Coleshill. High Street
High Street, Coleshill, above Church Hill. 'Sketchley's' laundry on extreme right, P.F. Lamb - butcher and Taylors shops. Advertising signs for Walls ice cream and Calor Gas. 1970 [Sign over the shop ...
Coleshill. High Street
Goldby and Son, Boot and Shoemakers, London House, High Street, Coleshill. Tom Goldby with his son Stanley who later used the backroom as an office for registering births and deaths. 1900s
Colliss Sketchbook - Blacksmith's Shop at Lillington
William Colliss (d.1926) Blacksmith's Shop At Lillington, 8 August 1867 This drawing is from a portfolio containing 41 pages of sketches and watercolour paintings. It was bought by Leamington Spa Art ...
Colliss Sketchbook - Old Blacksmith's Shop
William Colliss (d.1926) Old Blacksmith's Shop - Opened Once a Week This drawing is from a portfolio containing 41 pages of sketches and watercolour paintings. It was bought by Leamington Spa Art Gallery ...
Comptometer
Comptometer used in Southorn boot makers, Leamington Spa. It is made of green coloured metal and has a display screen at the front. It has black plastic handles either side and numbered keys in white ...
Contractor's Bill
A black and white printed and handwritten builders' bill from R Bowen to Locke Auctioneers (on behalf of The Limes at Beauchamp Square), for cleaning the gutters, 1896.
Cord
A skein of black tailor's cord secured with yellow paper label. For use at Hall & Son Tailors.
Cord
A skein of green tailor's cord for use at Hall & Son tailors, Leamington Spa.
Crocodile Skin
A piece of crocodile skin used to make bags and shoes at Southorn boot makers in Leamington Spa. The skin is dark brown. A label on the reverse gives the price of the skin as: "£18 per cm 43 x 18 = £774". ...
Cubbington. "Stocks" for controlling horses
"Stocks" for controlling restless horses at the forge, Cubbington. 1900
Cubbington. Lambert's butchers shop
Church Hill (? now School Hill), Cubbington, showing Lambert's butchers shop on the right. Two men are standing on the pavement in front and the butcher in the shadows. 1920s
Cubbington. Old Forge
The Old Forge, High Street, Cubbington, showing horse break stocks in which fractious horses were placed before being shod. 1900s
Cubbington. Sam Cleaver, village milkman
Mr Sam Cleaver, Cubbington village milkman with his horse and cart. 1919
Cubbington. William Franks on his milkround
William Franks, milkman, seated in his horsedrawn milkcart in Cubbington. He bought the business from Charles Pickering of "Stonehouse", Cubbington. Mr Franks died in 1949. 1920s
Curling Tongs
Metal curling tongs belonging to Warwickshire sculptor Alma Ramsey. The ends of the tongs would have been heated on a fire or other source of heat. A strand of hair was then wrapped around them and held ...
Daisy the Cow - reverse
This is the reverse of an oil painting on canvas depicting a black and white cow called Daisy, and her calf. There are also two swans on a pond. The inscription on the reverse 'Plumber, Glazier and Painter, ...
Decorative Ironwork from J. Clark and Sons
This is a piece of decorative ironwork from J. Clark and Sons. It is possible that this is a handle and there are two holes in the plate at the top for fixings. J. Clark and Sons were whitesmiths, locksmiths ...
Deer Bone
A flat piece of deer bone used for 'boning up' at Southorn boot makers in Leamington Spa. Boots are made from the 'wrong' side of the leather so that if they get scratched the finish can easily be restored. ...