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Histories of Northamptonshire

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  • Aluminium sterilising drum with syringe and cotton swab © NMAG

    Dr Waddy's Sterilising Drum

    Sterilising drum belonging to Dr Francis Fisher Waddy, first anaesthetist at Northampton General Hospital. The drum contained small items of anaaesthetic equipment during their sterilisation.

    1930 - 1959 Modern

  • Maclaren Baby buggy with blue and white striped seat

    The Maclaren Baby Buggy

    The lightweight collapsible Maclaren buggy, made in Barby in the early 1970s, revolutionised pushchair design.

    1971 Modern