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Histories of Northamptonshire

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  • Large tin plate windup toy car produced by Mettoy in 1950s © NMAG

    Toy Car

    Toy wind-up racing car made by local toy manufacturers Mettoy.

    1950 - 59 Modern

  • Tin of Jeyes Fluid (Mark II) disnfectant © NMAG

    Tin of Jeyes Fluid

    Tin of Jeyes Fluid, a disinfectant invented by John Jeyes, Northampton botanist and inventor in 1877. Jeyes Fluid remains in use today.

    Victorian 1877 Modern

  • old tin can and written note on paper

    A “Time Capsule” hidden in the early 1860s

    This tin can, 10.8cm tall, diameter 4.9cm, was discovered in the 1960s during the demolition of a row of houses in Burton Latimer called Wallis’s or Maycock’s Yard.

    1863 Modern