Poison bottles and pottery - Jarrow Hall needs you to help identify dig artefacts
Jarrow Hall needs you! The public is needed to help identify artefacts found in a recent dig - which has included poison bottles and pottery.
Jarrow Hall is asking for the public’s support to identify items found during an excavation.
During a dig at Drewett’s Park in the summer of 2025 a team found a series of items which may be able to assist in the teaching of Jarrow’s social history and industrial heritage.
Items include a blue bottle labelled ‘poison’, a baby feeding bottle believed to be from the early 20th century as well as clay pipes and pottery.
Other items include toothbrushes, slate pencils and the face from a child’s doll toy.
Anyone who believes they may be able to assist with the project is encouraged to contact Jarrow Hall through a callout submission form on the site’s website.
It is hoped with more information on these items, more will be learned about day-to-day life in Jarrow during the turn of the 20th century.