Platt Hall - The Objects

After our first visit to Platt Hall we felt pretty overwhelmed. There was so much to look at and take in it was initially really hard to make a decision about what we wanted to look at. Eventually we decided we wanted to look at a small number of objects that had a good narrative/story behind them. We asked Rosie, one of the curators to choose items she felt had the strongest and most interesting stories behind them. As the items are all donated they each have a 'card' itemising them and giving any extra information.

Platt Hall suggested four different objects for us to use:

The Punk Jacket

1979-1980. Worn by a Punk rocker riding across from Leeds to Manchester. Gathered outside ancoats hotel deliberately starting fights with police.

The Riding Habit

1859. Two sisters were drowned in the river Calder whilst breaking in a new horse. One of them was wearing this riding habit.

The Red Dress

1945. A dress made from Nazi bunting, worn by an UNRRA worker to dances at the end of the war.

The Shoes

Late 18th Century. Shoes worn by a Thomas Worsley who actually lived at Platt Hall.