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2022/88
Description
36ft (11 meters) wooden haystack ladder from a farm in North Cambridgeshire. The ladder is painted red, and was stored suspended in a barn for 20 years.
Physical description
1 ladder: wood
Archival history
Email, Donor to MERL, 3 May 2022 - 'We have purchased an old farm building and found an old 36ft haystack ladder.', Museum Object Entry Form - 'Description of object/collection: 36 feet long hay ladder', Email, Donor to MERL, 29 September 2022 - 'He purchased the ladder from a farm sale over 30 years ago. He doesn't recall where the sale was, but thinks he paid about £10 for it. Only used a few times before stringing it up in the shed about 20 years ago.'
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