Object number
2019/79
Collection
Exhibition
Description
This white mug features lines of music and the repetition of 'Dum', 'di', diddle', and 'drink', mimicking the opening and closing tune of BBC Radio Four show The Archers. The lines are green, the words black, with musical notes in orange, yellow, green, and blue. The mug was produced by the Archers Addicts as memorabillia for the show. The Archers is set in the fictional village of Ambridge, Borcester. This is one of a selection of items loaned to the MERL for the 2011 exhibition 'Everyday stories of country folk: 60 years of The Archers and MERL: 1951-2011'.
Physical description
Mug; Ceramic
Archival history
Museum Object Entry Form - 'MUSEUM NAME: MUSEUM OF ENGLISH RURAL LIFE // Form No: 484 // [...] // DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT/COLLECTION: Books, paper archival material, objects and other material (recordings & CDs etc) connected with BBC radio serial The Archers, as collected by Mark Mason // Books associated with [...], also collected by Mark Mason // Seeveral jigsaw puzzles associated with Ladybird Books // To be sorted, listed and acquisition decisions to be made at the MERL. Duplications and unwanted items to be sold or disposed of by & for the MERL. // REASON FOR ENTRY: Donation // Date: 15/12/16'
Production place
Staffordshire
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