Local resident Maurice Collins has turned what was a chance hobby into a most fascinating, serious collection of gadgets dating from between the Great Exhibition of 1851 to the Festival of Britain in 1951.
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In this youtube film Maurice talks about how it all started and demonstrates some of his favourite objects, from a tea-pouring device to a hair waxing machine, soon after he won Bid TV’s ‘Best British Collector Award’ in 2011. His collection also contains such curiosities as a prototype ‘satvav’ from 1920, a finger stretcher, a mechanical envelope sealer, a stepped piece of porcelain for tilting your soup plate and many other labour-saving devices.
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