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OLD WEST SURREY 



Cottage 24-Hour Clock 



some generations, was the pride 

 of the young cottage couple 

 setting up house. Where this 

 could not be afforded, there 

 was the capital Dutch clock, 

 with its white - painted dial, 

 ornamented with gay bunches 

 of flowers. 



The older bedsteads were 

 of oak, with moulded and 

 panelled head and foot boards. 

 In wood farms thev had hand- 

 some turned posts supporting 

 an iron-framed top, for tester, 

 curtains and valance. In cot- 

 tages this was commonly re- 

 placed by a light iron frame- 

 work with slightly-arched top 

 and brass finials. This frame 

 was usually covered with a 

 strong blue and white material 

 in large stripes or checks, 

 much like that which is now 

 used for covering mattresses. 



Exactly this bed may be 

 seen in one of the pictures in 

 that delightful book ' Dame 

 Wiggins of Lee and her Seven 

 Wonderful Cats,' in which the 

 details of cottage equipment 

 arc shown with remarkable 

 fidelity. 



When I was a young child 

 I had an old coloured copy 



