A brass serpent made by William Lander, the 19th– century brazier of Mere. The instrument is now on display at America’s Shrine to Music Museum at Landrum, S.Carolina, U.S.A.
A Mere Football Club shirt worn by Arthur Mead, c.1920
Tickets for the cinema in The Victoria Hall, Mere (now the Co-op) which was run by Charlie Jeans until about 1960.
Mere Town Band cap, mid 20th century
Blue velvet and silver banner, used to decorate the music desks of Mere Manor Youth Band during the 1980s
A book that was part of a Mere lending library set up by Frederick Holmes who was also Mere’s principal photographer, c.1920 – 30
A late 19th – early 20th– century clay pipe, found at Kilmington.
A wooden football trophy made by German prisoners of war based at West Bourton, Dorset during W.W.2.
The programme for a “Son et Lumiere” presentation at St. Michael’s Church, Mere in 1978. This was devised and produced by Rev. John Smith, Vicar of Mere at that time.
Toy caravan made by Vic Humphries, Mere
Sheet music and words of a song by entitled ‘Hinton, Dinton and Mere (music by John C. Holliday, words by Fred E. Weatherly). The Museum also holds a recording of the song being performed.
Mere Town Band cap, c. 1950 - 1975
The big drum belonging to Mere Town Band which had been bought to commemorate the coronation of King George VI in 1937. The band closed down
Five small marbles found behind a wallplate (timber wall support) in the roof of St.Michael’s church in 1997, dating to the 18th or 19th centuries.