Home Sweet Home Memory Box

The Home Sweet Home Box is available to hire for up to three weeks at a time. £10 a week or £25 for three weeks.

Please contact [email protected] or call 01872 272205 for more information.

Object Contents: 

• Robin starch
• Dolly Blue
• Plug
• Peg
• Can Opener
• Letter Opener
• Fork
• Plug pride polish
• Sunlight soap
• Nursery oil lamp base
• Glass oil lamp shade
• Measuring cup
• Flat iron
• Moneybox
• Hot water bottle

Paper and other resources in box: 

• Memory Trunks booklet
• Object prompt question cards
• CD – Ernie – memories of a Cornish House
• Notes from Oral history project with Ernie and oral history facilitator
• Cash book  – handwritten cash book
• Laminated posters
• History of Electricity book – Centenary of service
• Postcards
• Fridge manual
• ‘What mothers can do to save buying new’ pamphlet
• Laminated magazine advert
• Laminated laundry book
• Identity card
• Insurance card
• Post war restrictions card
• General Rate Card Urban District of Wombwell
• Proposal for Alteration of Valuation List – Camborne / Redruth