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Local collector's 'eccentricities' at the V & A Museum

Shoreditch's very own Maurice Collins OBE, and launch chairman of Shoreditch Business Network is a well-known collector of eccentric contraptions, and has given talks about his crazy collection at many venues including the Victoria and Albert Museum Lecture Theatre.

"As a collector its like reaching the top of everest " says Maurice (above).

His 'Eccentric Contraptions were designed and ingeniously adapted to make life more convenient between 1850-1940.

The picture here shows one of his objects - and there should be a prize for guessing what this and all his other 'contraptions' were used for!

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