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This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, your message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the author of this message. --------------- Hi Briony We have a Bath chair on display in the Royal Pump Room Museum(image attached). These chairs were hired out to visitors. In style this chair probably dates to the mid 19th century. However, the owner of this chair, a Mr Robinson only retired in 1931. The chairs were licensed and I think they probably went on hiring out the same chairs for a long time. The hut where the chairmen used to hang out and wait for hires is still there near Betty's. We also have a cartoon illustration in the art collection dating from the 1890s, which shows people using another sort of bath chair, which could be hired. These had a rider who cycled along, rather than the push and pull chairs. I thing it is these latter chairs that could take people out of Harrogate and further afield. (image attached). Regards Ros Watson Curator of Human History Harrogate Museums and Arts The Mercer Art Gallery Swan Road, Harrogate, HG1 2SA Tel: 01423 556188 Fax: 01423 556130 www.harrogate.gov.uk/museums Exhibitions at Harrogate Museums & Arts Royal Pump Room Museum "Egyptology: Science Investigation" - discover some of our Ancient Egyptian treasures. See how science is helping us discover more about our Ancient Egyptian objects. "Francis Frith's Eypt" - see 19th century and modern photographs of Egyptian sites and monuments alongside even more of our beautiful Ancient Egyptian treasures. Until 14th September. Mercer Art Gallery "Victorian Artists in Photographs: Selections from the Rob Dickins Collection, Watts Gallery", until 13th July 2008 "The Royal Hall: Splendour Restored", until 6th July 2008 Visit Knaresborough Castle and Courthouse Museum daily until 5th October. Step back in time at our Medieval Day, free family fun, on Sunday 15th June 11am to 4pm. Enjoy outdoor Shakespeare in the Castle grounds with 'Twelfth Night' on Wednesday 23rd July at 7.30pm (£10, £8). Please ring or visit our website for further details of our varied children's & adults activities programme. ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email . This email and any attachments may contain information that is confidential or privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, storing, copying or disclosing this email is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please delete it. Any opinions are those of the author and not necessarily those of the Council. No Officer is authorised to make a contract on the Council's behalf by email. The recipient is responsible for virus checking this email and any attachments. The Council does not accept service of legal documents by email. ______________________________________________________________________ The SHCG list is provided for members of Social History Curators Group to discuss subjects relevant to social history in museums. To join SHCG visit www.shcg.org.uk . Opinions expressed in this email are the responsibility of the author and are not necessarily shared by SHCG. To leave the list do not reply to this message but send an email to [log in to unmask] with a blank subject line and these words as the body of the email: SIGNOFF SHCG-LIST