These were all found while digging in the garden.
Many of us find small objects in the garden but these, found by Lesley Wilson are especially interesting. There is a small animal trap, a horse rider’s spur, a small glass bottle and a branding iron with the initials JS which Lesley suggests maybe John Sainsbury when he first started in Devon.
With a little bit of research Lesley has found out that the broken ointment pot was a remedy for rheumatism and gout, manufactured by Thomas Holloway one of the founders of Royal Holloway College, London.
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