Curator’s blog
Discover a treasure trove of local history and some unusual artefacts in this regularly updated blog from our curator.
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Planting a Lime Tree
Oh woe is us. The caption we have for this photo is ‘Gardening Club plant a lime tree at Broadwell’. People aren’t named and there is no date given. But of course, the photo has clues. The ...
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An Oddfellow
James Gye was an Oddfellow. The Oddfellows are, and have been since 1810, a friendly society – perhaps somewhat akin to a health insurance club as well as being a social group who could gather and m...
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A Quilt Award
Back in 1971 the Market Lavington Darby and Joan club won an award for quilt making. The names ‘Darby and Joan’ were adopted to represent people of the older generation. The names were picked by ...
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