What do you think the latest item from Spalding Gentlemen’s Society’s Cabinet of Curiosities could be?

Well done all of you who correctly identified last month’s mystery item from the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society Cabinet of Curiosities – there were a lot of you.

But the lucky first one out of the hat was Gary De-Vanche, of Spalding, who said the objects were hoof-trimming knives.

Among others to correctly identify them were Janet Jackson, Heather Nash, Helen Parr, Ian Cobby, Linda Jayne Culling, Elizabeth Thomas, Ron Grief, Jon and Sally Foskew and Alan Britton. Well done all, but there can be only one winner. Gary wins two free tickets to any of the society’s forthcoming lectures.

See details of all the forthcoming lectures at www.sgsoc.org/lecture-season-2024-25

Who can identify this month’s item? If you can, just email your answer with your full name and address to outreach@sgsoc.org by the closing date of Tuesday, July 30. The answer and next month’s object from Spalding Gentlemen’s Society’s Cabinet of Curiosities will appear on Tuesday, August 13.

The first correct answer out of the hat will win a pair of tickets to any of the Society’s forthcoming lectures.

Spalding Gentlemen’s Society is one of the oldest learned societies, founded in 1710. The museum in Broad Street, Spalding, is open to all from Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm. Entry is free, just ring the doorbell.

Inside is a cornucopia of items to inform, educate and amuse - of local, national and international interest.