Artwork : ArchiveNo00054

Belt 1955

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Contributor Name	John Stedman
Contributor Image	Jon_Steadman_00054.jpg
Profession	Historian
Location	Chichester
Collection Date	07.10.07 3.25pm
Artefact Name	Belt
Artefact Description	Brown leather with steel buckle. Worn with white paint marks.
Artefact Date	1955
Artefact Stored	On John's decorating trousers! Chichester
Artefact Form
Artefact Image	Belt_00054.jpg
Sample Taken	Leather fibres from the end
Sample Image
History of Artefact	John's father's belt. He remembers him in uniform. He was a Trinity House pilot on ships in Portsmouth, Isle of Wight and Southampton. Former master mariner. The belt would have been worn while at work in Portsmouth. Historian - 'Never seen another like it. It has a mass produced buckle.'
Historian	John Stedman / Rosalinda Hardiman
Previous Owners	Victor Stedman
Special Memories	'I have a mental image of him wearing a red hat and a scruffy grey shirt held up by this belt and with bushy sideburns. This is how he would dress while doing DIY.' It represents a characteristic memory of his father. 'He would work in shifts and while waiting for the call to go to work, he would get on with DIY. He continued to wear it after he was retired.' It gives John a warm feeling and he wears it when he does the DIY.
Artwork Image	00054_web.jpg

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