A visit to the Dentist for AJJ

How many of us have a fear of going to the Dentist.

Something that I don't worry about, but many still do.

A short while ago I visited Beamish [ here is the link to my post]

its a living history museum,

 one of the terrace of houses was reconstructed as the  town dentist's.

So my ...  Out and About...

for Art Journal Journey.

is a digital  page today,  a visit to the dentist

Mr Jones had his  sign  up on his wall as you can see in my photo strip on the journal page

The waiting room

The dentist chair.
  No electric drills in these days the drills were worked with a foot treadle.

......... a gas bottle or two,  only used as a last resort,
you can just see the dentist working on a set of false teeth

in the left hand corner of the photo

His workshop. 

This photo shows the terrace of houses, The Dentist was situated  here,  close to the pub.

Now, no guesses needed about the location. Maybe folk needed a drink before they went in.

but the probably would need something when they came out.
We were told that folk would be in severe pain before they visited the dentist,
 as they couldn't afford the cost of going.
Another interesting fact was.... parents often offered their daughters a set of false teeth for a 21st Birthday gift. So their  husbands wouldn't have to pay dental costs.

The Sun Inn, .
I think this would have been very popular back in the day.

Thank you for calling in to see me, you are most welcome here.