From our Collections - Museum of Writing

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		from our collections

Here are just some of the items currently in our collections, which will be on display once the museum has been established.
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	Scrope Beardmore Davies. Friend of Lord Byron and a gambler who lost.
	Post Haste! Two days from London to Cannes in 1866.
	Quills. They came as a boon and a blessing to men, The feathers of the goose, the crow and the wren.
	Cutting a quill. The hard way and the easy way.
	The steel pen nib. An affordable writing instrument for everyone.
	John Ruskin. The great all-rounder of the nineteenth century.
	David Livingstone and Bill Wyman. The museum links these two unlikely bedfellows.
	Paper. Paper is one of the most versatile materials in use today.
	The printed word. Printing is the method by which the written word can be communicated to millions.
	Modern calligraphy. Try it for yourself!
	Taking the lead. A short history of pencils.

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