Malton & Norton Heritage Centre home of the Woodhams Stone Collection

15/03/2026

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22/02/2026

In days of old, when your teeth needed preserving and your gums needed beautifying, you'd pop in to Laverack's (Post Office Corner, a.k.a. Butcher Corner) to buy this dentifrice (toothpaste).

18/02/2026

The winter sport of Curling is in the news this week. Did you know that Malton once had a thriving Curling club? Here's one of the curling stones in our collection. Made of nicely polished granite, this one dates from around 1890.

17/02/2026

Yesterday’s post covered a 1914 fundraising fete for Malton Cottage Hospital. Today, two postcards from the Woodhams Stone Collection show the Cottage Hospital circa 1910 and the new hospital around 1950.

16/02/2026

This postcard from the Woodhams Stone Collection features Marcus Dyce Manton (1893–1968), a distinguished English aviator. He brought his plane to Malton Hospital Fete in Summer 1914. Born in Sheffield in 1893, Manton began his career as an engineer’s apprentice before becoming a flying instructor at the London Aerodrome in Hendon. During World War I, he applied to join the Royal Flying Corps but was rejected for medical reasons. He continued as a test pilot.

11/01/2026

Woodhams Stone Collection.A notice for an auction at the George Hotel in Yorkersgate dated 1863. Cottages and land for sale at the back of Newbiggin.

27/11/2025

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