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20th Century

20th Century Home - Discovery

Full of original objects this box gives a great insight into British early and mid 20th Century domestic life.

20th Century Home - Sunderland

This box gives a great insight into domestic life in the twentieth century. It provides a fun way to start comparing the differences and similarities between these objects and ones that you might find around your home today.

20th Century School - Sunderland

Discover what school life was like for children living in the twentieth century with this excellent range of original objects and documents from the past century.

20th Century Toys - Discovery

Identify the similarities and differences between toys of today and those in the past with this intriguing collection of 20th cenutry play things. Please note box contents may vary.

Britain since 1948 - Sunderland

A collection of fascinating objects post 1948, which create a fun way to start comparing the differences and similarities between these objects and ones that you might find around your home today.

Post 1950s Home - Sunderland

Full of original objects, this box gives a great insight into the domestic life in the post 1950s home.

Post 1950s Toys - Sunderland

Learn about and experience the toys that children have been playing with since the 1950s with this brilliant selection of past toys and games.

Pre 1950s Toys - Sunderland

Learn about and play with the toys that children had before the 1950s with this brilliant selection of pre- 1950s toys and games.

Suffragettes- Discovery

Throughout the Western world the struggle for the right for women to vote was long and bitter. Discuss the 'Vote for Women' campaign in your classroom and use this box of replica artefacts to bring to life nearly one hundred years of violence, brutality heroism and courage. (Image BBC Radio 4)