View allAll Photos Tagged token
Sharples Token
Ref: INV: 16851
Obverse [head]: Decorative pattern at the top and bottom, two four leaf clovers either side of inscription in the centre: T. SHARPLES CONCERT ROOM AND MUSEUM STAR INN CHURCHGATE BOLTON.
Reverse [tails]: Star with seven points inside a wreath.
Biography
This token is from an exciting Victorian Bolton attraction, the Sharples Concert Rooms and Museum, which were located above the Star Inn on Churchgate.
Unfortunately, it is not known how this token entered the museum. The token was found during an inventory of the token collection. However, there are several other tokens like this one in the collection. This is because the Sharples Concert Room and Museum are seen as an important part of the social history of Bolton.
Some interesting facts
The full name of the museum part of the Sharples rooms was ‘Sharples Museum of Curiosities in Nature & Art’, and you can see an original guide to the museum on display when our new Local History Gallery opens in the autumn.
In the guide book to the museum, strange curiosities described include a duck with two heads!
Find out more
There is currently another Sharples token on display in our very own ‘cabinet of curiosity’ located on the ground floor of Bolton Central library to the rear of the library.
For more information about the concert rooms and musical entertainment at Sharples, see
Dagmar Kift, The Victorian Music Hall: Culture, Class and Conflict (Cambridge University Press, 1996) in Part One ‘The English Music Hall’.
One of a series of medals issued by Peter Kempson in 1797. It shows St Mary’s Chapel in Weaman Street which was built in 1774.
Accession number: 1939 N171
Token block instruments at Sala Thammasop station. The instruments are of the Saxby & Farmer type and were made in India. They use steel ball tokens. Below the instruments are the rings to exchange tokens on the fly, see flic.kr/p/Fdjrau
Paying for drink without the hassle of searching for the correct amount of money? This can be done via tokens of the
Token Company.
An odd little token I found in the grass outside of work. A Google search has found it's just an arcade token - not nearly as exciting as originally thought it could be given where it was found.
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
As the signalman leans to pass the single line token 2999 Lady of Legend departs Ramsbottom heading to Rawtenstall
One of a series of medals issued by Peter Kempson in 1797. It shows St Mary’s Chapel in Weaman Street which was built in 1774.
Accession number: 1939 N171
from one of those make-it-yourself machines that used to be everywhere. When I was a kid in the early 60's we would go to the bus station and make them with obscenities on them, thinking we were getting away with something. Come to think of it, if I could find one now, I would probably still do the same thing - - some people never grow up
The tokens really are a bargain -- 50 (40 plus "10 free") cost $10 -- we had a coupon to give us 40 + 30 "free" for $10. Each game then takes one token and spits out tickets which can be traded in for dollar-store junk. Still, it made kiddo plenty happy.
I think the name Hoyle on this token refers to Edmond Hoyle (1672- 1769) who was a writer best known for his works on the rules and play of card games. The phrase "According to Hoyle" came into the language as a reflection of his generally percieved authority on the subject.
What tokens are tucked away in your drawer or chest.
Love letters? Photographs? Pressed flowers? Or is it a secret? Just old memories...
Thank you for looking. xxxx
Per Larry Moran this token was struck in 1797. It commemorated a mail delivery service which was started by J. Palmer and traveled from Liverpool to London and back. Note the die cracks on the obverse of this coin.
One of a series of medals issued by Peter Kempson in 1797. It shows the New Meeting House after it had been re-built following the riots of 1791.
Accession number: 1939 N161
Reverse side of Bakery token from R. Marrigan's Bakery in Deseronto. Text reads: "GOOD FOR & 1/2 LOAF OF BREAD."
Part of a collection of materials found during the move of the Deseronto Archives.
Long since retired, CTA, like other transit agencies, minted its own tokens. This one was full fare, and about the size of a dime.
A scene from the third day of the 'Royal Forest of Steam' event at the Dean Forest Railway, Sunday 09 June 2019. The Norchard Signalman issues the single line token to the crew of GWR Prairie loco no. 5541 at the start of the day's operations.
Got a very nice gift from one of the kids in my workshops as we wrapped up the last summer session :D
It was made by her and her mother. Love to get such a thoughtful personalized token that I can take with me everywhere now.
The studs are exposed on top so that I can put any random LEGO I find on the floor onto it ;)
Come join me on
Keep Dreaming in Bricks!