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Colour photograph of the interior of Park Street store. Taken from the 1st floor looking down onto the ground floor.

colours photographs showing the Christmas window display. One shows the window display overall. Two are closeups of each side.

Catalogues and Price Lists for a range of items sold by the company. They include images, descriptions, and cost for items associated with outdoor goods, tools, cutlery and specialist hobbies such as model trains.

Four catalogues (Issues 6, 10 and two unknown) showing blow-torches, drilling machines, chisels, tool chests and larger machinery.
Printed by H. R. Grubb & Roffey and Clark.

Includes items for model railways, air and shot guns and roller skates.
Printed by Roffey and Clark.

These black and white catalogues covering Cutlery, Shaving and Dressing Equipment, Scissors, Manicure Sets, Kitchen Utensils, Carpet Sweepers and 'Domestic Novelties' such as coffee mills.
Issues 8, 13 and unknown (printed 1922)
Printed by Roffey and Clark & H. R. Grubb

Illustrated catalogues Numbers 14 and 20 of tools for woodwork including axes, chisels, planes, rulers, saws and levels.
Printed by H. R. Gubb

Illustrated catalogue of Gardening Tools including spades, lawnmowers, sprinklers, garden furniture and outdoor cooking stoves.

Single sheet A4 folded booklet illustrating the range of steel and brass screws and fixings including pricing.

A small series containing letter templates used by the business and letters sent to them.

Blank L. H. Turtle, Ltd headed Order note paper listing 6 Crown Hill as address.

(Copy of?) Letter from Andrew Pelling MP to Jeremy Turtle expressing his sadness that the store is closing and proposing an Early Day Motion on the matter.

Range of materials including flyers, newspaper cuttings and shopping bags.

Collection of press cuttings (original and copies) covering various events including the death of Louis Henry, recognition of the companies long service and adverts.

Photocopy of Press release awarding Jeremy Turtle with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Croydon Best of Borough Awards, explaining the background of the business and its enduring reputation.

Small white Turtle's branded paper bag with blue and red print on one side including 'Centenary Year 1894-1994'.

Large white Turtle's branded carrier bag with blue logo and print on one side.

Includes heads of households only.

Contains name of deceased, cost and details of funeral, name of person by whom the account was settled. The volume includes a name index for the latter.

Each entry gives description of house and price of sale or rent; some entries include copy of printed sale particulars. Properties are mostly in South and Upper Norwood but other locations are also included.

The collection consists of a petition presented to the Corporation of Croydon by the Croham Hurst Preservation Committee in 1899 and reprints of Croydon Advertiser newspaper articles which were evidently used by the Croham Hurst Preservation Committee as publicity material.

A petition of several hundred signatures presented to the Mayor and Corporation of Croydon calling for the purchase of the whole of Croham Hurst. The petitions are in three bundles and are divided into Ratepayers and Non-Rate Payers.

Plan of proposed building land on Croham Hurst. Reprinted from the Croydon Advertiser, 18 February 1899. (2 copies).

Reasons why we should save the Whole of Croham Hurst by Edward A. Martin, Hon Sec, Croham Hurst Preservation Committee. Reprinted from the Croydon Advertiser, 01 April 1899. (2 copies)

Letters from the Croham Hurst Preservation Committee reprinted from the Croydon Advertiser on 19 June 1899 and 21 July 1899. The first letter gives the background to the petition. (1 copy of each).

Photograph album presented to Edward Martin by the Croham Hurst Preservation Society. The collection also contains notes about Mr Martin and the album written by his grandaughter.

The album contains illuminated dedication, list of contributors, portraits of E A Martin and E.A.Martin with H.Keighley Moore as well as photographs of Croham Hurst. The figures in the photographs are probably members of the Martin and Keighley Moore families. The volume also contains four watercolours, probably by Lillian Hannah Martin, wife of Edward. The pages of the album are decorated with ink drawings of leaves.