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210 Main Street, Marrick, in the old post office.

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The Main Street gallery: a glass shop counter with a brass till, shelves of tins and fabric bolts, and the old switchboard by the window.

The collection.

Every object here came from somebody in Marrick. Each one has a story, and we've written it down.

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12 objects, 5 rooms.

Pick a room to see what's in it. Every object carries the number we gave it the day it came through the door.

Showing all 12 objects.

The post office wicket
Acc. 1978.001.1
Main Street
Every letter in Marrick passed under it from 1912 to 1975.
The SS Wenlock's bell
Acc. 1978.044.12
The Landing
Rung at every landing for 56 years. You may ring it once.
Alder Marrick's postmaster's ledger
Acc. 1981.012.3
The Landing
The first page lists eleven letters.
The station clock
Acc. 1984.007.1
The Line
Stopped at 4:12 the day the station closed in 1971.
The telegraph key
Acc. 1986.020.5
The Line
Used to send the news that the mill had opened.
The mill whistle
Acc. 1990.003.2
The Mill
It still sounds in the gallery. It still sounds at the mill.
Crosscut saw from the 1923 mill crew
Acc. 1992.015.8
The Mill
The crew kept it for forty years after the mill went to power saws.
Bench Orchards crate label
Acc. 1995.031.1
The Kitchen Table
The orchard shipped as far as the coast.
Wedding dress, 1934
Acc. 1998.002.4
The Kitchen Table
Sewn in the back room of the dry-goods store.
Lakeview Cafe menu board, 1952
Acc. 2003.010.6
Main Street
Pie was 15 cents.
Marrick Millers sweater, 1948
Acc. 2011.004.1
Main Street
The team that beat the city club in the provincial final.
The telephone switchboard
Acc. 2019.006.9
Main Street
Run by two sisters for 31 years.

See them in the room.

Photos only get you so far. The bell rings, the whistle sounds and the old letter slot still takes your mail.

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