WHAT'S INSIDE?
MORE THAN YOU MIGHT THINK
THE VICTORIAN(ISH) SHOP
Before the days of Amazon and eBay you had to visit the local shops, where you could buy almost anything from cotton reels to dynamite. Our shop is full of memory-joggers and mystery items: what will you remember?
THE SOCIAL HISTORY ROOM
Follow several generations of a Torrington family from the 17th century to today. See how home life, social attitudes and women’s lives changed over time along with advances in technology. Is modern life easier or more complicated?
THE GLOVE FACTORY
For hundreds of years Torrington was a major centre of glovemaking until fashions changed. Whole families were employed at home and in factories; we’ve recreated Vaughan Tapscott’s factory with its original machines and artefacts.