May Sewell was born in Beechworth in 1917, her paternal grandparents had come to Beechworth from Ireland and her maternal grandparents from Scotland. She was the youngest of five siblings and the only one to be born in a hospital rather than at home. May loved growing up and living in Beechworth, and fondly recalls knowing all her neighbours, meeting friends at the pictures, attending girl guides, picking wildflowers around the gorge, participating keenly in the Church of England choir and dances, and the big Easter festivals. May worked various jobs before getting married. After leaving school at fifteen, May learnt dressmaking with Lal Anderson (and was delighted with her wage of two and six pence a week) and then went on to learn tailoring with Mr Charles. May then worked in the dining rooms at the Commercial Hotel and Hotel Nicholas. May was at the Hotel Nicholas for seven years but stopped when she got married as female employees were not asked to stay once they were married. May married her husband in 1944 and had known him since school. They went on to have six children, sadly three did not live past infancy. Her first children were twin girls who died six hours after birth. May briefly discusses the difficulty in grieving her twin daughters, the lack of available support, and the expectancy to carry on. Her next child, a son named Ian James, died when he was only ten months old from a tumour. May described Ian James as a lovely boy. May had multiple connections to the Zwar Brothers' Beechworth Tannery. Her father and then her three brothers worked there, and also her husband for a short period of time. The tannery was a major employer in Beechworth, and May having multiple family members employed by the tannery underlines the significant role of the tannery in Beechworth. May described her husband as very hardworking, he worked as a cleaner overnight at the Ovens and Murray Hospital for the Aged while during the day tended his cattle and sheep farm. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke. Miss May Sewell’s account of her life in Beechworth is historically and socially significant to the cultural heritage of the region. May in reflecting on her experiences of leisure opportunities, town festivals, work available for women, leaving the workforce once married, the tannery, post-natal care, grief and child mortality provide essential historic, economic, social, and healthcare insights. May’s oral history recording is part of a larger collection of oral histories recorded by Jennifer Williams in 2000, collectively they provide invaluable insights into Beechworth during the 20th century, much of the information in these oral histories would be lost if not documented and missed in the interpretation of tangible objects. This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.Mrs May Sewellmay sewell, oral history, jennifer williams, listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century beechworth, beechworth church of england, easter festival, beechworth girl guides, hospital birth 1917, lal anderson, tailor beechworth, commercial hotel, hotel nicholas, zwar brother's beechworth tannery, ovens and murray hospital for the aged, dressmaking beechworth, beechworth cinemas, paul voglis

This gift-boxed grooming set contains men's toiletry and grooming items in a lined and fitted case. The set was made by Fauldings from 193o to 1940 and sold by chemists and department stores throughout Australia. An advertisement promotes a variety of sets as 'Toilet Treasures by Faulding' and pictures several sets called 'caskets', and gives the different combinations a set number. Another advertisement promotes the sets as 'Gifts of Rare Discernment'. The items on offer include After-shave Lotion, a bottle of Brilliantine for hair, and an Old English Lavender shaving stick in a glass container. Some sets have Complexion Soap, a good quality sterilised Shaving Brush and Talcum Powder. A grooming set similar to the one in our collection was priced at 11 shillings in 1936 and would cost approximately AU $90 in 2022. This boxed grooming set is an example of men's toiletries sold from the 1920s to the 1940s in Australia. The supplier, Faulding, brand products have been available since 1845 when Francis Hardy Faulding opened a pharmacy in Adelaide, South Australia. The company has built a reputation for being a trustworthy supplier of pharmacy and healthcare needs for 175 years.Male grooming set; black leather-covered case with green velvet lining and strap with a metal button closure. The lid and front of the base fold out. The case is fitted with straps and a compartment to secure items inside. The set contains men's toiletries and grooming items; a nail file with ebonised handle, an oval bristle brush with shaped ebonised hand grip, and a twelve-sided textured glass bottle with a gold metal lid and a shave stick with silver foil around the base, wrapped in waxed paper. There is also a ten-sided plain glass bottle with silver metal lid, an oval metal soap container with hinged lid and an unused round cake of soap. A light brown leather stropping strap with a metal 'D' ring one end and a punched hole in the other end is fitted onto the folded down side of the case. The shaving stick is Old English Lavender by Faulding and the soap is Christy's. Inscriptions on the shaving stick wrapper, bottle base, label and lid. Shaving stick; "Faulding Old English Lavender Shaving Stick", "Faulding", "Faulding AUSTRALIA" and moulded inscriptions on the base [undecipherable]. Moulded in the soap; 'CHRISTY'S"flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, male grooming set, male toiletries, male accessories, faulding, toilet treasures, gift box, casket, shaving toiletries, hair toiletries, christy's, complexion soap, ebonised handles

