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Fire, Police and Local Militia

Brass crests from Knole Volunteers helmet, with leather backing and red horsehair detail
K37 Brass crests from Knole Volunteers helmet, c.1800
Brown, skull shaped felt and paper helmet with bronze crest
K75 Knole Volunteer helmet, incomplete, felt and paper with bronze crest, c.1800
K6 Knole Volunteer brass coat badges, c.1800
K3858 Matchbox model of the 1933 Borough Green fire engine, a converted Rolls Royce
Wooden mallet painted red with 'FIRE' on the hammer part
K241 Mallet used to knock on doors of the Sevenoaks Volunteer Fire Brigade, late 1800s
Round brass badge with embossed lettering
K44 Police Special Constable badge, WW1
K41 Cap badge for the Sevenoaks and Bromley local militia regiment established in 1809

See also Jail cell door

Schools and Libraries

K3740 Medal awarded to school children for perfect attendance and good conduct, 1909
K3924 School needlework exercise book used by Hilda Bewley in Brasted, 1890s
Brown bakelite inkwell with lip at top edge
Bakelite school desk inkwell, early 1900s
Printed and handwritten paper, gold acorn border
K2090.1 Lady Boswell's School swimming certificate, 1920
Gadget in card box
K4054 Woolston electric stylus used in libraries for marking book spines, 1960s
Pink and yellow printed paper tickets for 3d and 1d
K3187 Sevenoaks Urban District Council Library fine tickets, early 1900s
K681 Blackboard pointer

Transportation

K3265 Driving license issued by Kent County Council, 1970
K3461 British Railways guard lamp, oil lamp with different colour signal function, mid 1900s
K4020 Leather signal man's token pouch used on the single track Westerham Valley branch line
K1935 London Transport Coaches ticket issued at Sevenoaks bus station, early 1900s
K3796 Southern Railway poster advertising holidays on the Belgian Coast via Dover, 1947
Illustration of the old mill at Westerham
K3971 Green Line Coach poster promoting trips to Westerham, designed by Clive Gardner in 1937
Green model engine and tender printed in yellow 'SOUTHERN 905'
K3973 Hornby model steam locomotive and tender, 'Tonbridge' schools class
K3820 London Transport road and rail timetable for Sevenoaks District, 1944

Medicine and Dentistry

K2012.36 Nursing auxiliary uniform dress, Sevenoaks Hospital, 1960s
K3467 Nurse's pin badge from Sevenoaks Hospital, 1960s
Glass chemist bottle from Sevenoaks, early 1900s
Pharmacist's bottle from Sevenoaks, early 1900s
Two pronged metal dental tool with black wood handle
K1460 Dental extractor, 1800s
Dentures, mid 1900s
White ceramic invalid feeding cup with handle and spout
K2012.9 Invalid feeding cup from Sevenoaks Hospital, mid 1900s
Metal basin on tall black stand with decorative lion head handles
K1601.28 Dental surgery spitoon, early 1900s

See also Apothecary bottle