Artists at the Museum
- At April 29, 2015
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We’re very excited. Today, three women artists have been installing their work in our museum, ready for the opening tomorrow of the Severn Vale Art Trail. Their work is beautiful – and beautifully crafted.
Mary Drown, Rosemary Millar and Mitra McQuilton will be happy to tell you about the techniques and the materials they use, if you’re interested. Or you can just browse – and marvel at the skill which has gone into their silk paintings, acrylics, watercolours, jewellery and threadwork paintings.
Of course, if you want to buy something, that will be possible too – but it’s fine just to come and look!
They will be showing their work for eleven days, until 10 May, and our volunteers are working extra hours to make sure the museum stays open every day (Sunday included) and longer (10am to 4pm).
Come and have a relaxing browse and decide which are your favourite pieces!
Rare chance to see The Thornbury Quilt!
- At April 19, 2015
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For just one week, The Thornbury Quilt, made in 1900 and recently purchased by the Museum, will be on show in Thornbury Town Hall.
Read More»Salute to Sandi on SW website
- At April 02, 2015
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Sandi Shallcross is at the heart of museum operations and continues to be so but she has recently stepped down from chairing the Council of Thornbury and District Heritage Trust, the governing body of the museum. Her leadership of the Trust is celebrated on the website of the South West Federation of Museums and Art Galleries.
Read More»Tremendous response to ‘Fetch the Engine!’
- At March 25, 2015
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People have been wonderfully kind in lending us objects to include in our current exhibition and a stream of retired firefighters have been coming in and helping us identify people in photographs.
Read More»Thornbury Railway proves a hit
- At March 24, 2015
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Well, we’ve discovered there’s certainly an appetite for learning about Thornbury’s railway history.
Read More»Some remarkable women…
- At February 14, 2015
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Tickets are selling fast for our next Winter Talk. Last night’s talk on Thornbury and the Railway was a sell-out with 90 people attending and many last-minute applicants disappointed.
Read More»Gentlemen – how about some sock darning?
- At February 13, 2015
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In June 1900, you could have entered a Gentlemen’s Sock Darning Competition – and won three shillings as first prize. For the ‘Ladies’, there was a competition to drive in nails – with equal prize money! Women judged the men and men judged the women.
Read More»Hear the train a comin’
- At January 29, 2015
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Remember when the railway came to Thornbury? Or maybe you find it hard to imagine that Thornbury ever had a railway station, a station master on his bicycle, and a regular train service?
Read More»Fire! Fire!
- At January 28, 2015
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A change of plan here at the museum. We’d intended to open the new year with an exhibition on ‘Hatches, Matches and Dispatches’.
Read More»Bringing babies into the world
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We’ve just had a donation which will bring back memories for lots of Thornbury families.
We’ve been given Nurse Cotton’s midwife’s bag. Edith Cotton was the District Nurse for Thornbury from 1947 to 1978 and during that time is said to have delivered around 1,800 local babies!
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