http://ukpmc.ac.uk/articles/PMC3139326/reload=0;jsessionid=9FyrkDFnXqMKQZZZCbqV.6 http://ukpmc.ac.uk/articles/PMC1958835/pdf/brmedj02872-0072.pdf Rendell-Baker-Soucek mask. 1 black tube with one end connects a metal piece to a facemask. The other end of black tube connects to 1 red balloon. 5 black masks. 1 spare red balloon and 3 black masks in separate plastic bags.Inscription on 1 black mask. "Wsp / 2 / ANTISTATIC / MADE IN UNITED KINGDOM. Another inscription on 1 black facemask. "LEYMED PAEDIATRIC FACEMASK / MADE IN 3 ENGLAND".paediatric face mask, anaesthetic equipment

Wall Clock was presented by H. Walsh to the Villers & Heytes Hospital, which the name was not known for Warrnambool Base Hospital, in 1861.The wall clock was a historial item which was mounted on the hosptial first building, built in 1861.1 Wall clock with makings 1 swing 1 keyClock - presented by H. Walsh, Warrnambool to Villers & Heytes Hospital 1861 Key - Made in Englandwall clock, hosptial history

Stainless Steel utensil with handle and spout. Semi-circle shaped opening at the top."PARAMOUNT" "STAINLESS STEEL" "K.G.LUKE" "63"ear irrigation

Boxed stainless steel spring loaded device with hinged arm; 2 needles; 3 cork attachments."GERMANY" on device. Box lid; "MC36-755-12", "EAR PIERCING SET" ear piercing instrument, piercing,

https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/cp3421/g-h-zeal-limitedClinical thermometer, stubby bulb, lens stem"PATERSON'S PHARMACY WARRNAMBOOL" "MADE BY G.H. ZEAL LONDON ENG REG PAT" "210036"zeal

1 stainless Steel metal forcep with curved end"Germany Stainless" "nopa AA 1817/14"curved artery forceps, crile forcepts

Stainless steel forceps with straight end"STAINLESS" "HENSLER"

The dilator is designed to fascilitate the tracheostomy tube into the trachea via the initial incision http://entinstruments.blogspot.com.au/2011/07/trousseaus-tracheal-dilator.html#!/2011/07/trousseaus-tracheal-dilator.htmlCurved end stainless steel percutaneous dilator "STAINLESS STEEL" "Martin" "568"trousseau dilator, tracheostomy

Purchased by Nurses who graduated from the Warrnambool & District Base Hopsital Nurse Training School. End of nurse training at Warrnambool Base Hospital 19882 Silver plated metal spoon with Warrnambool and District Base Hospital badge; 2 plastic cases."WARRNAMBOOL & DISTRICT BASE HOSPITAL 1988" on enamel inscription on handle with red cross in centre. "Cameo / SILVERPLATED" "PERFECTION PLATE MADE IN AUSTRALIA" Case marked, "SILVERPLATED / AUSTRALIAN MADE"; "Cameo by PERFECTION"nursing graduation, souvenirs

1 pair stainless steel forceps with round serrated jaws, screw joint 6¼" (16cm) "Jetter & Scheerer Germany"oral & tonsil instrument, dental sugical instrument

1 pair stainless steel forceps with triangle serrated jaws, screw joint 18cm. "MADE IN ENG" "STAINLESS STEEL"oral & tonsil instrument, dental surgical instrument

