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2010/110
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Description
Piece of wood used as a gardener's pocket boot or spade scraper or cleaner. From John Cox, who worked at Suttons from 1931 to 1976.
This is a small piece of wood used as a gardener's pocket boot or spade scraper or cleaner. It is part of a large collection of objects relating to Suttons Seeds Ltd. of Reading, as well as other rural artefacts, compiled by John Cox, who worked at Suttons from 1931 to 1976, starting as an office boy and finishing as Company Secretary.
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – ‘Associated information: This item was part of a large collection of Suttons Seeds related objects and other rural artefacts collected by the late John Cox. Mr Cox was company secretary at Suttons 1968–1976. He started at Suttons in 1931. The collections he amassed were sorted by his daughters, Bridget and Katherine, following his death. The Museum agreed to purchase a number of objects, which were then identified and assessed with the help of Gerry Westall and Ron Butler (MERL volunteers and former colleagues of Mr Cox).’
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