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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Embossing Stamp for Altrincham Borough Council]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The stamp was manufactured by Shaw &amp; Sons Ltd, London. It would have been used by council workers to emboss the words ‘ALTRINCHAM CORPORATION’ onto papers, marking them as official council documents. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Shaw and Sons Ltd]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Trafford Local Studies Collection, cat. ref. TRA/5/7/413]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Unknown]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This image may be subject to copyright law, in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Under the terms of &#039;fair dealing&#039; it may be used for non-commercial research and private study. The person using the image is responsible for any infringement.]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Commemorative Plate of the Pyramid Cinema, Sale]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The Pyramid Cinema on Washway Road in Sale opened its doors in February 1934. It was designed by architects Drury and Gomersall in an Egyptian style which was then mirrored in the cinema’s Christie organ. The first resident organist was Reginald Liversidge who was well known in his own right: around thirty of his performances on the Pyramid organ were broadcast over the radio. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[J.H. Weatherby]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Trafford Local Studies Collection, cat. ref. TRA/5/7/1460]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Unknown]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This image may be subject to copyright law, in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Under the terms of &#039;fair dealing&#039; it may be used for non-commercial research and private study. The person using the image is responsible for any infringement.]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Linotype Commemorative Mug   ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The Linotype machine had revolutionised the way that newspapers printed, creating a ‘line-o-type’ by moulding hot metal. The Linotype Company opened its factory to produce the machines at the end of the nineteenth century, when the Broadheath industrial estate was beginning to take shape. To attract and keep skilled workers, the company built a housing estate for its employees, complete with a cricket ground, tennis courts, a playground and allotments.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[The Linotype Company]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Trafford Local Studies Collection, cat. ref. TRA/5/7/1109]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1898]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This image may be subject to copyright law, in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Under the terms of &#039;fair dealing&#039; it may be used for non-commercial research and private study. The person using the image is responsible for any infringement.]]></dcterms:rights>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exploringtraffordsheritage.omeka.net/items/show/2807">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Cosmos Lamps Playing Cards from Metropolitan Vickers]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd or ‘Metrovicks’ was an electrical engineering company situated in Trafford Park. The business started life as British Westinghouse in 1899 but took on the name Metropolitan-Vickers in 1919 after some changes in ownership. It was one of the biggest employers in the park and ran an Apprentice Training School. <br />
<br />
They acquired a lamp factory in Middlesex and the Cosmos Lamps Works came into being in 1917. The playing cards were produced as a piece of advertising. <br />
]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Metropolitan-Vickers]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Trafford Local Studies Collection, cat. ref. TRA1036]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Unknown]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This image may be subject to copyright law, in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Under the terms of &#039;fair dealing&#039; it may be used for non-commercial research and private study. The person using the image is responsible for any infringement.]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Victorian Dolls]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[These dolls are thought to date from the 1880s. Before the Victorian period, brown was the most popular eye colour for dolls but this changed to blue, inspired by the colour of the Queen’s eyes. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Trafford Local Studies Collection, cat. ref. TRA/5/7/1402]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[c.1880s]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This image may be subject to copyright law, in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Under the terms of &#039;fair dealing&#039; it may be used for non-commercial research and private study. The person using the image is responsible for any infringement.]]></dcterms:rights>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exploringtraffordsheritage.omeka.net/items/show/2805">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Match Box]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This match box dates from around 1830 and was donated with paper matches inside. Note the phoenix design on the front with the lettering &#039;M.B Co&#039;. On the back of the box there is a rough rectangle for striking the matches on and the lettering ‘A.S Stocker, Patentee’.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[A.S. Stocker]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Trafford Local Studies Collection, cat. ref. TRA/5/7/456]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[c.1830]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This image may be subject to copyright law, in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Under the terms of &#039;fair dealing&#039; it may be used for non-commercial research and private study. The person using the image is responsible for any infringement.]]></dcterms:rights>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exploringtraffordsheritage.omeka.net/items/show/2804">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Skirt Lifters]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Skirt lifters were used by Victorian ladies to stop their skirts from dragging in the dirt, or to allow for extra movement during physical activities, such as cycling or tennis. Although they were already in existence, skirt lifters became fashionable during the Victoria era. This pair was manufactured by Walton and Shaw and they are thought to date from the 1880s.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Walton and Shaw]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Trafford Local Studies Collection, cat. ref. TRA/5/7/453]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[c.1880s]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This image may be subject to copyright law, in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Under the terms of &#039;fair dealing&#039; it may be used for non-commercial research and private study. The person using the image is responsible for any infringement.]]></dcterms:rights>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exploringtraffordsheritage.omeka.net/items/show/2803">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Sugar Nippers]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Before sugar cubes and granulated sugar were introduced at the end of the nineteenth century, sugar was bought as a cone or ‘sugarloaf’. Sugar nippers were used to break pieces off the cone. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Trafford Local Studies Collection, cat. ref. TRA/5/7/436]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Unknown]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This image may be subject to copyright law, in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Under the terms of &#039;fair dealing&#039; it may be used for non-commercial research and private study. The person using the image is responsible for any infringement.]]></dcterms:rights>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exploringtraffordsheritage.omeka.net/items/show/2802">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Goffering Iron ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A goffering iron, often known as an Italian or Tally iron, was used for frilled cuffs and ruffles. The tube was heated by inserting a hot metal poker-like rod. The frilled cuffs and collars would then be curled around the cylinder, smoothing them without flattening them. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Trafford Local Studies Collection, cat. ref. TRA/5/7/424]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Unknown]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This image may be subject to copyright law, in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Under the terms of &#039;fair dealing&#039; it may be used for non-commercial research and private study. The person using the image is responsible for any infringement.]]></dcterms:rights>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exploringtraffordsheritage.omeka.net/items/show/2801">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Stretford Memorial Hospital Collecting Box]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Stretford Memorial Hospital was opened on 28 October 1914, with twenty beds, by the Old Trafford Divisional Committee of the Red Cross Hospital Society, as an auxiliary hospital to the Second Western General. It was enlarged from time to time as the necessity for further accommodation became more urgent. It then closed in 1919. It was taken over by the East Lancashire Branch of the British Red Cross Society and made into a hospital for the limbless soldiers. It was sold in 1925 to the Trustees of Stretford War Memorial Public Nursing Service for hospital purposes.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Stretford Memorial Hospital]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Trafford Local Studies Collection, cat. ref. TRA/5/7/1401]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Unknown]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This image may be subject to copyright law, in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Under the terms of &#039;fair dealing&#039; it may be used for non-commercial research and private study. The person using the image is responsible for any infringement.]]></dcterms:rights>
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