Bringing babies into the world

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!  

Goodbye to our Roman courtyard garden

There’s still some colour in our small courtyard garden but this year will see the end of the garden’s Roman theme. Rosie, our ‘Head Gardener’, has plans for a different theme next year. 

We’ve Acquired a ‘Death Penny’

With the help of the Friends of the Museum, we’ve just been able to buy a ‘Death Penny’ relating to a locally born man who died in the First World War. It’s a large object, as wide as a man’s hand.