Posted on April 25, 2022

Playing with food

This is a hard tack biscuit from World War one which has been fashioned into a photo frame. Similar hard...

Posted on April 25, 2022

The Egg Cup Carved in Ceylon from an African Tree

The Boer War The Boer War dates from 1899 – 1902 and was fought between the British Empire and two independent Boer states, the South...

Posted on April 12, 2022

Serjeant Grenfell’s Embroidered Stable Belt

A stable belt is a striped coloured belt made of webbing, worn by the armed forces.  Every regiment and corps of the British...

Posted on March 21, 2022

Eyes Everywhere! – The Cornish Home Guard

During the Second World War and only 4 days after Churchill had become Prime Minister, his war secretary Anthony Eden...

Posted on March 18, 2022

Copeland Hot Water Plates

Dating back to the early 1840s, these plates were made for the 32nd Regiment of Foot to take to India...

Posted on March 8, 2022

Emily Stooke – Red Cross volunteer nurse in the First World War

International Women’s Day In celebration of International Women’s Day, this week’s artefact is a medal awarded to Emily Stooke –...

Posted on March 1, 2022

‘Leatherneck’

The stock was a high neck collar worn around a soldier’s neck during the 19th century. Some were made of...

Posted on March 1, 2022

“I am feeling quite well.”

A small, seemingly unremarkable, square piece of metal sits on display in our second world war gallery. It was used...

Posted on March 1, 2022

The ‘sweet-sounding’ instrument of the military band

The euphonium was invented in the 1840s and since then has formed an essential part of the brass section in...

Posted on February 11, 2022

WWI Folding Camp Equipment

I am the new Trainee Curator at Bodmin Keep and have spent the past two weeks getting to know the...