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62/115
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
A pricking iron is a punching tool used to imprint lines of small holes in leather ready to be stitched. This pricking iron was used by a saddler and cobbler in Yattendon, Berkshire, who had worked there from 1901 until the early 1960s.
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
Letter, Miss F. Palmer to Mr Higgs, 2nd May 1962 - 'Our village Saddler + cobbler Mr Burnham has just died. He had had the shop here since 1901 and his father was also a saddler in Reading...'
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1901 - 1962
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]
[nb-NO]External document[nb-NO]
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5464.tif - High resolution image
