It was a great day at the gallery on Sunday. We had out all sorts of weird and interesting items from the galley collections and the Friends had brought lots of items as well. The topic was “Old Household Items” mainly from the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Some were labelled, asking people to guess what they were used for. This caused some hilarity. There was one item that we didn’t know the use of – a visitor correctly identified it as a biscuit/shortbread pricker.
There were around 50 visitors into our display and many stayed for a long time. People reminisced about items they remembered from their grandparent’s homes. The dolly tub, rubbing board and hard soap aroused interest, as did the patchwork quilts and the letter scales. Kitchen items too. The crochet demonstration showed one of the things women passed their spare time with, as did all the sewing related items. An interesting and informative afternoon for us as well as for visitors.
