BATH TUB
c. 1900Oval tub made from two sheets galvanised tin joined by crimped seams at the longer point and has a narrower base than the top. It has a rolled safety edge with handles at either end attached by riveted straps below this are two rolled inward facing ridges.
The tub sits on a strip of metal approximately 25mm wide and also has two bracing straps across the underside of the base.
Henry Buckingham purchased land from his father in c1897 to set up an orchard in Roleystone. He named it Bangup. In 1905 he married Lucy Fancote and built a house for them to live in on the orchard. Their daughter Sybil was born soon after. The family would have used this bath as there would not have been any running water in the house for many years. Water would have been heated on the stove or over a fire and poured into the bath.
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