Object number
63/536
Collection
Description
A double-sided medal with 'Robert Raikes' and a portrait on the obverse, and '150th Anniversary of Robert Raikes Founder of Sunday Schools 1780–1930' on the reverse. Robert Raikes (1736–1811) started the Sunday School Movement in 1780. The medal may have been distributed to children attending Sunday Schools in the anniversary year of 1930. It was collected by the donor's father, who was interested in rural crafts. The donor's father was one of the Bushell Brothers, Charlie and Joseph, who ran a canal boat building and repair business at Gannel in New Mill, Tring, on the Wendover Arm Canal, until their retirement in 1952. They also did general coach-building.
Physical description
1 medal: metal
Archival history
MERL Miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 1 March 2013 – The Bushell Brothers, Charlie and Joseph, ran a canal boat building and repair business at Gannel in New Mill, Tring, on the Wendover Arm Canal. The business was founded by their father, Joseph Bushell Senior, in 1875. They took over its running in 1912, and the business closed in 1952 when they retired. This Collection comprises tools and other objects used at Bushell Brothers, as well as other various old tools that one of the Bushell brothers, who was always interested in rural crafts, collected druing his retirement. The majority of the Collection was donated by the daugther of one of the Bushell brothers, while other items were donated by a former employee.
Production date
1930 - 1930
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