We gathered to count the Packington Collection ear trumpets in the museum.

View the YouTube video

Gracious and enthusiastic help was provided by all, but special mention to:

Alan Humphries at the Thackray Museum Leeds.

Emma-Kate Lanyon at Shrewsbury Museum.

Barry Reading for doing the video.

After a hiccup on the first shelf, we managed to count 359 certified ear trumpets, in 5 bays.

29 were quarantined by Alan and I based on our knowledge of fakes and the Guinness use of the Wikipedia definition.

Thank you to all - a super lunch and an almost error free event !