A digital record of memories from times gone by.
Welcome to the Memory Box Project Online, a place to remember cherished items and memories.
All items can be viewed for free without registration. Registration is free, and registered members can save their favourite items for easier access.
If you’ve not visited our website before, start here.
About the project
Memory Box Project Online is a digital reminiscence resource for people living with dementia and their carers.
Sister-project to the original Memory Box Project, our aim is to make all our reminiscence collection and resources available for everyone, both now and in the future.
Most favourited items
Ministry of Food ration books
One replica ration book and one original ration book belonging to Reginald Austin of Basingstoke.
Singer Sewing Machine
Singer sewing machine in a travel case
Child’s Yo-Yo
This wooden Yo-Yo is for children
School Milk Bottle
The object is a glass bottle which would have held free milk supplied to a school
Game of Jacks
Traditional game of jacks for one or more players comprising several jacks and a ball.
View-Master Stereoscopic Viewer
The View-Master featured here was made in the 1970s in the USA
Slinky
Slinky toy, first introduced in the 1940s
Spinning Top
A child’s metal spinning top decorated with a cowboy design.
The Memory Box Project, initially run by The Wessex Heritage Trust and funded by the National Lottery Community Fund has now been taken over by The Memory Box Foundation.