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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. --------------- The Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital at Gobowen have a large collection of accessioned prosthetics looked after by David Adams. He can be contacted via Oswestry Town Museum http://oswestrytownmuseum.co.uk/index.php/exploring-the-museum/orthopaedic-experience/ Oswestry Town Museum The Guidhall, Bailey Head, Oswestry SY11 1PZ Telephone : 01691 680241 email : [log in to unmask] On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 5:16 PM, Andy King <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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. > --------------- > > > Given the state of the leg, I'd seriously recommend getting a specialist > in to test the fibres. They look too long to be asbestos, but it was very > commonly used is applications like this. If it is asbestos, there's a > chance that the whole room that the leg is in will be considered > contaminated, with a big bill for remediation. > > > > Andy King > Senior Curator, Social, Industrial & Maritime History and Working Exhibits > Bristol Museums Galleries & Archives > M Shed > Princes Wharf > Wapping Road > Bristol BS1 4RN > > 0117 9031569 > Fax 0117 9297318 > > ________________________________________ > From: Social History Curators Group email list [[log in to unmask]] > on behalf of Lowri Jones [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 08 August 2018 14:12 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: FW: Prosthetic leg enquiry > > 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 all, > > Please see below an enquiry we’ve had about materials in a prosthetic leg > (I don’t think this has already been circulated – apologies to Christopher > at Preston if so!). We don’t have anything similar in our collection or any > idea what potential materials and hazards it might contain, but hoped > someone here might? > > Many thanks, > Lowri > > Lowri Jones | Collections Officer > Direct line +44 (0)20 3075 1788 > > > From: Christopher Young [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 08 August 2018 13:17 > To: History > Subject: FW: Prosthetic leg enquiry > > > To whom it may concern, > My name is > Christopher Young and I am a collections access assistant at Preston Park > Museum and Grounds. We have recently received a prosthetic leg, which we > are looking to use in an exhibition that discusses what came after the end > of the First World War. When looking over the condition of the leg it had a > few areas which were of concern and so we are reaching out to see if there > are any museum professionals who could help with clarifying the materials > and status of the object. Basically within the lining is a fibrous material > and we would like to know whether that or any other the materials such as > the paint might be hazardous due to using things such as asbestos. 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