Object number
2008/45
Title
Felix,
Collection
Creator
Description
Felix' mouse trap designed/patented by Hubert Haywood, Matlock, Derbyshire, 1956, made/ sold by Procter Brothers. A flat snap type mouse trap.
The 'Felix' mouse trap was designed and patented (No. GB762248) by Hubert Haywood of Matlock, Derbyshire, in 1956, and was made and sold by Procter Brothers. It is a flat snap type mouse trap, which kills the mouse by breaking its back. The ‘Felix’ is set by pressing down the striking frame into a notch.
Physical description
Mouse trap: wood, metal
Archival history
See Figure 21a, p.35, in 'British Mouse Traps and their Makers' by David Drummond, 2008., The 83 mouse traps and 2 mole traps in this collection were acquired by David Drummond during the course of his research into the history of mouse traps. David Drummond is a zoologist who spent much of his professional life in advice and research on the control of rodents. Since retiring as the Ministry of Agriculture’s Chief Scientific Officer in charge of the Central Science Laboratories concerned with Plant Pests and Diseases in 1988, he has published many articles and books about mouse traps, their inventors and manufacturers, including ‘British Mouse Traps and their Makers’ (Mouse Trap Books, Dorking 2008). For further information, see http://www.mousetrapbooks.com.
Production place
Matlock, Caerphilly [unitary authority]
Production date
1956
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