1 pair stainless steel forceps with triangle serrated jaws,screw joint 7½" (19cm) "V.H.A GERMANY" "29" "STAINLESS"oral & tonsil instrument, dental sugical instrument

1 blue case labelled MEDETRON containing; 1 power unit including volume, 1 elastic belt clip, 1 stethoscope, 1 metal bell with connecting plug, 1 black drum piece"Medetron Electronic Stethoscope". Made in Japan. Labelled "School of Nursing"electronic stethescope

1 Metal cannister; 1 removable bulb cannula; 1 tapered cannula; 1 plungermetal ear syringe

Pomeroy Ear Irrigation Syringe: Chrome Metal Cannister; 1 tapered nozzle cannula and screw top plunger. "British Make" 13ear irrigation syringe, syringe, surgical instrument

Metal syringe holder with removable nozzle. Glass barrel insert with 30 ml markings"ANAX", "Ultra-Asept". " 200 [degrees] INTERCHANGEABLE"

Stainless steel with ratcheted control and serrated ends with sliding ring 8" (20 cm)2 23 "STAINLESS STEEL"surgical retractor, surgical instrument

The use of Adenoid Currette http://entinstruments.blogspot.com.au/#!/2012/01/st-clair-thompson-adenoid-curette.htmlMetal item with Hand grip. Adjustable toothed jaw."LONDON" "ra rick"

This item is representative of surgical instruments held in Theatre.Metal spoon shaped attachment with application points on the stemsurgical instrument

Mercury glass thermometer with wood casing. Intervals to 60 celciusthermometer

Life Governor of the Warrnambool and District Base Hospital under the provision of the By-Laws of the Institution in 1872.1 bookletWarrnambool & District Base Hospital Life Governor's Certificatehosptial history, administration, life governor

Plastic disc with moving inner wheel"GESTATIONAL CALCULATOR" "DOWN BROS and MAYER & PHELPS LTD" "GESTATION PERIOD IN WEEKS" on reverse side; "NESTLE LACTOGEN"pregnancy calender, gestational calculator

1 stainless steel needle holders with round spring handles and a lock at the end."SKIDMORE ENGLAND STAINLESS STEEL"needle holders, surgical instrument

Dental surgical instrumentStainless steel instrument with self-adjustable "STAINLESS" "RAMSAY"mouth gag, gag guard, dental sugical instrument

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=T6KmcBlF-xUC&pg=PA690&lpg=PA690&dq=surgeon+delaborde&source=bl&ots=ArCFo00eC8&sig=ACfU3U2nixrI1ZiM4k-ZuBhDe6d-yReQ5w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj93Oq6z_PpAhV8wTgGHbSDCurved tip retractorsurgical instrument, surgery, laryngology, laborde

1 Printed Box; 1 Coloured tube with lid.Ointment number 4. Inscription on tube, "EACH OUNZE REPRESENTS MENTHOL 87 1/2 GRAINS / METHYL SALICYLATE 87 1/2 GRAINS / INCORPORATED WITH A SUITABLE BASE". Printed Box labelled "ANALGESIC BALM / FOR EXTERNAL APPLICATION FOR THE RELIEF OF PAIN". "SUGGETT'S PHARMACY WARRNAMBOOL" painkiller, medicine

http://www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic/bpc1911/urginea.html1 Tinted glass bottle with lid. Capacity 400 ml"ARK BRAND" "TINCTURE OF SQUILL B.P.C." "(Tinet. Seill.)" "DOSE: 0.3 TO 2 ml. (5 to 30 MINS.)" "Alfred Lawrence & Co. Pty. Ltd. Australia" "1256"tincture of squill, urginea scilla, medicine

http://www.fgb.com.au/natural-products?id=36:extralife-kruses-fluid-magnesia&catid=6Tinted glass bottle with 8 fl ounce capacity."KRUSE'S FLUID MAGNESIA" "KRUSES PRIZE MEDAL MAGNESIA"fluid magnesia, medicine