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vacuum cleaner |
Vacuum cleaner. Made in USA. Labelled "Viking Sales Ltd., Manchester". |
| Object |
vaporizer |
Boots vaporizer, in box. Vaporizer worked by vaporizing coal tar fluid above a night light [tea-light] to produce a medicinal vapour for treating respiratory ilness |
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vent |
Air vent (louvre) from Brown rigg School dormitory |
| Object |
vesta match case |
Plated metal match case or vesta case, with hinged lid and striking plate on base. Contains 11 matches. |
| Object |
veterinary instruments |
Box, wood, leather-covered, velvet inside, containing pair of tweezers and 2 boring instruments, for removing cerebral fluid from sheep. These belonged to Matthew Storey, farmer, of Bellingham, donated by his daughter Isobel Mason. |
| Object |
veterinary syringe |
Brass veterinary syringe |
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vice |
A small steel bench vice. |
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violin / fiddle |
Fiddle or violin in case with bow. Case also contains spare strings and resin etc. The fiddle belonged to Michael 'Musical' Hall of Harewalls, West Woodburn, farmer (donor's, wife's stepfather), who took it when droving sheep to Hawick etc. in the 1920s and 1930s and had musical evenings at the farms where they stopped overnight. Fiddle A2008.1.1, bow A2008.1.2, case A2008.1.3. |
| Object |
wallet / fly case |
Leather fly case or wallet for keeping fishing flies for salmon and trout fishing. Inside grafitti reads 'J.A. Williamson, Prudential Buildings, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.' |
| Object |
wansbeck last train 1966 |
Wansbeck last train |
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wash barrel |
wooden wash barrel with paddle |
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wash board |
wooden and metal wash board for washing clothes. |
| Object |
wash tub |
Galvanised wash tub, outside painted white |
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wash tub |
Rub-a-tub wash tub |
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washboard |
glass washboard |
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washing machine |
Washing machine, "Dean". |
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watch |
Silver pocket watch. Not working. |
| Object |
watch case |
Miner's brass watch case, believed to have been used at Hareshawhead colliery. |
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water can |
Metal hot water can, painted red |
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watercolour |
Watercolour painting. Railway Bridge Over Hareshaw Burn. From bay window of 4 Devonshire Place by Mary Herdman ( nee Maughan ) in 1950 when 15 years old. |
