LAST week’s Craven Curiosity was a farming implement known by a few regular readers - so well done to Cath Riley, from Skipton; Phil Cox, of Settle, and Anne Lindsay, for all knowing it was a lamb feeder, for the feeding of orphaned lambs. A colleague in the office thought it might be some sort of early watering can, or a distilling device - how very wrong he was.

Bryan Morgan, collections assistant at Craven Museum, where all the items featured on this page go on show, says feeders just like this one were used to give milk to new lambs.

“This lamb feeder is made of tin and was owned by a local farmer,” he says. “It was given to the museum in the 1970s and probably dates from the 1920s.”

Bryan goes on to say that modern lamb feeders follow the same principle of a container of milk fed through a teat or ‘knop’.

“Today’s feeders supply many lambs at once and are mounted onto railings to save time and energy,” he says.

We have just a couple more curiosities from Craven Museum before it takes a break for the summer, before returning in the autumn. In the meantime, The Folly Museum of North Craven Life at Settle will be stepping into the breach with some of its own curiosities, which we look forward to seeing. In the meantime, suggestions for this week’s curiosity, should be sent before 8am on Monday to lesley.tate@cravenherald.co.uk