleigh in 1930

Item No. 104 A light lantern (projector) made by T.H. Doublet Opticians, London

Item No. 108 A Copper Still

Item No. 109 A photograph of Mr E.P. Rand, the first chairman of the New Council, Rayleigh

Item No. 110 A pair of metal spurs with

Item No. 143 A badge of Essex

Item No. 105 A Manilla page turner

Item No. 106 A pinking machine used by Drapers in the 1920s

Item No. 92 An A.R.P. occurrence book No.2, Wardens' Post

Item No. 93 A Brass Oil lamp

Item No. 94 A brochure 'Making the most of the Fat Ration'

Item No. 89 A Wardens Helmet

Item No. 90 An Adult Gas Mask

Item No. 91 WWII Army mess tins and eating irons

Item No. 86 A Pewter twin handled vase peppered by shrapnel from the last V2 rocket to fall in Essex

Item No. 87A photograph of the Home Guard Rayleigh Section 1939-1942

Item No. 88 A WVS street leader armband

Item No. 85 A 1914 Christmas tin

Item No. 84 A WW2 gas mask issued for babies

Item No. 66 A Parish Invasion Committee notice

Item No. 71 A Bishop's Lending Library, 97 High Street, Rayleigh

Item No. 70 A framed photograph, Rayleigh Men in the Great War

Item No. 47 An Elm washing dolly and copper stick, and washboard

Item No. 29 A Paraffin oil lamp

Item No. 30 A set of weighing scales by Harper

Item No. 31 A Medieval pot found on the site of the old post office

Item No. 32 Three 19th Century Pewter tankards

Item No. 33 A collection of 13 glass bottles and an R.White ceramic bottle

Item No. 34 Three earthenware bottles, a stoneware hot water bottle and two earthenware jars

Item No. 35 A meat mincer

Item No. 36 A Spong knife polisher and sharpener

Item No. 37 A washing up sponge on Aluminium handle

John Oakley & Stone knife polish

Item 38 A small early toaster

Item 39 A flat Iron

Item 40 A Pine cream scoop

Item 41 A Coal saver

Item 42 A pair of butter pats

Item 24 A marmalade cutter

Item 25 A Rayleigh company of Change-Ringers, poster of Rules

Item 26 A toy windmill carved by Italian POW for the Children of Mr & Mrs Loker after working on a farm in Love Lane

Item 21 An oval wall plaque decorated with flowers

Item 22 A collection of seven clay pipes and two others

Item 23 A framed newspaper cutting 'Sails Turn Back the Clock'

Item 67 A Silver plated cigarette case

Item 159 A Rayleigh cricket team photograph circa 1910

Item 68 A police truncheon

Item 19 A wicker carpet beater

Item 20 A First Aid outfit

Item 145 A Rayleigh FC photograph 1902-1903 at the White Horse pub

Item 16 An enamel chamber stick

Item 17 A tin of National Dried Milk

Item 18 A tall earthenware bottle

Item 9 A Gee's Linctus Pastilles tin

Item 10 Two small hand carved wooden dolls

A bone toothbrush and plastic hair slide

Item 12 A pair of cased spectacles

Item 13 A wooden lemon squeezer

Item 14 An old tin can opener

Item 15 Two pairs of cased spectacles

Item 27 A box containing nine glass bottles various

Item 28 A box containing six stoneware bottles and a stoneware hot water bottle

Item 146 Two leather camera cases

Item 147 A box containing two horse shoes and a scythe

Item 148 An old beekeepers smoker

Item 149 Scythes with Oak handles

Item 149 A pair of sheep shears

Item 149 An old 'Monitor' blow torch

Item 149 The end of a two prong hay fork

Item 149 A brass Hughes Pocket Balance

A small collection of black and white photographs of Rayleigh

Item 154 City Coach timetables and a selection of used tickets

Item 154 A small collection of black and white photographs of Rayleigh

Item 150 and Item 55 A collection of newspaper cuttings relating to Rayleigh and a copy of The Sphere magazine

Item 153 A box containing a quantity of linen

Item 156 A photograph of W. Victor Curtis J.P. laying the foundation stone of the New Council Chamber

Item 157 A heavy book 'Xmas Boxes Dec 1877 Wakering'

Item 114 A small selection of postcards sent by British troops from the Western Front in WWI

Item 116 A collection of various old brochures from Rayleigh council

Item 119 A collection of nineteen first world war cigarette silks stuck on card

Item 122 An Overseas Receipt of payment book

Item 125 A Births and Deaths registration act poster

Item 115 A folder containing a quantity of Holy Trinity Church booklets

Item 121 A collection of 20 plan maps of East Anglian towns

Rayleigh ratepayers accounts 1927-1957

Item 113 A Rayleigh builders accounts book from 1895

Item 117 The London Journal 1856

Item 124 An Oak framed sepia toned photo of men with horses

Item 111 A French Bayonet with inscription dated 'Mai 1868'

Item 67 A Parish Invasion Committee notice

Item 112 A box containing a quantity of newspaper cuttings, old photographs, National ID cards and booklets

Item 681 A reproduction of a Chapman and Andrés Map of Essex from 1777, of Rayleigh and Rochford

Item 82 An old sepia toned photograph of a horse and cart in Rayleigh High Street

Item 83 A large folder containing a quantity of old newspaper cuttings and photographs from Rayleigh and surrounding areas

Item 79 Four National I.D. cards and a National Insurance card

Item 76 Three Ration booklets, a driving licence and a Post Office savings booklet

Item 77 A collection of nine boy scout badges

Item 78 Ten war themed replica cigarette cards

Item 75 A 1943 Field dressing pack

Item 74 A 3.7" Anti-Aircraft shell nose cone

Item 53 A collection of British coinage

Item 56 & 57 Fred Loker's football medal and a pair of Pince-Nez

Item 58 A collection of three tobacco tins comprising, Cut Golden Bar, Nut Brown, and a WWI commemorative tin.

Item 62 A letter from Buckingham Palace to the Civil Defence Corps

Item 65 Three albums of newspaper cuttings, postcards and photographs

Item 52 A box of folders containing a variety of council documents

Item 158 An album containing a quantity of photographs of Rayleigh civic events

Item 6 A carved Victorian hand mirror

Item 7 The 1919 Diary of W.H. Mann

Item 8 A Rivet set in the original tin

Item 1&2 A 1937 coronation mug and a matching plastic beaker

Item 3 Three glass bottles of ink including Stephens and Quink

Item 4&5 A pair of Iron tongs and a combination knife/peeler

Item 44 A Silver Gilt Enamel past chairman medal

Item 45 A set of fine picks in a treen case

Item 46 A day book of George Belcham, 1856

Item 54 A cased Rolls Razor

Item 55 A Valet, 'Auto-Strop' safety razor

Item 107 An early stirrup pump