Showing posts with label Stockton museums. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stockton museums. Show all posts

Wednesday, 25 August 2010

Some Favourite Toys







Some of our favourite finds from the tissue wrapped treasures in the museum stores.

A Sad story, Wedding Dress - Boer War



These photos show the original wedding dress from museum stores...

A wedding dress






One of the objects we were shown in the collections was a wedding dress made by a woman during the Boer war. Her husband-to-be never returned from the wars and the dress remained in the family, unworn until the family donated it to the museum. We aren't allowed to know who the family are or any details of the story so we created this dress as a little homage to the lady - whoever she may have been....