Artefacts
Most of the artefacts are replicas, made especially for this handling collection.
Each of these links help to explaine each of the artefacts with a - who, why, where, what, when and how.
- Wooden clogs, bucker, Galena (lead ore)
- Peppermint essence, peat, wallet
- Oatmeal, tallow candles, clay pipe
- Bible
- Matting frame, knitting, girl's clothes (bonnet, pinny, skirt)
- Bag of games (draughts, popgun, cup and ball, slate & pencil)
Documents
- List of box contents
- ‘Making the Most of the Killhope Loans Boxes: A Resource Pack for Teachers’
- Census returns for Killhope
- An example of one of the Graham Letters
- Copies of various site and OS maps
- 1:25,000 OS Explorer Map
- How to make a mat - leaflet
- Copies of the Teesdale Mercury – 1862 and 2000.
- Leaflet Pack including ‘Secret World of Spar Boxes’
A Selection of books
- ‘Our Native England’ (reproduction 19th century book)
- ‘Plain Cookery for the Working Classes’(reproduction 19th century book)
- “Whar a candel will not burn…The story of Park Level Mine” - by Durham County Council.
- “Lead and Life at Killhope” – by Ian Forbes
- A selection of traditional Wesleyan Methodist Hymns, on cd, recorded at High House Chapel, Ireshopeburn
- Set of three images of Spar Boxes.
Creative History
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Loans Boxes Teachers Pack.pdf (32 pages, 366kb)